BETAPITCH Vienna returned to sektor5, looking for the best startups in town! On May 4th 2017, 8 startups pitched on the stage for the main prize - a trip to Berlin where the founders attend the Investors day and compete with the other global winners at the BETAPITCH global finals on December 7th. Who won it this year? Test My Bot. More about Investors Day 2017
Since August 2014, Floor has been the Managing Director for sektor5. In 2016 she co-founded in-house accelerator 5starts, currently in it's 3rd batch. Floor is also the start-up mentor for the Creative Region (Linz) accelerator. Currently a Coworking and Shared Office Consultant, Pitch Trainer and Co-founder of Snapdelivery, Yves founded sektor5 in 2010. He’s on the board of advisors for AustrianStartups. As Junior Program Manager for 5starts Petra is responsible for event organisation and sees that daily business at sektor5 runs smoothly.BETAPITCH Vienna
Alumni startups
Hypest Hive
We solve the problem of reaching gamers/millennials through advertising on new media chanels like YouTube and Twitch. Our main audience are businesses who want to sell their products to the audience of the "gamer".
TestMyBot
TestMyBot is a test automation framework for your chatbot project. It helps developers in quality assurance, monitoring and end-2-end-testing. First attempt to apply test automation techniques to Chatbot domains. Vision is to enable non-technical team members to define, run and watch test cases for Chatbots.
Kopf, Copernicus to the people
Our mission is to popularize the satellite mission Copernicus with the use of a geo browser that explains satellite functions in an easy manner. Our target audience is curious people about space and tech, potential end users from earth observation applications.
Tasty Ads
Tasty Ads is an AdTech platform that plans campaigns on pizza boxes and other take-out packaging with a transparent pay-per-box plan.
InFlights
inFlights is a Drone-as-a-Service provider, providing actionable insights using drone data generated by a network of freelance operators.
GoElis
GoElis is a tournament system for mid-sized competitions, helping organizers to, not only, hold a fair competition, but also engage with their audience, which is not necessarily on-site, in an easy way. As a second point, we want to become the one stop source for results about amateur competitions, by providing a global leaderboard. Therefore our target audience is everyone who wants to organize a competition or anyone interested in competition results.
Terraztra Space Exploration Company
Terraztra's aim is to send people to space and cosmos for free; and to bring back refined minerals from space rocks.
Toby
We provide the easiest way to manage your shopping. Toby combines the traditional concept of a shopping list with location services and AI while having a strong focus on UX. At the same time, we're on a mission to close the gap between online & offline shopping. We do so through offering FMCG brands of all kinds to place a free Toby button on their website through which the user can add the item to his list with just one click. If the user wishes to, he can even activate a location based reminder to inform him when he is close to a brick & mortar retailer where he can physically try and buy the product. Our target group comprises students and young professionals / young families who have a busy day and appreciate productivity tools that can save you some time.
Lewi Care
We are developing a smart baby monitor to track the baby's health with a wristband. With the help of pulse oximetry we are tracking pulse and oxygen levels. Parents will be notified whenever the baby is in danger. Moreover our wristband will include a babyphone and GPS tracker. Our product will be the first all-in-one solution.Prizes
sektor5
The winner of this BETAPITCH wins 2 flex desks for 3 months at sektor5 coworking space! Unlock the unique start-up support of sektor5 and betahaus, connections to investors and media contacts included!
BETAPITCH GLOBAL & INVESTORS DAY
The winner will go for a trip to Berlin to pitch at BETAPITCH Global against the other global finalists. Taking place at betahaus | Berlin on December 7th, along with the final pitch off the founder will also get to attend our Investors Day. This great networking event gathers the major players in European startup scene where the startup founders attend investors' office hours, workshops and panel discussion.
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
5starts test panel
One team wins a test panel, facilitated and hosted by 5stars. This includes hosting, moderation and evaluation.Jury
Thomas SchranzFounder blossom.co
Bernhard ThalhammerCo-founder Frameshore
Kambis Kohansal VajargahCo-founder Watchado
Sandra SchneiderAIT - Austrian Institute of Technology
Gabriele TatzbergerVienna Business Agency
Team Vienna
Floor Dreessektor5
Yves Schulzsektor5
Petra Grozdic
One winning team gets half-day workshop at AITs Experience Lab on UX / VR & AR