Fitsurance is selected for the Health Impact Accelerator!
The Health Impact Accelerator is the Business support scheme of Health ~ Holland from the Life Sciences & Health topsector (TKI:LSH) of The Netherlands. The program was launched in 2019 and this year is the second edition. The Health Impact Accelerator (HIA) prepares participants to become social entrepreneurs, during the HIA the participants are introduced […]
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Liion Power joins the ACE incubation program!
Liion Power is a new startup project in the Demonstrator Lab. They focus on the design of a smart external Lithium-ion battery charge optimizer to increase the longevity and performance of any Li-ion battery. They recently pitched their product and business plan and were selected to join the ACE incubation program! This will give Jardo and Tobias the right support and connections to turn Liion Power into a successful company.
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RabbitQuest launches unique health app: NewU
Building healthy habits is now easier thanks to the innovative idea of two students from the faculty of Human Movement Sciences. Gijs Limborgh and Bart Spangenberg have developed an app that helps to create healthy habits in a fun, easy, and effective way. NewU aims to improve many aspects in the everyday life such as nutrition, sleep, stress reduction, […]
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A story of VU startup Fitsurance
Fitsurance and how they ‘pivot’ during COVID-19, as a VU ‘personal health’ startup All was lost (well, almost) After a great pilot-project in Zeeland, where we measured runners on the beach, to see what a 3-day running event did with runners’ health, we stepped up our efforts to prepare for 2020, in order to make […]
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Three new companies at Demonstrator Lab
Three new companies at Demonstrator Lab Three groups made the transition from Demonstrator Lab project to company/ stichting: CrowdZ, Cargoplot and Stichting voor Chromotografie thuis. CrowdZ CrowdZ turns data into valuable insights. By gathering and providing real-time data from Bluetooth and WIFI tracking, CrowdZ provides customized solutions to gyms, hospitality, retail and smart building management. […]
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Blieep and Photosynthetic to AVS VU-Campus
Two startups from the Demonstrator Lab moved to the AVS-VU Campus after successfully testing and developing their initial idea into an early-stage startup: Blieep Using a combination of hard- and software and wireless data transfer (NFC) technology, Blieep offers solutions to register a wide range activities which can be analyzed through an app by the […]
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Geld van Innovatiefonds NH voor 3D printen op micron schaal
Photosynthetic B.V., een startup gevestigd in Demonstrator Lab, heeft een converteerbare lening van € 300.000 ontvangen van het Innovatiefonds Noord-Holland. Met deze financiering ontwikkelt het bedrijf een technologie om op micron schaal 3D structuren te printen. De technologie van Photosynthetic maakt het mogelijk om 3D structuren te printen op micron niveau. Toepassingen waar 3D printen […]
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Sports-f(x): gymification in de sport
Om mensen gemotiveerd te houden in sporten gaat het nieuwe bedrijf Sports-f(x) gymification toepassen in de sport. In het Demonstrator Lab op de VU heeft het bedrijf zijn eerste product Strike-f(x) ontwikkeld, een bokszak die de kracht, positie, frequentie en snelheid van al je trappen en stoten kan meten. Gamification “Ja, we weten het wel, […]
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Demonstrator Lab huisvest stress-test voor ecosystemen op schaal
De kant-en-klare experimentele opstelling van Climecs is gereed om klimaatscenario’s op vegetatie en bodemleven uit te testen. Begin december staat onderzoeker Oscar Franken met de Climecs-opstelling op de AgriFoodTech-beurs in Den Bosch om bezoekers de mogelijkheden te tonen van deze stresstest voor gewassen en ecosysteempjes. Lees hier het volledige artikel in Bionieuws: Stresstesten voor complete […]
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NWO-Demonstrator Grant for methane leak detection
Imran Avci and Davide Iannuzzi (Vrije Univeriteit Amsterdam) have been awarded an NWO-Demonstrator Grant. The grant will give them the opportunity to test whether their PAS-WRAP technology can be used to detect methane leaks in oil and gas extraction facilities. The project is based on a new approach to gas trace detection that offers high […]
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