Zara Kukkamaa
May 25, 20212 min
Updated: May 27, 2021
May 26, 2021 ∣ Oulu, Finland
Yesterday at 8:30am (GMT+3), the "WIN THE FUTURE" 2021 Venture Contest for International Entrepreneurs (Finland Contest Area) took place virtually, with a site of jury and audience in Suzhou, China.
This contest was hosted by Venture Week for International Elites in Suzhou Settled Enterprises Alliance, and Hohot Consulting Oy has been the support organizer from Finland.
Since the launch of this contest's application in Finland, a total of 54 innovation and startup teams have submitted their applications. Applied projects are from industries such as the new generation of IT, artificial intelligence, digital economy, biotechnology and medicine, bleisure travel, etc.
Among the 54 applications, 10 were selected to enter the final pitch contest, which took place on May 25th 2021. After over 2 hours of competition, 6 teams won the awards:
1st Place: Vicente Calvo Alonso, Kontrox™
2nd Place (team 1): Yang Chao, Auto DevOps Solutions
2nd Place (team 2): Tiago Sampaio, AnalysisMode
3rd Place (team 1): Zhang Xiaolong, Advanced positioning and navigation technology, Fenav Oy
3rd Place (team 2): Sunil Haridas, Pradjna Platform for Blue Collar Performance Analytics
3rd Place (team 3): Yu Zitong, Qiaoyan and Wan Peng, Big data digital health management based on wearable devices and face image analysis, DigiHealth
The 6 winning teams will receive award certificates and 10-30k CNY non-equity funding per team. Additionally, the first awarded team can directly enter the interview process of Gusu Leading Talent Program. If the team passes the evaluation, it will be granted 1-4 million CNY non-equity funding.
Contest introduction
Speech by Mr. Chen Hao, Deputy Mayor of Gusu District Government, Suzhou
Speech by Mr. Cheng Ming, Deputy Director of the Human Resources
and Social Security Bureau of Gusu District, Suzhou
First competing team's pitch: Skin++
Second competing team's Q&A session:
Pradjna Platform for Blue Collar Performance Analytics
Third competing team's pitch: Kontrox™
Fourth competing team's Q&A session:
Advanced positioning and navigation technology
Fifth competing team's pitch: AnalysisMode
Sixth competing team's Q&A session:
Ultra-effective airborne virus deactivator
Seventh competing team's pitch: Veeego marketplace
Eighth competing team's Q&A session: Auto DevOps Solutions
Ninth competing team's pitch: "Polaris" intelligent positioning service
Tenth competing team's pitch: Big data digital health management
based on wearable devices and face image analysis
More of the contest's images can be found here.
More about this contest's introduction can be found here.
Contact Hohot Consulting if you want to learn more about this contest or what supports and resources are available for your business to land in Suzhou, China: Santtu Niskala, Head of Partnership, +358 44 036 0308, santtu.niskala@hohot.fi