Startup acceleration programme launched at Station F
Usine 10 is a Paris-based service offering expertise, network and/or infrastructure for any hardware project looking to accelerate their development. Usine 10 enhances and improves product design strategies from prototyping stages to manufacturing. FOCUS by Usine IO now presents its selection of six innovative and ambitious small companies themed around the autonomous vehicle and connected mobility business.
As FOCUS is an acceleration programme of four months duration, the theme will change at every new batch/season. The first batch started on 2nd October 2017 with six startups and ends on 2nd February 2018. Discover the startups in this article!
2Hire
Tagline: Connecting vehicles.
Website: 2hire.io
Country: Italy
Product: The device 2Hire turns your vehicle into a connected car through its OBD port. It also enhances fleet management by collecting and exploiting the data flow straight from the vehicles.
CGon
Tagline: We allow cities to breathe, clean air.
Website: cgon.co.uk
Country: United Kingdom
Product: CGON manufactures a range of hydrogen fuel additive systems designed to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, increase fuel efficiency and keep diesel particulate filters clean.
Innov-Plus
Tagline: Vision in Motion. Keep your eyes on the road with Toucango.
Website: innov-plus.com
Country: France
Product: Innov+ designs innovative face-tracking technologies at man’s service. The company develops in particular Toucango, a smart driver’s vigilance assistance solution. It aims at reducing car accidents due to drowsiness and distraction at the wheel.
Newron Motors
Tagline: We design, co-manufacture and sell a high-end electric motorcycle.
Website: Coming soon
Country: France
Product: Newron motors develops a new range of high-end electric and connected motorcycle. By developing new technologies, they change the way of riding. Newron is the new Tesla, as if Tesla has made its own motorbike.
Seadataquest
Tagline: High-tech solutions for the subsea projects.
Website: coming soon
Country: France
Product: Seadataquest develops high tech solutions, in particular a first submarine drone, for the subsea projects with the aim of serving clients with data acquisition and management.
Teleretail
Tagline: Logistics Automation.
Website: teleretail.com
Country: Switzerland/Germany
Product: TeleRetail automates regional logistics to save millions of users billions of hours while minimising the ecological footprint of transportation. Its Logistics Automation Platform combines almost any mode of transport - Including couriers, taxis, drones, and self-driving transporters. Its Self-Driving Transporters automate city logistics as well as intra-logistics for industrial clients. Combined, the company’s technologies reduce the space, cost and energy requirements of local logistics up to 90% - thereby significantly improving the quality of life on planet earth.
Some key figures about FOCUS:
- 700+ international startups screened
- 100+ qualified applications
- 18 pre-selected projects
- Six selected startups
- Three international startups
- Three French startups
- A mix of hardware and software-focused startups
- One seaborne startup
- Three fully fledged vehicles
- Three embedded systems to be integrated in current and future vehicles.