BSH, the home appliance-focused arm of industrial equipment maker Robert Bosch has launched a Germany-based initiative in partnership with accelerator operator Techstars.
BSH Future Home Living Accelerator powered by Techstars focuses on home-related applications and related business-to-business services, including co-living properties, sleep management, cooking, personalised skincare and artificial intelligence-as-a-service.
The accelerator will operate out of the city of Munich, kicking off with a teambuilding retreat before 13 weeks of programming that culminates with a pitch event on April 23, 2020. Seven countries are represented: the US, UK, India, Spain, Turkey, Israel and Canada.
The 10 participants could receive up to $120,000 in funding. They include home services marketplace Ask Winston, skincare brand Curie London, infant sleeping assistant developer Lullaai, precision cooking appliance provider Nise Tech and Magicho, creator of a control system for connected home devices.
Smart kitchen scale developer Pepper is also among the startups, as are automated enterprise analytics provider Quant-Co, kitchen management developer Zelish, co-living and co-working space provider Serendipia Life and Porch Pod, which has built an intelligent delivery locker.