Days left to vote for Pitch@Palace 7.0 People's Choice winner

by Startacus Admin

43 Pitch@Palace 7.0 businesses, whether they reached the overall final or not, can still be crowned the Pitch@Palace 7.0 People's Choice winner. Who wins? You decide....

12 shortlisted startups will compete at the Pitch@Palace 7.0 final at St James’ Palace on 25th April. Founded in 2014, Pitch@Palace gives entrepreneurs the chance to get their tech business ideas in front of an audience of prestigious influencers who have the ability to catapult them to the next level, including CEOs, angel investors, venture capitalists, mentors and potential business partners. Startacus will keep an eye on the pitch final next week and look to report back with all the happenings.

But, in the short term, we thought it wise to give a shout out to all 43 Pitch@Palace 7.0 businesses; whether they reached the overall final or not, one can still be crowned the Pitch@Palace 7.0 People's Choice winner. And this is where you, the all powerful public comes in. You can, as the name suggests, choose the overall People’s Choice winner.

Each startup has a 1 min pitch video that you can watch to make up your mind, or if you look over the list, you might spot one that you know or love already. Click here to look over the list and vote. 

Good luck to the 43 startups, and to help a little, we’ve included a one liner and a link to either their Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn profile below, so you can kindly wish them well. You have until 12 noon (UK time) next Tuesday (24th April 17) to take part in the all important vote.


Vote for one of the following...

Aesthetic Integration is leveraging recent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence to empower humans to understand what software does, why it does it and what can possibly go wrong

Alkosens is building a technology that is trying to solve alcohol related problems like drunk driving and early detection of alcohol diseases

Ask the Midwife is the first advice app run by midwives for women & families. Users can ask any questions about pregnancy, birth & beyond & get a fast response

The Big Learning Company make a real difference by using digital tools to upskill young people, learners and educators to bring about transformational change in their lives

BLINK is a communications device that redefines the relationship between pedestrians and self-driving vehicles

Blue Sky Bio is a UK government (BEIS) backed clean tech R&D firm that is aspiring to develop the world's first (and only) “atmospheric CO2 absorbing" energy supply chain

Boosty helps those with poor Broadband get better speeds today by seamlessly 'topping up' with their smartphone's 4G

BrainWaveBank ’s neuroscience platform takes sophisticated brain imaging out of the lab and makes daily in-home brain health monitoring accessible to everyone

My Little Explorer alerts parents to wandering children, the big vision is to use the IoT and Beacons to create connected environments that relocate lost kids

CaerVest is a quantum leap forward in life saving medical tech. We have already saved lives by providing ultra-early powerful cooling to heat compromised patients in remote locations

CENTURY Tech uses AI technology to engage learners with a personalised learning experience, whilst empowering educators with real-time data insights

CitreCyle is a clean lead acid battery recycling (LAB) system gives marginalized workers safe option to informal kettle smelting. It cuts pollution, deaths & infant brain damage

CognitionX is a free Search Engine for buyers of AI. Revenue is from advertising and Pro Subscriptions. The 2022 revenue plan is £100m ARR at 90% GM

Crowdacure is the first organisation tackling Underfunded Medical Research. Solving funding hardship and underfunding in medical research, could fasten life-changing developments in medicine

Desolenator is a clean technology with the potential to affect the lives of millions by transforming seawater or contaminated water into low cost drinking water using solar power

Echo (economyofhours.com) is a marketplace without money. Members trade skills and services using a currency called Echoes, where 1 Echo = 1 hour. We featured Echo on Startacus back in July 2015. 

Footfalls & Heartbeats has developed an innovative and proprietary process for manufacturing smart wearable textiles where the textile itself is the sensor

GALLIVANT is an indie fragrance brand. The freedom to wander and travel. Unisex perfumes for urban explorers. Designed in London, handmade in England

Healthera is a health tech company which developed a pharmacy-integrated health management app that tackles medical compliance and brings digital upgrade to pharmacy

Helpfulpeeps is a new social network where people share their time, skills and knowledge to help each other for free. We featured Helpfulpeeps as a Startup of the Week this Feb. 

ImpactVision’s mission is to build a more transparent and effective global food system, using hyperspectral technology

Infi-tex is a smart textile company, producing patented textile pressure sensors that are touch sensitive, washable, resilient and adaptable to many uses

InsureStreet ’is RentPassport enables 100% digital tenant risk and affordability profiling and replaces 6-8 weeks cash deposits with deposit replacement insurance policy

Iron Ocean is a specialist SMART textile company with a lifesaving new garment designed to save lives in the oil and gas industry

Kraydel is a small, plug & play device enabling the elderly to age safely at home. Packed with sensors, it learns a normal daily routine triggering alerts for any changes. In active mode, Kraydel's txt, audio & video medicine reminders keep people healthy

Learnerbly helps every single person be their best selves at work; curating top learning and development opportunities to accelerate their professional growth

Limitless Travel is harnessing the power technology to make the world accessible to all. It is their mission to revolutionise travel for people with disabilities

MyDidimo radically changes digital experiences. Its software creates a digital version of you, from a single photo, used to enhance VR, games and social media

NuVisionR specialises in creating high quality and affordable treatments for ‘front of eye’ disease and trauma in both humans and animals

Open Bionics turns children with limb differences into bionic superheroes

Oxford Heartbeat makes cardiovascular surgery more accurate and safe. It enables clinicians to rehearse surgeries to choose the best option for each patient

Pharmaseal is developing the first business to business (b2b) clinical trial governance platform for biopharmaceutical companies to manage their clinical trials

Cubetto is a LOGO Turtle-inspired, Montessori-approved wooden robot that helps girls and boys aged three and up learn computer programming without screens or literacy

REALRIDER® is an industry-first app for motorcyclists; detecting if a rider has had an accident and notifying Emergency Services of the rider's location

SafetyNet Technologies can lower by-catch by 90% -- saving fish, helping fishermen, and protecting an increasingly essential food source now and for the future

SMARTIFY lets users scan, identify and uncover the great stories behind your favourite art. Set to be the Shazam and Spotify for art, SMARTIFY CIC uses advanced image-recognition and Augmented Reality (AR) to help people make meaningful connections with art. We wrote about SMARTIFY just last month. 

Tech Will Save Us - Tech Will Save us is a digital toolkit that allows adults and children to build tools that help kids to make, play, code and invent. We first featured Tech Will Save Us 

The Return Hub is a recruitment firm connecting mid and senior level women who want to re-launch their careers with employers in the Financial Services Sector

Time Travellers Tours is Horrible Histories meets Pokémon Go: their story-driven AR-enhanced treasure hunts to historic places

TimeLooper lets users "Step Inside History". It allow visitors to historical and cultural heritage sites around the world relive the incredible events that defined those locations through virtual reality

TryLife creates interactive films that allow users worldwide to make life choices on behalf of film characters and see the consequences of their actions. We literally wrote about TryLife as we launched Startacus back in 2012. 

Vision Game Labs uses gaming data to measure vision away from hospital, to predict early vision loss and reduce healthcare costs

VRGO is a new kind of connected chair that enables people to move within virtual reality without the need to hold a controller

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Published on: 19th April 2017