Entry window for robotics startup competition shuts

A prestigious panel of international investors will select the 5 entrepreneurial ventures that will present their robotics projects at a plenary conference during the 3 day Innorobo 2015 event in Lyon, France.

59 applications were sent in to Innoecho this year, with 55 selected to take part in the project screening process. Participating startup companies must be less than 5 years old, receive less than €2m in funding and not be affiliated with a large group.

Startups from 21 countries have applied to take part in the 2015 edition, whose 5 finalists will be awarded a booth at Innorobo 2015, from 1^st to 3^rd July in Lyon, where they will pitch their project in front of a panel of international investors on 2^nd July.

This year, 6 high-profile international robotics industry investors will be on hand to judge the 5 finalists. The panel will consist of Malgosia Iwankowska, Co-Founder & Board Member, KB Medical SA; Anastasia Emmanuel, UK Hardware, Technology & Design, Indiegogo; Baybars Altuntas, Entrepreneur & Angel Investor, Vice President, Eban-Belgium; Jean-Philippe Olier, Vice President, Business Development, Safran; Alexandre Ichai, Founder, Robotcapital & Director, Robotlab; and Oussama Ammar, Co-Founder and Partner, Thefamily 

The names of the 5 finalists will be revealed in March 2015.

“We are delighted to have startups from 21 countries taking part in our Call for Startups 2015, which also brought in the highest number of applications since Innorobo was started, as well as a panel of renowned investors,” said Catherine Simon, Founder and CEO of Innoecho. “This shows that the growth of the robotics industry is worldwide and knows no borders. I congratulate today’s entrepreneurs who have understood that they can longer limit themselves to their regional ecosystem, but have to get out and find their market, partners and investors where they are, all over the world… and namely at Innorobo.”