Embarking on a Journey to Health!
Third edition of Huawei Startup Challenge – 2022
#TECHFORBETTERHEALTH
About the Competition
#HuaweiStartupChallenge3 marked the third edition of a contest organized by Huawei Poland and Startup Academy, directed at Polish startups developing innovations to holistically enhance our health – from prevention and monitoring to treatment.
Every day, thousands of unique ideas emerge, which could revolutionize our world once given a proper support. Collaboration between companies and institutions offers a chance to realize these ideas, thereby improving the life quality of millions. This edition rewarded the most innovative technological solutions aimed at revolutionizing healthcare and contributing to the improvement of significant factors affecting both physical and mental well-being of patients in Poland and globally.
The most innovative solutions were chosen by an independent Jury, consisting of distinguished representatives from the realms of science, business, and public expertise, based on the evaluation of competition entries.
Prizes and Winners
First place
100 000 PLN
CLEBRE
Second place
60 000 PLN
OASIS DIAGNOSTICS
Third place
40 000 PLN
PIOLIGON
Participants
We sought socially responsible startups at various stages of development, whose projects focus on leveraging technology for comprehensive healthcare and medical innovation.
We invited ambitious Polish engineers, entrepreneurs of all ages, and inventors who are at the beginning of their journey to revolutionize health tools including mental well-being.
If you want to influence world change and are ready to implement creative, technological solutions that would improve the well-being and health of people, this challenge was designed for you.
Our jury has already selected the best companies in the third edition of the competition!
Competition goals
- demonstrate how technologies can support health protection
- support education on innovative health care, well-being and comprehensive human welfare solutions
- encourage cooperation among diverse entities towards a common goal - the development of health protection in Poland and globally
- boost the development of the Polish medtech startup ecosystem
- support the advancement of Polish science and local talents, positioning Poland as an innovation hub in the region
Timeline
Challenges
We sought innovative ideas on how to revolutionize the world of healthcare. Startups that passed the selection stage participated in a challenge track, designed to refine and popularize their solution!
The Challenge!
The TOP20 startups were tasked with creating a use case in video form, showcasing how users will benefit from their solution! This allowed us to understand how the tool works and presented its key advantages. The created video helped the jury understand the startup's project, and became additional material for teams' social media.
The Task!
Startups from the competition's twenty also recorded 1-minute video pitches, which we then posted on the Huawei Startup Challenge website. The startup with the most votes was awarded the so-called Wild Card and found its place in the HSC Final without Jury assessment!
Competition Jury
Kinga Stanisławska
prof. Marcin Bajkowski
Krzysztof Mędrala
Piotr Mieczkowski
dr Blanka Siwińska
Wojciech Drewczyński
prof. Piotr Kosiak
dr Agnieszka Graczyk-Szuster
dr Bartłomiej Grobelski
dr Marcin Meyer
dr Katarzyna Samsel
Urszula Szybowicz
dr Marek Migdał
Agnieszka Pietrzak
prof. Bolesław Rok
prof. Iwona Maroszyńska
Organizers
The competition was hosted by Huawei and Startup Academy
HUAWEI
Startups and small enterprises are today’s leading innovators and pioneers in the business world. An increasing number of startups are seeking comprehensive digital solutions for the development of their ideas and products. Huawei, as a provider of solutions in the realm of IT and communication infrastructure as well as smart devices, has been assisting startups to capitalize on the opportunities presented by digital transformation for many years.
Offering solutions across four key areas – telecommunications networks, IT, smart devices, and cloud services – Huawei endeavors to supply digital devices and solutions to individuals, businesses, and households alike, thus creating a fully connected, intelligent world.
At the same time, over 194,000 of Huawei employees are committed to developing innovative solutions for telecommunications operators, enterprises and consumers, which are utilized in more than 170 countries, thereby reaching a third of the world’s population. Founded in 1987, Huawei is wholly owned by its employees.
STARTUP ACADEMY
We assist large corporations in generating and implementing new solutions and fostering a culture of innovation. We support local governments in creating ecosystems where entrepreneurs can more easily conduct their business and we help startups build scalable business models and secure development funding.
We bridge large companies with startups, creating a platform for effective collaboration between them. We develop acceleration programs in which we aid organizations in producing innovative solutions, products, and services through cooperation with creative and flexible entrepreneurs.
Since November 2019 we have also been an Accredited Business Environment Institution with an Innovation Center profile, highlighting the quality of our work while meeting the high standards expected by certifying entities.
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