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Shipment service “Zeew” wins start-up competition
The winning project — “Zeew” application — is based on the principles of
sharing economy, providing fast shipment service within the borders of Riga and
involving drivers similar to those of traditional taxi service applications.
The members of start-up pitch were selected by Latvian private investors
and business angels at LatBAN's November Investment Session. Nine start-up
companies in the pre-seed stage with a developed or almost-developed product
prototype made it to the final.
Latvian and foreign investors evaluated the start-up projects at the
“Digital Freedom Festival”, and particular attention was paid to the team’s
motivation, as well as on the sales strategy of the developed product or
service. The participants of the competition included “PhotoLab”, a facial
recognition service, “Air Quality Tree”, an indoor air quality measurement
product, “iDiscount”, a discount service, “Snowision”, a snow tracking solution
for ski runs, “Kurp.es”, an application developed for travellers and
frequenters of cultural events, “Erth Pumps”, next-generation geothermal pumps,
“UpMatched”, a recruiting tool, and “Robotic Solutions”, a robotics solution.
Juris Birznieks, LatBAN Member of the Board: “The main prize was awarded to
the project whose potential, quality and high added value was appreciated by
Latvian and foreign investors — business angels. Startup pitch is an
opportunity for new companies to showcase their strengths and to verify the
viability of their developed products and services, the potential for
attracting investment and the likelihood of developing business on the
international market.”
The Zeew team received the main prize — a pre-paid trip to the impressive
start-up business event “Artic15” in Helsinki, May 2018. The competition's main
prize is provided by LatBAN in cooperation with Digital Freedom Festival and
Inno Energy.
Start-up enterprises can still apply their team’s business projects for the
LatBAN 2017 Financing Investment Session and investor assessment by 4 December.
The LatBAN December Investment Session will take place on 20 December.