Over seventy organisations and companies submitted ideas to tackle current global challenges in The Hague Innovators Challenge, with nine finalists pitching on stage last week at the New Business Summit, hosted by the New World Campas.
An initiative of the City of The Hague which aimed to encourage start-ups, organizations and students to present new ideas on current global challenges, the nine finalists are listed below, along with the total votes in the public challenge:
- Cerberus: Forest Falcon 260 votes
- Haagse Zwam 273 votes
- GroundHawQ 579 votes
- Student | Smeltkroes 497 votes
- Glorious Bastards 255 votes
- Student | Noomi 516 votes
- Student | SafeRails 2,537 votes
- Budgently 580 votes
- Toogethr 3,821 votes
The jury awarded the €30,000 first prize to Hack the Planet, who developed the GroundHawq ground drone. Learn more about this innovative concept here.
Startup Budgently won the second prize of € 20,000. They developed a mobile app to help you spend money wisely. Read more here
Saferails received the student prize of € 10,000! The students developed a solution, so you will not get stuck with your bicycle stuck in tram rails. All the details about their project can be found here
Startup Toogethr received the public award of € 5,000. They developed an innovative solution to reduce commuter traffic: an app that makes carpooling with your colleagues easy and profitable. Read more here.
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