UniFa Wins Startup World Cup; Raises $1m from Fenox VC

UniFa, a Japanese maker of an IoT solution for tracking kindergarteners’ physical and mental growth, raised $1m in equity funding.

Fenox Venture Capital made the ivnestment as a prize for winning the Startup World Cup final pitch competition on March 24th 2017.

UniFa has developed an IoT solution for tracking kindergarteners’ physical and mental growth, using a personal robot called Meebo, a smart thermometer, and a smart bed that collects data from children at kindergarten to give parents a better idea of their child’s well-being.

The 2nd place went to Open Bionics, a 3D printer of robotic arms from the United Kingdom, and 3rd place was taken by Ahlijasa, an on-demand laundry service from Indonesia.
Judges at the event included Tim Draper of DFJ, David Cohen of Techstars, Kevin Hale of Y Combinator, Eric Feng of KPCB, Alireza Masrour of Plug & Play Ventures, Lisa Suennen of GE Ventures, and Edith Yeung of 500 Startups.

The rest of the finalists in no particular order:
– Crysp (India)
– SnappyScreen (New York, USA)
– Light & Data Technology (China)
– Delvv.io (South Africa)
– Entropix (California, USA)
– ShipVio (Czech Republic)
– Fitly (Boston, USA)
– Uprise (Australia)
– Jarvish (Taiwan)
– Epsilon (Luxembourg)
– LiveCare (South Korea)
– 3DPrinterOS (Texas, USA)

FinSMEs

03/04/2017

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