Let’s meet TOP 10 innovative regional companies that were singled out in CEE Startup Challenge - the biggest online competition in Central and Eastern Europe that gathers best-performing startups and scaleups providing them a chance to be recognised and funded among global VC funds.
After long jury work, our judges from various venture and tech organizations like EiT InnoEnergy, Molten, Target Global, Kaya, 500 Emerging Europe, Flashpoint, Elevator Ventures, 212, Orbit Capital, Flyer One Ventures, Portfolion, OTB Ventures, Tilia Impact Ventures, Presto Ventures, QNBeyond Ventures, Uniqua Ventures and many others, have chosen 10 finalists that outstanded from many applicants.
Let’s look at the Top 10 startups from CEE and find out what they're all about!
Ogre Artificial Intelligence
The winner of this year’s edition of the CEE Startup Challenge, Ogre AI, is an automated B2B platform that uses machine learning to offer financial and operational decision-making support to energy & utilities companies. At Ogre, it is believed that data science and artificial intelligence are shaping the future of the energy industry, so they continuously strive to innovate their products, while putting clients and partners at the forefront of the research and technological process development.
Talkie.ai
Holder of the 2nd place, Talkie.ai is transforming patient-provider communication through AI-driven voice technology, streamlining administrative tasks and elevating patient care. Patient interaction is simplified with medical clinics and appointment management through Talkie.ai's virtual front desk, equipped with service-ready intelligent voicebots. What’s more, it eliminates call queue waiting times entirely, enhancing efficiency. This not only eases the workload of clinic staff but also reduces operating costs for improved overall effectiveness.
Behavio
The third-place winner, Behavio, is a B2B SaaS platform for marketers, delivering insights in the relation between marketing spend and revenue through research. Instead of triggering excuses, Behavio assigns tasks, like gauging immediate product preferences or brand recognition. What’s more, the online research aligns with EEG and eye scanner results, ensuring quality data collection on a large, representative sample of users’ target group, adhering to sociological standards.
Ender Turing
Next on our selection, Ender Turing, is a real-time behavior analytics for B2C enterprises to boost revenue and customer satisfaction. It identifies top performers across calls, chats, and video meetings and enables users to see call center KPIs & agent progress. As a consequence, the users of Ender Turing speed up quality control, coach agents, and skyrocket customer satisfaction.
Magma
The forthcoming name on our list, Magma is an artistic platform which empower creators on their creative journey by supporting and letting them unlock their full potential. This collaborative platform brings artists, teams and communities from across the world together to innovate, collaborate and express themselves.
V-Art
V-Art offers an automated IP licensing solution for brands, creators, and AI developers. The platform includes an NFT+ marketplace, virtual exhibition tech, and networking tools. It streamlines licensing cycles for higher revenues and tackles the challenge of bringing the art world's experiential aspects into a virtual format. V-Art emphasizes cultural and commercial reconciliation, allowing users to showcase and transact digital art.
Sales Forge
Salesforge is an all-in-one sales execution app that gives every sales team the highest probability to hit their target. It is done by enabling real-time AI & machine learning as the answer for escalating software costs. Sales Forge all-in-one app was created for scalable personalized cold email outreach.
Culturepulse
The next on the list, Slovakian start-up, CulturePulse aids businesses in communicating with potential customers to minimize negative reactions. It constructs accurate digital twins, assessing messages against audience beliefs and values. The platform quantifies various factors, including anger, anxiety, personality, morality, family, friends, finances, inclusivity, racism, hate speech, and 80+ cultural categories.
HearMe
HearMe provides mental health support for employees by setting 1:1 sessions with therapists, coaches, and business mentors, ensuring anonymity and security. Unlike a marketplace, HearMe's team undergoes rigorous verification. These specialists bring a wealth of experience, having run businesses, worked in HR, conducted workshops, developed mentoring paths, and taught at educational institutions.
DeRisk
DeRISK RMS is real-time B2B SaaS platform for corporate treasury and hedging. It helps companies manage cash, currency and commodity exposures in real-time, integrating 1000+ ERP sources and banks. Their system-agnostic solutions empower clients to oversee cash, liquidity, and market risk through a unified platform.
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