Finalists of the 4th IOT / M2M Innovation World Cup announced
Munich, 19 January 2016 – It has been a tough evaluation process for the international expert jury of the IOT / M2M Innovation World Cup 2015/16, but the best and most innovative companies have now been selected! All 25 finalists will have the chance to become IOT / M2M Innovators of the year 2016 in the categories Smart City, Mobility, Security, Healthcare, and Connected Home. All finalists will pitch their solutions and the winners will be announced at the official ceremony on February 24 in Barcelona during the Mobile World Congress.
“As co-initiator and title sponsor of the IOT / M2M Innovation World Cup we are able to get an inside glimpse into what is on the horizon for the next generation of IoT innovations. And with almost 400 submissions from 58 countries, we were again pleased with the high quality solutions submitted to this year’s competition.” says Gerhard Schedler, Head of Sales Mobile Services & M2M/IoT, Swisscom. “Identifying the upcoming stars in the area of Internet of Things and M2M and taking a small role in their future success is very exciting for us.”
The elevator pitch and official award ceremony will take place in the Centre de Cultura Contemporània in Barcelona on February 24, as part of the first WT | Wearable Technologies Conference in Spain. The Innovation World Cup finalists will be on stage and present their solutions. Joe Braga, Global Head of Brand and Market Communications for Telit said, “Solution enablement providers have been delivering technology at such a fast pace that it is stunning solution providers. The technology industry as a whole must support efforts like the IOT / M2M Innovation World Cup that foments innovation to get ideas to market quicker and business transformations to happen faster to realize the full potential of the IoT.”
For more information about the award ceremony, please click here.
And here are the IOT / M2M Heroes of 2016 (companies listed in alphabetical order):
Smart City:
- Metropolis by BizFact
- Smart EV Charging Station by EverCharge
- Metercloud.io by Greenbird Integration Technology
- PAYUCA by PAYUCA
- IoT Cloud Family by SADE Group
Mobility:
- BlueMind by BlueMind
- Inboard M1 Electric Skateboard by Inboard Technology
- LiveCast Sentinel by IoT Smart Systems
- Kizy by Kizy Tracking
- smartRFpower by Teslonix
Security:
- Distributed Queue Switch Architecture by Ether2
- Keycode Server by Microtronics Engineering
- UndercoverEye Raptor by PixController
- Qylatron™ Entry Experience Solution by Qylur
- My Lock by Swissprime Technologies
Healthcare:
- EllieGrid by EllieGrid
- CielPur by FILLONY LIMITED
- Lumind by Lumind
- The Footprints Walking Frame by Quanticare Technologies
- Onni Smart Care by SEP Solutions
Connected Home:
- EVO by EISOX
- Klikr by BBDL LIMITED
- CECO HOME by iSocket Systems
- MYXYPOD by MYXYTY
- enControl by Sensing & Control Systems
About the IOT / M2M Innovation World Cup
The IOT / M2M Innovation World Cup is the leading IOT / M2M award worldwide. Hundreds of contestants from 70 countries demonstrate the huge innovation potential in the world of machine-to-machine communication and the Internet of Things. The leading global innovation competition is welcoming revolutionary IoT / M2M solutions in the categories of “Smart City“, “Mobility”, “Security“, “Healthcare“ and “Connected Home”. An international panel of industry experts selects the most innovative products according to criteria such as level of innovation, marketability, and usability. Participation is free of charge. For further information, please click here.
The IOT / M2M Innovation World Cup is sponsored by Swisscom as title sponsor, as well as Telit Wireless Solutions, MediaTek Labs, VARTA Microbattery, and Gemalto. Further partners include MEDICA, WT Wearable Technologies AG, Kickstarter, IoT Global Network, m2m forum, Engerati, M2M World News, Plug and Play Tech Center, Paris Region Entreprises, Business Oulu, Takomo, TAITRA, Team Cote D’Azur, Comm4Innov, Innovative City, CSEM, AlpICT, m2m alliance, IT2Industry, ICT Cluster Bern, Medical Valley, Mobile Monday, Government of Canada, Disruptive Week Milan, Cluster Digital, and many more.
Please download the press release here.
Innovation World Cup Contact
Navispace AG
Matias Posio
m.posio@navispace.de
