Tech4Trust - Trust Tech Acceleration Program 2019 - Epfl-innovationpark.ch, EPFL Innovation Park

A 4-month startup acceleration program for companies developing innovative solutions to improve trust in an era of disinformation, cyberthreats and global misuse of our private and personal data.

THE FIRST SWISS PROGRAM IN THE FIELD OF DIGITAL TRUST AND CYBERSECURITY

cybersecurity – authentication – access control – data privacy – anti-counterfeiting – traceability – GDPR – disinformation

A global need

Building and maintaining trust has become a major challenge in our era of massive data collection, disinformation and cyberthreats. Adding to this the GDPR introduction and the risks associated to a non-conformity with the policy, the need for innovative solutions to support companies in their efforts to establish trust with all their stakeholders is critical:

Access to sensitive data need to be controlled more efficiently.
Authentication methods need to be of utmost reliability with the least possible user experience cost.
Exchange of information needs guaranteed security, and privacy must be preserved.

The challenges faced are numerous, and the solutions exist. There is a need to connect the different actors offering solutions with the organisations facing problems in a collaborative manner.

About the program

Next program start date
October 2020

Registration
Summer 2020

Duration
4 Months

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Program eligibility

All startups developing innovative solutions to foster trust in our society is welcome to apply to this program. However, priority will been given to startups:

Incorporated for less than 7 years.
Already having a product ready to be sold.
Are in the phase of acquiring their first customers.
Are in the field of cybersecurity, authentication, access control, data privacy, anti-counterfeiting, traceability, GDPR, authenticity verification or related.
Committed to attend diligently all the program activities

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GOALS & BENEFITS

Visibility
Showcase innovative products / services of start-ups to potential customers in Lausanne, Zurich, Sion, Yverdon, Geneva, …

Sales
Connecting startups with new potential customers and giving access to our partners networks, including solution integrators

Pilots / PoCs
Creating synergies with research departments from corporate companies

Academic Partnerships
Creating opportunities for joint research projects with labs & professors from universities

Mentoring
9h of exclusive 1-1 coaching by a pool of experts to accompany the startups during the program

Fundraising
Meeting investors, support in clarifying needs and development of pitching skills

Cash Prize
3 Cash prize will be awarded to selected startups

Learn new skills
4 Workshops led by industry experts on tech, sales, management, legal aspects and fundraising skills

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TESTIMONIALS

“This program is essential to establish the credibility of the region in the security space, as well as initiate collaborations between relevant stakeholders.”
Justin Picard, ScanTrust
“The Acceleration Program mostly has helped us in the Product development. Additionally, we gained key learnings in terms of business strategy and growth ”
Pierre-Mikael Legris, Pryv
“Tech4Trust has given us multiple opportunities to gain visibility, expand our network, meet potential resellers as well as target clients. The endorsement of a highly respected institution like EPFL is very valuable for any start-up - we appreciated it a lot.”
Julian Selz, CybrQ
"The program is an unique opportunity to meet high-motivated innovators and experienced folks with a security mindset. It provides a platform for visibility at the national level, with an appearance at the Swiss CyberSecurity Days. It does not get better than that."
Laurent Balmelli, Tech4Trust Mentor
“No comments, just incredible...”
Christophe Bron, Veintree
"Trust is the crucial component to support the sustainability of the personal data economy. Today, more than ever businesses are highly dependent on building trusted relationships. While it’s difficult to win, it’s easy to be lost. Tech4Trust brings together the best technology solutions to restore trust in business. Effectively."
Evelina Georgieva, Pryv
“We were also very fortunate to have extremely qualified mentors who allowed us to better orient our strategy and thanks to which we were able to obtain really relevant information and recommendations which helped us to move forward. ”
Julian Naftule, Ex0-SyS
“The program was well organized and the events provided us with valuable discussions and contacts to help us in our journey.”
Cyril Hauppert, Access Informer
“Great interaction with start up / mentors and some specific visitors. It helped increase our useful network and potential partners for quicker development.”
Cecile Maye, Megaverse
“The Tech4Trust accelerator was for us a very interesting and intensive program, with good workshops and productive meeting in roadshows.”
Philippe Kapfer, NextDay.Vision

COMPETITION

To reward the best projects, the Canton de Vaud and selected partners are sponsoring special prizes at the end of the acceleration program to selected start-ups that meet the following conditions:

Has made substantial progress during the acceleration program: validated their business concept through thorough market investigation, established a viable business model, built a great operational team, potentially initial sales.
Founders have demonstrated a strong entrepreneurial mindset, are able to effectively motivate and lead a team, to develop a strong business network, and to communicate effectively with board members /investors /stakeholders /customers/ to reach their objectives.
Has shown a strong commitment to the program activities.

The selection of the prize winners is done by a jury composed of experts of the sector, the management of the acceleration program and representatives of the prizes sponsors.

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SELECTED START-UPS 2019

Access Informer: Access Informer is a simple yet powerful solution for companies to collect, analyze and monitor user authorizations across key systems, including SAP, Active Directory, SharePoint and network shares.
CybrQ: CybrQ is a SaaS platform with self-service solutions ranging from Apps/Devices, Browsing, e-Mail, Authentication to Cyber Awareness.
Decentriq: Decentriq is enabling businesses to identify analytics potential in datasets without having access to the data. We provide a privacy-preserving way of calculating the overlap between the desired characteristics of a dataset and the actual data.
Ex0-SyS: Ex0-SyS develops Alph@TaV Vault, which protects your data by allowing you to encrypt all types of files and folders, offering you absolute protection against unauthorized access. It is intended for everyone and is, by nature, independent of any external control.
Laava: Laava’s Smart Fingerprint™ is a better unique identifier combining authentication, consumer engagement, and supply chain functionality at a much lower cost than other solutions.
MedCo: MedCo is the first operational system that makes sensitive medical data available for research in a simple, privacy-aware and secure way. It enables hundreds of clinical sites to collectively protect their data and to securely share them.
Megaverse: Megaverse is developing adaptive learning in cyber awareness.
NextDay.Vision: NextDay.Vision offers you to replace passwords by authenticating yourself in a simple, efficient and secure way on a multitude of services using a security key, your face or a phone.
OneVisage: OneVisage proposes 3 software development kits that bring one or multiple concurrent factors, including 3D facial biometry (who I am), 3D graphical authentication (what I know) and Premier ID that mixes multiple factors.
PRYV: PRYV is a compliance software for personal health data privacy and consent.
Quantum Integrity: Quantum Integrity develops artificial intelligence for DeepFake detection.
ScanTrust: ScanTrust provides a cloud-based, Internet-of-Packaging platform for product authentication and supply chain visibility.
Teserakt: Teserakt develops software to enable strong encryption between industrial IoT systems.
Veintree: Veintree extends portable QR and barcode readers with a “biometrical IR video reader” add-on, allowing anonymous and GDPR compliant registration of human venous networks (and human-centered actions).