New EdTech start-ups through ENTER_EdTech

On Thursday, 26th of January, the CYENS Centre of Excellence, GrantXpert Consulting, and Cyprus University of Technology hosted the closing event of the ENTER EdTech project. The event involved a pitching experience for six EdTech start-ups, who competed for one of the following remarkable and valuable prizes:

🏆1st winner: A direct place to the final evaluation stage for inclusion in the programme of the 8th cycle of the IDEA Innovation Center 2023 . Also, the winner will earns Consulting/Mentoring services for the development of the business idea by PowerSoft Computer Solutions Ltd.

🏆2nd winner: A direct place in the 2nd cycle of the “Microsoft for Start-ups” program of European University Cyprus and consulting/mentoring services for the utilization of available national and European grant programs by GrantXpert Consulting Ltd.

🏆3rd winner: JOIST Innovation Park provides consulting/mentoring services for the further development of a business idea, and the IED Institute of Entrepreneurship Development provides consulting/mentoring services for the utilization of available European grant programs.

The pitching event took place as part of the EU funded project ENTER EdTech, which the CYENS Centre of Excellence and GrantXpert Consulting implemented in Cyprus as a Learning and Innovation Hub (LIH). The event was free and open to the general public.

1st Winner 🏆:

BCSIZING, www.bcsizing.com 

Team Members: Dr Tanya Dove – CFO/Technology and business planning, Mr Edward Moura – Marketing Strategy CMO, Ms Jalice Cheng – Digital Marketing Manager

2nd Winner 🏆:

PlayTask Games, https://www.linkedin.com/company/playtask/

Team Members: Constantinos Clark – Game Developer, co-founder, Anastasios Chatzikyriakou – Game Developer, co-founder, Athanasia Hadjichristou – UI/UX Developer, co-founder, Stefanos Kyprianou – Lawyer, co-founder, Paschalis Kontopyrgos – Educational Psychologist Assistant

3rd Winner 🏆:

Lilith’s Child Games Studio, https://lilithschildgames.wixsite.com/gamesstudio

Team Members: Vicky Symeonidou – Go-Founder/Game Developer, Elena Kaskiri – Co-Founder/Game Developer

🙏Special thanks to all of the people that participated in this special event and to the exceptional panel of judges:
  1. Angela Panayiotou, Innovation, Startups & Entrepreneurship Advisor, Board of Directors Invest Cyprus – Cyprus Investment Promotion Agency
  2. George Malekkos, CEO and Founder, PowerSoft Computer Solutions Ltd
  3. Burak Berk Doluay, Entrepreneurship Community Manager, CYENS Centre of Excellence
  4. Olga Shvarova, Chief Innovation Officer, CYENS Centre of Excellence

The prizes were made possible by the kind sponsorships of:

  1. IDEA Innovation Center
  2. PowerSoft Computer Solutions Ltd
  3. European University Cyprus
  4. GrantXpert Consulting
  5. IED Institute of Entrepreneurship Development
  6. JOIST Innovation Park

Organizers: CYENS Centre of Excellence, Cyprus University of Technology / Τεχνολογικό Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου and GrantXpert Consulting

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