Based in the chatbot hotspot Vienna, Botium is the startup that has set out to introduce a new industry standard for chatbots with their unique framework for automated chatbot testing. We had a talk with them to take the temp on their business and get the scoop on what’s next in the chatbot industry.
betapitch 2016
Welcome to BETAPITCH, the startup competition powered by betahaus. This year BETAPITCH took place in 12 cities around the globe. The local winners met at the grand finale BETAPITCH global & Investor Day at betahaus Berlin on October 15th.
Read about BETAPITCH Global & Investors Day 2016
Every year the world’s best startups gather in Berlin for one big startup pitch competition: Investors Day & BETAPITCH Global! The competing startups are selected at local BETAPITCH events around the globe. They’ve prepared their pitches, sweated on stage and won! To convince a jury like that you need a really good pitch – here are some tips to succeed at your next startup pitch competition! Meet Moritz Witter, the 27-year-old, nature-loving entrepreneur who founded Nordic Adventours in 2015 and has been changing Scandinavia’s adventure travel market single-handedly ever since. In 2016 he took on the stage at Investors Day as one of the BETAPITCH Global finalists. Here's a look at our startup alumni who took part in the BETAPITCH over the last few years. Who came to our Investors Day? They make BETAPITCH possible!
Alumni startups
Vienna Skill Smiths
Vienna Skill Smiths aims to open up learning and teaching and connect members of the local community through affordable, accessible and fun classes on…everything!
Form
Form makes intelligent things that look after your home. Starting with smoke detector.
PeerAce
PeerAce is a community marketplace where people can find personal fitness or sports trainers and offer their own services as a trainer to others. No long-term contracts and an easy way to get to know other sports-minded people around.
Little Riot
Little Riot specialises in connecting people with technology, through design. The company was formed to develop our flagship product, Pillow Talk, but we can also work with you to help your product or service emotionally engage with your users and customers.
Smartrade
Smartrade is an app planning to popularise access to the financial market so that anyone can learn and invest in the stock market. Through education and collaboration, users of Smartrade can migrate from a virtual to a real investment environment.
LUUV
LUUV has designed a camera stabilizer that enables you to tape all your adventures shake-free.
Breeze Technologies UG
Breeze Technologies provides hyperlocal air quality and climate data through smart, affordable indoor and outdoor sensors, as well as actionable environmental intelligence for corporates and cities.
Easy Size
EasySize is the service for defining clothes sizes and decreasing returns at online-shops.
Furnwish
Furnwish is an Augmented reality app that empowers homeowners in visualizing furniture in their own space and help retailers and design professionals in better showcasing their products and services.
Arthesis
Arthesis is making stylish, custom 3D printed covers for people with leg prosthesis.
Park Palet
Parkpalet is an online B2B warehouse platform, which brings together the companies looking for short term warehouse space and warehouse operators that have excess capacity
Ezeep
Ezeep is a cloud based printing service and was founded at betahaus | Berlin.
Viblast
Viblast is the newest platform where you can view videos. The different thing in this platform is the quality of the content within. Streaming online content in HD has always been an issue if you don’t have a TV, which is getting more common. Having a backup plan is great, so is this idea.
Brander
Brander creates, visualizes and promotes concepts for ambitious brands
hoard (former einFach)
hoard allows you to securely exchange keys with others by depositing them via the hoard spots in the city. hoard, former einFach was founded at betahaus | Berlin.
Rescued Ideas
Rescued Ideas are bringing an old music experience back to the present. They make the Basslet, a wristband that lets you feel the bass and beats of music. It works alongside headphones, adding a visceral sensation.
Whisperr
Whisperr is a voice-based dating app - dating app that uses voice in audio-profiles as a matchmaking tool.
Zenmate
ZenMate for Google Chrome™ encrypts and secures all browser activity. Your IP is hidden, your Internet unrestricted and your privacy protected. Always.Network
Bastian SchmidtkeCofounder of Orderbird
Alper AlsanHead of Business Development at Siemens
Stephane GantchevLAUNCHub
Sebastian HerfurthCoFounder & CEO of Friendsurance
Ian LuceyAngel Investor at the Lucey Fund
Julius RüßmannAnalyst bei Earlybird Venture Capital
Chase GummerAxel Springer Transformator/Hy!
Maciek LaskusCEO and CoFounder of Startup Safari
Alexander Mihaylov
Franziska LeonhardtCOO of Klöckner.i
Rafal KobylinskiIncapptic founder and CEO
Jan EhlersCo-Founder InCUBA.uhhu
Luise GrunerGMPVC German Media Pool GmbH
Jeremy Tai AbbettCreative evangelist at Google
Alejandro PenalverProfessor at Economics School and Project Manager at InCUBA.uhhu
Maximilian von der AhéCoFounder & CEO of betahaus
Eleonora FerreroDirector of European Operations, Mind the Bridge
Christopher ZawCOO at Startup Safary
Jörg RheinboldtAxel Springer Plug n Play Accelerator
Max BrigonziProject Manager, Mind the Bridge
Partners
YouNoodle
YouNoodle is a great supporter of BETAPITCH
SIEMENS
Siemens is global BETAPITCH supporter, merging its corporate expertise with innovations brought on by startups.
Startup Safary
Startup Safary create open doors days for startup ecosystems. Attendees have a chance to visit startups, VCs, accelerators, incubators and community hot spots in a given city. The event takes place all over the city in multiple locations, most of them – offices of participating companies.
We're super excited to have them as a parter for our Investor's Day this year!
CleanTech
Our partners at The CleanTech Innovation Center (CIC) provide the ideal place for startups and growing companies in the cleantech sector. They have the infrastructure for young founders and entrepreneurs!
Audi
Startup Guide
Consciousness Network
hub:raum
hub:raum will sponsor a cash prize of 5000 € for the winning team of the BETAPITCH | global. Let the best startup have the cash!Media Partners
Team Berlin
Olga KusnierskaCommunications & Community Manager BETAPITCH
Katka NagyováProject Manager BETAPITCH global
Jack HendersonMarketing Manager BETAPITCH GLOBAL
Alice NellHead of Marketing at betahaus
Madeleine Gummer von Mohlcofounder & ceo betahaus
