US-listed technology company IBM has chosen 10 startups as semifinalists for a competition that will see one winner receive $25,000 and a place in the Launch incubator.
The 10 are:
- gridComm: Monitor and control street lights and smart meters over power the power grid.
- Yosko: A mobile care coordination platform for hospitals.
- Lawbooth: Find and connect with attorneys online.
- The Car Force: The connected car company: we connect the 162 million highly sophisticated vehicle computers on the road to the internet and enable franchise dealerships to see service opportunities in real time.
- Eight Wire Limited: Eight Wire automates the thousands of hours of work to move data between databases, files and the cloud.
- Capptu: Capptu is a crowdsourcing microstock where you can sell Smartphone and professional pictures with social features as Instagram and collaborative economy model as Uber, democratizing local photo contribution with worldwide reach.
- Lime Company: Engaging your mobile audience.
- BQUATE: All in one platform for artists, labels and content creators.
- BITSensor: BitSensor uses big data correlation and efficient attack detection to give visual insight into attacks and creates applications that learn to defend themselves.
10.Coonecti: Delivering the tools and a platform to enable and supports developers to build beacons-based mobile apps quick and easy.
We also bring them triggers to interact between beacon discovery and the real world, making user´s experience better.