10 FINALISTS: EMERGE CHALLENGE 2020

1 MIN READ, 2 JUNE, 2020
EMERGE has a mission to introduce the rising tech startups to the world. Our pitching contest EMERGE CHALLENGE offers startups from the New East* region an exclusive opportunity to pitch their tech product in front of investors, find new customers, meet new team members, and win €10,000 cash prize and other valuable prizes from venture funds and accelerators.

Total number of applications received: 504 startups from 34 countries
Total number of startups at EMERGE: 174
Areas: from AI party masks to deeptech analytics
Quarter-finals: 150 startups from 23 countries
Semi-finals: 50 startups from 15 countries
1850 minutes of pitches
40 judges
57 coffee cups consumed by EMERGE Team

And all for the big moment...
EMERGE CHALLENGE 2020 FINALISTS
Digital Marine
Fuel optimization system for vessels
www.marine-digital.com
DataCalculus
Big Data & Analytics
Estonia
Helping companies to boost up their business by data-driven actions
www.datacalculus.com
Inovat
Traveltech
Russia
Inovat helps international travellers get their VAT refunds digitally
www.inovat.tax
Asya
Healthtech
Latvia
App that builds happy, healthy and strong couples with simple habits. Powered with ethical AI.
www.asya.ai
Wizart
AR & VR, Retail
Belarus
Computer vision solution for visualizing finishing materials
www.wizart.tech
Lucky Carrot
HR
Armenia
Lucky Carrot boosts employee engagement with peer-to-peer recognition and appreciation.
www.luckycarrotapp.com
SegmentStream

ClickLog
Industry 4.0
Estonia
AI-based cargo loading plans optimizations tools for trucks, airplanes, and ships
www.clicklog.io
O.Vision
AI, Property
The Netherlands
Facial recognition access control ecosystem
Dronex
Robotics
Estonia
Window-to-window Drone-Delivery-as-a-Service
Cleantech
Latvia
Marketing
United Kingdom
SegmentStream — AI-powered marketing analytics data intelligence platform
www.segmentstream.com
www.dronex.com
www.ovision.co.uk
* The New East region includes countries: Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Romania.
ILONA BELIATSKAYA
Contributing Author, EMERGE
Researcher in travel tech and travel enthusiast. Ilona is an advocate of women in science and tech. Addicted to coffee.
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