The winners of the first edition of the VU + ASIF Student Startup Competition 2022 are revealed!
Bamboi, by Leroy Ranglek & Joseph Nickisch, as Best VU + ASIF Startup (made possible by Pfizer)
- €3000,-
- 6 months office space in the VU StartHub (small unit, worth €3000)
- Delegation to the European Student Startup Competition Stage Two
Madglove, by Madalina Riurean, Cara Knott & Jeremiah Makinde, as Best Social Entrepreneurship Startup (made possible by VUvereniging)
- €2000,-
- 6 months office space in the VU StartHub (small unit, worth €3000,-)
ReAlliance, by Bouwe van Neerbos & Max van Velzen, as Best Sustainability Startup (made possible by VUvereniging)
- €2000,-
- 6 months office space in the VU StartHub (small unit, worth €3000)
In addition, all winners will be offered a mentor from a VU alumni entrepreneur and support in finding funding from ASIF.
A total of 8 startups pitched during the VU + ASIF Student Startup Competition:
- ReAlliance
ReAlliance creates circularity in the packaging industry by incentivizing consumers to return packaging to a collecting point, and thereby creating a sorted clean wasted stream for recycling. - Healthnetwork
Healthnetwork provides a set of guidelines that allow people to make well-informed choices about what is right complementary medicine for which patients. - Dizordat
Dizordat is a social media platform aimed at inciting users to debate, share opinions, get feedback and connect on all sorts of topics and in the most interactive way. - Madglove
The goal is to develop an orthotic device in the form of a glove that can be used at home, to improve the hand function of people that suffer from spasticity. The aim is to get the spastic hand into a functional position for a better grasp. - Bamboi
Bamboi created organic toilet paper made from 100% sustainably sourced bamboo. Each roll is CO2 negative, free from deforestation and completely chemical free. - SIMPLEX
There are multiple diseases correlated to the same symptoms. SIMPLEX is a software with an algorithm that matches the symptoms with a list of potential diseases. - FireDynamo
FireDynamo is a single-tree based simulation software that considers the terrain and weather conditions to accurately predict the fire propagation. - Binqy
Binqy is the online tool for organizations to detect burnout at an early stage using professional questionnaires based on research and expert input.
The jury consisted of:
- Davide Iannuzzi: Chief Impact Officer VU
- Quinty Vermeer: President ASIF Ventures
- Hans Drenth: Director VU StartHub
- Danil Blinov: BU Lead Inflammation and Immunology Pfizer
- Frans van Drimmelen: President VUvereniging
The 2022 winners have been announced! Bamboi, Madglove and ReAlliance won great prizes.
Stay tuned for the next edition of the Student Startup Competition!
The 2022 winners!
