Startup Pitches

Startup Pitches

Startup Pitches  //  We love startups. And so we love to show you some of the most interesting new enterprises around the world. No matter if it's Food, Technology, Services, Sales and Marketing, Cloud Computing, Social Media, E-Commerce or Education - this blog is all about startups and cool ideas!

Aug 20 / 5:18pm

Antslab shows first prototype of mobile health kiosk app

With Antslab's mobile app the 3rd winner team from "Summer of Startups 2011" enables patients a convinient measure of heart-rate, blood-pressure and glucose while also storing these vital information for doctors or athletes, who want to monitor their physical fitness. Now the team has published a video, showing their prototype app for Android in action. Startup Pitches already covered their story in an earlier post: http://startuppitches.posterous.com/antslab-mobile-health-care-antslab

Filed under  //  app   finland   mobile   startup  
Aug 18 / 10:31pm

Flinc - social mobility network (@flinc)

WHAT: You can use flinc on the way to work, to university or to the gym. flinc is perfect for long distances, but also for short distances. For example as an addition to the public transport in rural areas. Move together with people you trust. Build up your own mobility network. See where your friends are travelling and who they trust. Rate other users if you have made positive or negative experiences. flinc is searching for you automatically Enter all your ride offers at flinc, you will receive an email, SMS or push as soon as you can ride with someone or someone wants to ride with you.

WHO: The company was founded by Benjamin Kirschner and Michael Hübl

WHERE: The company is located in Ludwigshafen, Germany.

WEBSITE: www.flinc.org

TWITTER: www.twitter.com/flinc

FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/flinc

APPSTORE: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/flinc-social-mobility-network/id430305307?mt=8

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Filed under  //  Germany   app   mobility   startup  
Aug 17 / 8:58pm

Microtask - Human powered document processing (@microtask)

WHAT: Microtask loves the work you hate. We split repetitive tasks into tiny microtasks and distribute them over the internet. Once carried out by interested microworkers around the world, we put the results back together into a completed assignment. The quality of work is ensured by handing microtasks to more than one worker and cross-checking the results. With the automated Microtask platform, tasks are distributed to a very high number of microworkers in just seconds. Optimized workflow ensures efficiency, and game-like worker interface makes microworking an enjoyable experience.

WHO: Ville Miettinen (CEO), Otto Chrons (CTO) and others.

WHERE: The company is located in Helsinki, Finland.

WEBSITE: www.microtask.com

TWITTER: www.twitter.com/microtask

FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/microtask

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Filed under  //  SaaS   finland   startup  
Aug 16 / 5:27pm

GoSquared - real-time web analytics (@GoSquared)

WHAT: Web analytics is about more than just tables and charts. GoSquared is about helping you improve your website. GoSquared gives you the most useful, accurate information in real-time, presented beautifully and intuitively. Real-time web applications that are a pleasure to use. Web apps that enable you to learn who, why, how, where from, and for how long people visit your site. You don't run a website to spend hours analysing tables of traffic stats.

WHO: James Gill (CEO), Geoff Wagstaff (CTO) and James Taylor (Developer)

WHERE: The company is located in London, UK

WEBSITE: www.gosquared.com

TWITTER: www.twitter.com/GoSquared

FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/GoSquared

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Filed under  //  UK   analytics   startup   web  
Aug 15 / 5:01am

Grafighters - fighting game for sketchbook characters (@grafighters)

WHAT: GraFighters is a fighting game for all of those characters stuffed in your sketchbooks and on the sides of your class notes. It doesn’t matter if you’re an artist, designer, doodler, kid in a classroom or retired person in Florida. If you have a pencil and an imagination we’ve got an arsenal of characters waiting to be challenged. The team behind graFighters is a small crew from Syracuse, NY. We started building the game, because just like you we love to draw, but have never been able to take our characters beyond our sketchbooks. Our main goal for this version of the game is to get users familiar with the character uploading process (which allows your drawing to be animated) and Cornelius, an algorithm that analyses your characters and determines their strengths, weaknesses, and fighting styles based on how they’ve been drawn.

WHO: Dave and Eric.

WHERE: Syracus, NY, USA

WEBSITE: www.grafighters.com

TWITTER: www.twitter.com/grafighters

FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/grafighters

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Filed under  //  USA   games   startup  
Aug 14 / 4:36pm

Antslab - mobile health care (@AntsLab)

WHAT: Become aware of your health and get an insight into sports and life activities, by tracking your heart-rate, glucose level and blood-pressure from your body onto your mobile phone.

WHO: Claudio M. Camacho and Maksim Golivkin.

WHERE: The company is located in Espoo, Finland

WEBSITE: www.antslab.eu

TWITTER: www.twitter.com/AntsLab

FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/pages/AntsLab/141977039219835

BLOG: http://antslab.posterous.com/

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Filed under  //  finland   healthcare   startup  
Aug 13 / 12:54pm

Komoot - outdoor trip planning (@komoot)

WHAT: Komoot let's you find and plan tours on foot or by bike that suit your interests and needs. It's an intelligent and easy to use mobile and webbased application to plan your outdoor trip. With the mobile app you can instantly change parts of your trip if let's say for example the weather changes. With their POI integration tours never get boring again.

WHO: The company was founded by Jan, Daniel, Markus, Tobias, Jonas and Christoph.

WHERE: The company is located near Berlin, Germany.

WEBSITE: www.komoot.de

TWITTER: www.twitter.com/komoot

FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/komoot

APPSTORE: http://itunes.apple.com/de/app/id365019073?mt=8

MARKETPLACE: https://market.android.com/details?id=de.komoot.android

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Filed under  //  Germany   mobile   startup  
Aug 13 / 11:16am

CoCollage - Interactive digital signage (@cocollage)

WHAT: CoCollage creates a community collage. It’s an art gallery, a message board, a slide show - it’s whatever you and the people around you want to share. It’s not just a TV screen; it’s a window into your local community. So whatever users share via Facebook, Twitter and Co. is being displayed on screens in public places.

WHO: CoCollage was founded by Tyler Phillipi.

WHERE: The company is located in Seattle.

WEBSITE: www.cocollage.com

TWITTER: www.twitter.com/cocollage

FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/cocollage#!/pages/CoCollage/49130235689

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Filed under  //  USA   media   social   startup  
Aug 12 / 8:03pm

Stream Dialog - object tagging within a video (@streamdialog)

WHAT: Stream Dialog solves this problem by revealing information within a video. Using our software publishers can transform their online videos into interactive content and make product discovering in a video simple. We provide a software as a service solution for brand advertisers to add tags to parts of online videos. Tags would contain detailed description of objects within a video and related links transforming videos into storefronts to promote and sell products.

WHO: The company was founded by Alexey Solomatin (CEO), Andrey Lyubert (CTO) and Eugenii Matiazhov (CSO)

WHERE: The team is based in St. Petersburg, Russia.

WEBSITE: www.streamdialog.com

TWITTER: www.twitter.com/streamdialog

FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/pages/Stream-Dialog/155030301233351

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Filed under  //  SaaS   digital media   russia   startup  
Aug 12 / 5:48pm

StylistPick - personalized fashion e-commerce (@stylistpick)

WHAT: Stylistpick is a monthly membership program that provides you with access to fashion experts and their hottest picks. We believe that every woman should have access to fashion's latest trends, no matter what her location, schedule or budget. That’s why we’ve combined the experience of browsing a store online with the luxury of having a personal stylist. It’s like shopping a magazine’s ‘best of’ page - but one that was edited especially for you!  As a member, our fashion stylists will review your individual style profile before recommending a selection of shoes & bags every month.

WHO: Felix Leuschner (CEO) and Juliet Warkentin (CCO)

WHERE: The company is located in London, UK.

WEBSITE: www.stylistpick.com

TWITTER: www.twitter.com/stylistpick

FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/stylistpick

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Filed under  //  E-Commerce   UK   fashion   startup