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Innovative Cybersecurity Solutions and Founder Spirit at Final Pitch Event
Ten innovative cybersecurity startups successfully have completed the "SpeedUpSecure" accelerator program. At the final pitch event, they presented their business ideas to a top-class jury and expert audience. The winning teams will receive prize money totaling 20,000 Euros. The three best-placed startups are: Startup Sanctuary (1st place), Startup Validaitor (2nd place) and Startup Lubis EDA (3rd place). The Innovation Award went to Startup Devity.
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ATHENE Startup Award UP23@it-sa finalists in the spotlight: enclaive
The startup enclaive is one of the five finalists in the race for this year's ATHENE Startup Award UP23@it-sa. We met up with the startup, which aims to make confidential computing even more secure, for an interview.
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Five cybersecurity start-ups in the final of the ATHENE Startup Award UP23@it-sa
In the race for the ATHENE Startup Award UP23@it-sa, five companies are heading for the home stretch: Enclaive, Quantum Optics Jena, KeeQuant, Mondoo and ZenAdmin have been selected by the expert jury for the final pitch event. The pitch for the coveted prize as the best cybersecurity start-up from the DACH region will take place on 11 October at the it-sa Expo&Congress in Nuremberg.
read moreStart of the application phase for ATHENE Startup Award UP23@it-sa
From July 1 to 31, 2023, startups from the DACH region can apply for the ATHENE Startup Award UP23@it-sa. Startups from Germany, Austria and Switzerland that deal with IT security or data protection are eligible to participate. The online application is possible at: www.itsa365.de/up-award.
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Eleven innovative cybersecurity startups in next round of accelerator program
The accelerator program "SpeedUpSecure" promotes startups with innovative solutions in the field of cybersecurity. Eleven startups qualified for the program this year and will undergo a five-month intensive and targeted training program starting in early May. They will have access to a strong network of experts from business and research, who will be involved in the accelerator as mentors, jurors, coaches or with keynote speeches.
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TrustCerts is winner of the ATHENE Startup Award UP22@it-sa
The winner of this year's ATHENE Startup Award UP22@it-sa has been determined: The startup TrustCerts was able to prevail against nine other startups in yesterday's pitch and may take home the coveted trophy. The team convinced both the jury and the audience with their business idea of signing, creating and managing documents and proofs in a forgery-proof way, while ensuring neutral verifiability with blockchain technology.
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ATHENE Startup Award UP22@it-sa goes into the 5th round
It's that time again: The application phase for ATHENE Startup Award UP22@it-sa has started! Until July 4, young companies from Germany, Austria and Switzerland can apply for the most important startup award for startups from the German-speaking IT security sector. After the preliminary decision of the expert jury and the online pitch on the digital dialog platform it-sa 365, the award ceremony will take place at the it-sa Expo&Congress in October.
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Forward-looking, innovative cybersecurity solutions and founding spirit convince at final pitch in Accelerator SpeedUpSecure
Ten particularly innovative startups from all over Germany qualified for the "SpeedUpSecure" accelerator program for cybersecurity startups. From the beginning of February to the end of March, they benefited from a targeted training program and were accompanied by mentors from the business world. At the final event, the ten startups presented their young company and technology in a five-minute pitch to a top-class jury and an audience of experts. The three winning teams received prize money totaling EUR 5,000.
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Ten innovative cybersecurity startups in next round of accelerator program
The accelerator program "SpeedUpSecure" promotes startups with innovative solutions in the field of cybersecurity. Ten startups qualified for the program and will undergo a two-month intensive and targeted training program starting in early February. They will have access to a strong network of experts from business and research, who will be involved in the accelerator as mentors, jurors, coaches or with keynote speeches. The start-up incubator StartUpSecure at the National Research Center for Applied Cybersecurity ATHENE in Darmstadt launched the Accelerator. It is supported by the partner incubators for cybersecurity CISPA in Saarbrücken, Cube 5 in Bochum and StartUpSecure KASTEL in Karlsruhe.
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What are the risks of mobile apps?
With its platform, the start-up project Queryella enables in-depth checks of mobile apps for security vulnerabilities and data protection violations and contributes to the protection of users and companies. The promising project has been funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) since the beginning of July 2021 with €0.8 million as part of the StartUpSecure initiative and is supported by the StartUpSecure I ATHENE start-up incubator.
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