Cyber Valley expands start-up and investor networks
The Cyber Valley Start-up Network is growing: With BrainKey, Concular and TREEO, three more young companies have joined the community of innovative AI start-ups. The Cyber Valley Start-up Network now has 36 members. In addition, Europe’s largest artificial intelligence (AI) research consortium is pleased to announce a new member in the Cyber Valley Investor Network: Plug and Play Tech Center strengthens the group of venture capital firms that advise and support start-ups.
“The continued growth of our networks underscores the attractiveness and importance that characterizes Cyber Valley as a European AI hotspot,” says Rebecca C. Reisch, Managing Director of Cyber Valley GmbH. “Increasingly, this relates not only to artificial intelligence research, but also to the concrete application of modern AI technologies – including in the areas of health and climate protection, as the latest additions impressively demonstrate.”
BrainKey quantifies brain health and align patients with the right treatment. For that, multimodal data fusion is used on biomedical data such as genetic and imaging data in order to assess brain health and provide treatment recommendations. “We created BrainKey to create a powerful new tool that can fundamentally improve how we identify, treat, and manage brain health. It’s a personal mission for me but it’s a global problem”, says BrainKey founder Owen Philips, who resides in Tübingen.
The Stuttgart-based company Concular enables building owners and manufacturers to efficiently reduce emissions, resources and waste and comply with regulations. With digital passports and tools, all stakeholders are capable to identify, trace, measure and circulate material flows. “We are excited to be part of the Cyber Valley Start-up Network to digitally and sustainably transform the construction industry jointly with technology”, says Dominik Campanella, co-founder and CEO of Concular.
TREEO’s vision is to reverse climate change with smallholder farmers to succeed in harmony with nature. The start-up from Stuttgart wants to empower farmers to monetize their carbon removals. By doing that, the farmers improve their livelihoods and fully capitalize upon their carbon equity, recognizing them as valuable asset holders. “We are excited to infuse the latest AI competence and build an expert network for the young TREEO start-up, an offspring from Fairventures, with the help of Cyber Valley”, says Stefan Ferber, Executive Director and co-founder of TREEO. “Ultimately, this will boost our teams in software development and carbon data analytics, building the bridge between climate technology and real climate action.”
The investor Plug and Play Tech Center operates from more than 35 locations worldwide investing in future-thinking companies such as PayPal, Danger, Dropbox, and Lending Club. “We want to support the local AI start-up ecosystem by helping them to connect to leading industrial corporations through our innovation platform comprising a network out of more than 600 world’s largest corporations and by funding these innovative start-ups”, says Tim Solle, Plug and Play Tech Center analyst.
About Cyber Valley:
Cyber Valley is Europe’s largest research consortium in the field of artificial intelligence with partners from science and industry. The state of Baden-Württemberg, the Max Planck Society with the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, the Universities of Stuttgart and Tübingen, as well as Amazon, BMW AG, IAV GmbH, Mercedes-Benz Group AG, Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Robert Bosch GmbH, and ZF Friedrichshafen AG are Cyber Valley’s founding partners. In 2019, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft also joined Cyber Valley as a partner. Moreover, Cyber Valley also receives support from the Christian Bürkert Foundation, the Gips-Schüle Foundation, the Vector Foundation, and the Carl Zeiss Foundation.
About the Cyber Valley Start-up Network:
With the Start-up Network, Cyber Valley is building and fostering a community of entrepreneurs. As members of the network, start-ups are invited to attend newly created Cyber Valley networking events such as talks, meet-ups, and tech brunches on a regular basis. They are listed on the Cyber Valley website and can use the network’s logo in their communication materials. Network members are required to have a connection to Cyber Valley, for instance by being headquartered in Baden-Württemberg, or by having members or alumni of Cyber Valley partner institutions among their founders. Their activities must be related to the field of intelligent systems. Membership in the Cyber Valley Start-up Network is reviewed once a year to ensure that these requirements continue to be met.
About the Cyber Valley Investor Network:
The venture capital firms in the Cyber Valley Investor Network are committed to providing mentorship to scientists within the Cyber Valley ecosystem by helping them turn research and business ideas into thriving companies. The VC firms’ guidance will serve as a springboard for future entrepreneurs, creating the AI jobs of the future.
Weitere Informationen:
https://cyber-valley.de/
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