Start-up of the Day: Zero waste shopping made easy
The packaging industry accounts for a large proportion of the plastic soup. A number of shops solve this problem by allowing customers to fill their own jars. “But this is only part of the...
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Start-up of the Day: Sinn Power harnesses energy from waves
It’s been done already often enough. Harnessing the power of the sea to generate energy. Yet these mainly concern tidal power stations. Where there is also the risk that they may have a...
Start-up of the Day: Vialytics quickly registers road conditions
How do self-driving cars handle potholes on the road? As just stay driving ahead or spontaneously around them aren’t an option. You have to take the bull by the horns, that’s what the...
Start-up of the Day: Spaceflow, a digital platform for tenants and landlords
Czech start-up Spaceflow is introducing technology to one of the most old-fashioned sectors – that of residential and office property rentals. “Our aim is to help digitize life in...
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Start-up of The Day: ReVibe Energy generates power out of thin air
Generation of electricity without coal, wind, hydroelectricity, or nuclear power plants, wind turbines or solar cells, etc? – Without any harmful emissions? The Swedish start-up ReVibe Energy...
Start-up of the day: Energy Floors is making smart parking spaces in Rotterdam
Over the coming year, Rotterdam’s Energy Floors wants to sell smart surfaces for public outdoor spaces that generate data, measuring how many cars, pedestrians and cyclists are passing by....
Start-up of the Day: Vienna Textile Lab dyes fabrics with bacteria
“Bacteria are the most intelligent, environmentally friendly and resource-efficient way to produce textile dyes,” says Karin Fleck, founder of Vienna Textile Lab. “Bacteria occur...
Start-up of the Day: only f**king perfect vegetables are good enough for the best restaurants
Ard van de Kreeke (52) from Middelburg became an organic farmer ten years ago. Prior to that, he had owned all kinds of companies in the sustainable quarter. But since he had bought a farm as a...
Start-up of the week: a Dutch solution for a Dutch problem
”Your sneak preview of the future” is the slogan of Innovation Origins, and that’s just what we will highlight with our Start-up of the Week column. Over the past few days, five start-ups of the day...
Start-up of the Day: Skinive develops AI-powered app for skin self-examination
Skinive is an AI-technology for Skin Health Self-Examination. Users upload photos of skin areas with suspicious spots, moles or rash into the app, Skinive algorithms examine the image and make an...
Start-up of the day: fintech lends a hand to Italian businesses
The Italian start-up Credimi offers the largest digital platform for invoice financing and digital loans in continental Europe. Credimi provides loan to companies using an almost completely...
Start-up of the Day: Hydrogen as the ‘crude oil’ of the future
Hydrogenious is the product of a university research team that already had faith in hydrogen when it still wasn’t really relevant in Germany. They have managed to find a way to store and...
Start-up of the day: Field Factors recycles rainwater in a compact modular system
Field Factors enables purification and storage of rainwater with the use of their Bluebloqs circular system. It can be applied in an urban environment like that of the Sparta football club in...
Start-up of the day: Carefree electric travel with EP Tender battery trailer
The EP Tender looks like a camper’s tiny pod caravan that’s towed behind an ordinary car – but it isn’t! It is actually a mobile battery that will someday make it possible to...
Start-up of the day: Heat Power generates extra energy when there is no sun or wind
During his mechanical engineering studies at the TU in Eindhoven, Henk Ouwerkerk came up with a system that allows combined gas and steam turbines to generate supplemental electricity ‘on...
Start-up of the day: the greening of the fuel-guzzling shipping industry
We4Sea helps ship charterers and ship owners to reduce the fuel consumption and emissions of their ships. And they do this without needing to install sensors on board. This energy-intensive sector...
Start-up of the day: Solar panels for DIY-ers – plug it in and you’re good to go!
The Supersola plug-in solar panel may be a nightmare for the installation industry. But this new gadget on the market is not that at all for the consumer who prefers to do as many chores around the...
Start-up of the Day: environmentally friendly cling foil made from beeswax
Problems with plastic waste reach the media almost every day. We are continually being confronted with it even in our own environment. Governments all over the world are trying to tackle this...
Start-up of the Day: 4 students break the Dutch deadlock on the electric scooter
Four school friends went off to Valencia for a study trip in April this year. They all jumped on an electric scooter for the first time in their lives and think: “Wow, this is fun....
Start-up of the day: on-the-spot accurate and fast disease diagnosis
Polish start-up Genomtec is trying to introduce a compact and practical device to general practitioners (GPs). This will enable them to analyze samples on-the-spot. As well as help treat symptoms...
Start-up of the day: designing energy efficient buildings
The Italian energy tech start-up Enerbrain turns regular buildings into smart buildings with their intelligent system. It is deigned to cut energy consumption by up to 30%. The result is improved...
Start-up of the Day: Sirum provides software for smaller logistic firms
The Hamburg-based start-up Sirum has set out to solve a fundamental problem in the logistics sector. Only a few companies can afford modern IT solutions, and only larger companies can afford to use...
Start-up of the Day: Wind farms – check their efficiency in just a few clicks
The economic viability of wind farms is a fascinating and complex subject for everyone involved in the renewable energy market. Nefino is committed to providing an initial, yet largely accurate...
Start-up of the Day: From football analysis to crop counting with a drone
Drone analysis offers several drone applications for the agricultural and horticultural sector. So far, crop counting has been the most important feature. This is linked to an app for convenient...
Start-up of the day: audiovisual aid for the blind – smart glasses that can read a room
Technological advancements have created new opportunities for enhancing the quality of life for people with various disabilities. The Spanish start-up Eyesynth wants to improve day-to-day life for...
