Pan European Digital Start-up Competition - Winners Announced

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09 Dec, 2015, 12:45 GMT

This image opens in the lightbox — The EIT Digital Idea Challenge is the network's contest to reach out, identify and support the best digital start-ups in Europe. In 2015, 24 start-ups from 12 different countries were awarded. For the first time teams from Belgium, Estonia and Portugal received an award. With six awards, French teams have been most successful, followed by Estonia, Germany and Austria. Graphic is free of charge for editorial use - please quote the source: EIT Digital. (PRNewsFoto/EIT Digital) (PRNewsFoto/EIT Digital)

BRUSSELS, December 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

EIT Digital has announced the winners of its 2015 Idea Challenge - a competition to find the most innovative digital start-ups from across Europe. Winners have been selected in eight categories after pitching to expert judges at final events held in cities across Europe. Successful start-ups have been chosen from over 450 entries from 26 countries and will receive prize packages including a cash prize up to €40,000, mentoring support, workspace, and access to buyer networks across the EU and beyond. French entries won more awards than any other country, followed by Estonia.

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Winning products include a medical device which enables skin diagnostics without invasive tissue samples (DAMAE Medical, France), a management and billing platform to easily operate a charging infrastructure for electric vehicles (has.to.be, Austria), and a mobile security device helping internet users to protect their online data (Digiflak OU, Estonia). A full list of winners is available here .

Winners will become part of EIT Digital's unique ecosystem, an international innovation network including global companies, world-leading universities, research institutes, and cutting-edge innovators.

"This year's competition has identified some of Europe's most innovative and high potential digital start-ups. We're now looking forward to welcoming the winners and runners up into the EIT Digital ecosystem, helping them to bring their disruptive technologies to world markets and supporting their scale-up." states Willem Jonker, CEO of EIT Digital.

About the Idea Challenge

The Idea Challenge is EIT Digital's start-up contest that aims to help the most innovative digital solutions to succeed in world markets. It provides the winners access to EIT Digital's pan-European innovation network, comprising more than 130 partners, and supporting their international growth through the EIT Digital Accelerator.

More information: https://www.eitdigital.eu/idea-challenge

Twitter: @_ideachallenge

Press contact: Emma Joy, +44-7994-393038, emma.joy@eitdigital.eu