The Creatic and Antena TrenLab awards recognize seven entrepreneurial initiatives

La Night of Entrepreneurship, held at the TecnoCampus, brought together around 300 people to attend the presentation of the Creatic awards and, as a novelty, the first edition of the Antena TrenLab awards. A total of seven projects were recognized during the evening: three corresponding to the Creatic awards and four to the Antena TrenLab, which will allow their promoters to enjoy financial aid and business acceleration programs to bring their solutions to market.

Creative Awards:

• Award for the best business initiative in the field of technology and innovation (12.000 euros and subsidized stay in the TecnoCampus incubator for one year): Coresys Health, which works on the development and manufacture of monitors for the detection of sepsis in hospitalized patients. Presented by: James Marugg and Erik Weber Jensen.
• Prize for the best project with social impact (6.000 euros and subsidized stay in the TecnoCampus incubator for one year): Hoop Diabetes, a project focused on the design of medical devices to improve the quality of life of people with diabetes. Presented by: David Reyes and Axel Rico.
• Prize for the best initiative led by women (6.000 euros and stay in the TecnoCampus incubator for one year): Sweanty , a start up that offers a solution to prevent dehydration in athletes by analyzing sweat. Presented by: Anna Llorella and Laura Ortega.

Additionally, two projects submitted by students were recognized. The award for university entrepreneurship went to Albert Loma, Aitor Garcia, Jan Cano and Eric Fradera, for the White Jacket project, an innovative technological solution in the form of a wearable for blind or visually impaired people. The best entrepreneurial project in the field of professional training went to the students Carol Lozano, Elsa Mena and Maria Molleví, from the Pia Santa Anna School, for the Iberia Discovery project, a video game with a historical theme of Spain about events that took place between the years 1875 and 1975, applying the gamification to learning 

Antena TrenLab awards:

The awards that respond to the three operational challenges are endowed with €40000 each, and the disruptive challenge with €30.000. Thanks to this endowment, the four companies will participate in a six-month acceleration program that includes the possibility of testing the solution in the territory of Mataró and the Maresme.

• "Smart Railway Station" Operational Challenge CACTUS, For a proposed network of IoT devices and a sustainable technology platform with the ability to provide real-time information of interest to passengers. Presented by: Israel Blanco
• "Customer Happiness" Operational Challenge Wipass, proposes to unify digitization and accompany the user from the beginning to the end of their journey, offering a unique and connected experience with Renfe. And, at the same time, Renfe will be able to obtain relevant information about the experience, interaction and satisfaction of passengers, once the service ends. Presented by: Mariam Ayadi.
• “3D Rail” Operational Challenge Drukatt, which has presented an innovative project in the manufacture of industrial spare parts through design and additive manufacturing, training and integrating the professionals of the territory. Presented by: Israel Arias.
• Disruptive Challenge “Keep it Open!”Hypervisoul proposes to adapt its system of  traffic management to operate fleets of light and automated vehicles on rural rail lines and create on-demand transport services for commuters-  Presented by: José Triano Romero

The Antena TrenLab project and awards are an initiative of Renfe, Mataró City Council and TecnoCampus. The Creatic awards, an initiative of the TecnoCampus and the Mataró City Council, also have the support of several companies and institutions, among which we should highlight those who act as patrons: Bytemaster, Esed, Fyr Legal, Minoryx, Palobiofarma and Derecho.com In addition to the companies that act as patrons, the Diputació de Barcelona, ​​the Generalitat de Catalunya, through the Secretariat of Digital Policies and the Agency for the Competitiveness of the Company ACCIÓ support the initiative. Also collaborating are the Mataró and Maresme New Information and Communication Technology Business Group (GENTIC), the Independent Association of Young Entrepreneurs of Catalonia (AIJEC), EURECAT, the Federation of Business Associations and Guilds del Maresme (FAGEM), the Associació Don't un impuls, the Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona, ​​BANC and PIMEC. It also has the support of the Start For Future European program, promoted by EIT Manufacturing&Urban Mobility.