EVITADO Technologies: Enabling the Automation Revolution
EVITADO Technologies is bringing autonomous systems into traditionally non-autonomous settings. Their first use case is collision avoidance for towed ground movements of aircraft. Their system provides advanced collision warning functionality, which helps their customers safely and efficiently move the aircraft while on the ground. They are therefore helping to solve an industry-wide pain point of…
DesignBro: Quality Design Made Easy
DesignBro is a graphic design marketplace that only allows the very best designers to join and work with the clients. We talked to the founder, Christiaan Huynen, who told us about their vision, team and plans for the upcoming months. Find out what problems they’re trying to solve, what kind of investors they’re looking to…
flowpilot: The Easiest Way For Businesses to Forecast Their Cash Flow
We talked to Bernd Thöne, founder of flowpilot, an easy-to-use cash flow management tool (SaaS) for SMEs. Find out what problems they’re trying to solve, what kind of investors they’re looking to attract and why they chose Leapfunder as their online funding platform. 1. Hi Bernd, thank you for agreeing to do the interview. Tell…
MyStay: Making Your Guests Happy
MyStay is a Dutch-based startup with 15 employees, which has expanded from an SBC program in 2016, raising more than 1,4M€. The Van der Valk hotel chain was their first piloting partner and has cooperated with MyStay since day one. Booking.com recognized the platform’s potential scalability and offered MyStay to be part of their piloting…
Skytree: Air Recirculation in Closed Spaces
Skytree is part of the growing ‘Direct Air Capture’ (DAC) industry. Their first of a kind process removes CO2 and H2O from car cabins by harnessing life-support technology originally developed at the European Space Agency. By removing dangerous CO2 & humidity build-up, a Skytree air purifier enables the full recirculation of internal cabin air which in…
Gearbooker: Rent Gear from Creators Around You and Unlock Your Creativity
Gearbooker is a fast-growing peer-to-peer platform for sharing creative equipment. This interesting vertical combines three factors of successful marketplaces: goods that are often underused, easily shareable, and with a transaction value attractive enough to make it work. As a business model, Gearbooker uses the AirBnB commission approach. Find out what type of investors they’re looking…
Adeezy: Your Brand, Your Audience, Your Platform
Social media advertising is a fast-moving global industry, where “influencer” is THE buzz word. Influencers are the new stars shining in their shows with their specific audience. Adeezy offers a global influencer directory service, which allows brands or media agencies to check influencers worldwide. Influencers will become their most prominent advocates, and with a large…
RefundMe: Get Your VAT Refunds Instantly
RefundMe is a platform that digitises the VAT refund process for tourists, retailers, airports and governments. Their IoT-based solution enables the government to validate purchases automatically without the need for manual intervention. With their solution, all stakeholders benefit from the process. Find out what type of investors they’re looking to attract and why they chose…
obob: The Photo Communication and Documentation Tool for Craft Enterprises
obob is an easy to use photo tool for teams in construction, trades and facility management. Making a photo with obob means automatically capturing, documenting, communicating and organising all necessary data around the photos. Therefore, initially, non-descriptive photos become readable, searchable and shareable images. The obob team has a fast pace attitude combined with detailed…
Live Rounds Update: October 25th
In our new ‘Video Lessons’ blog series we share knowledge for both startups and investors in a short video format. Today we will talk about the qualifying event. Watch our video and find out at what moment exactly the convertible converts into shares. What Makes You Click is an interactive workshop led by Justin Wilcox, where…