AIT STARTUPS
AIT
COLOMBIA
Get to know the program and the fascinating startups that will explore the Colombian market.
AIT COLOMBIA 2nd CYCLE
The AIT Colombia is an initiative by the Leading House for the Latin American Region and ICETEX. It consists of a training camp in Switzerland and a second training camp in Colombia.
All food, travel, and accommodation expenses in the camps will be covered
One-week Swiss Camp - October 2020
One-week Colombia Camp - February 2021
OUR 2020/21 COHORT
KAIOSID
JOHAN WÜTHRICH
HEIG - VD
KaiosID is a cloud based traceability solution that allows brands to fight the increasing threats of counterfeiting and grey market by adding unique hidden random patterns on the product’s packaging.
REA
LOULIA KASSEM
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Most pregnant women who are at risk of preterm birth are hospitalised but end up giving birth at-term. Rea develops a smart panty liner that analyzes vaginal secretions and alerts the doctor via app if the mom-to-be has to go to the hospital. This solution allows the pregnant woman to be monitored in the comfort of her own home, sparing her from potentially months of unnecessary hospital stays and overtreatment with medications.
GREEN-Y
DOMINIK SCHNARWILER
ETH Zürich / Hochschule Luzern
Green-Y revolutionizes the energy sector: The combination of an electricity storage together with a heating and cooling unit in one decentralized device makes the integration of renewable energy on a large scale possible.
TERRABIOM
CHRISTA HERRMANN
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Our mission is to reverse global land degradation by 2030. We team with microbes, people, industries and governments to transform unsustainable practices into regenerative solutions.
SMARTBREED
PATRICK BERTSCHI
University of St. Gallen (HSG)
SmartBreed is a Swiss Agritech start-up that offers insect breeders a complete breeding solution directly at customer’s site by offering stackable, fully automatic breeding boxes in which grasshoppers can be bred cost-effectively, resource-sparingly and hygienically.
ARMA INSTRUMENTS
PIM DONKERS
ARMA Instruments is a secure communications provider. We develop and manufacture secure communications equipment and provide related (cyber) security services. Our focus is on secure personal mobile communications for corporate, government and military use. In the future we will extend to other communications platforms such as laptop computers, personal computers and network servers.
BLUETOOLS SOLUTIONS
FLORIAN WIESER
University of St. Gallen (HSG)
Bluetools is a digital solution that guides collective decision-making in complex situations. Our digital tool supports organizations in collectively analyze the strategic situation & define an effective path forward.
GENELOOK
THOMAS ROOS
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
GeneLook empowers patients to be actively involved in their healthcare journey, as we are building the future of patient-centric precision medicine for rare disease and chronic disease patients.
