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Field Sense by Agile Robotics
Modern agriculture faces increasing pressure to produce more with fewer resources. Farmers struggle with labor shortages, rising costs, and inefficient use of chemicals, which also cause environmental damage. Current solutions rely on large and expensive operations that lack precision and timely insights. As a result, farmers often react too late to issues like pests, diseases, and nutrient deficiencies. There is a clear need for smarter, more efficient systems that enable continuous monitoring, reduce resource use and recude costs, and support sustainable, high-yield farming.
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Haku Maglev
Rail transport is slow, capacity is underutilized, maintenance is high, and performance is weather dependent. Additionally, around 25% of trains in the Netherlands still operate on diesel, causing high emissions and unsustainable rail operations.
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Samen Hypotheek
Students and recent graduates face an extreme shortage of affordable housing, making individual homeownership nearly impossible. While buying a home collectively with a group of friends is a viable solution, the financial, legal, and organizational barriers are incredibly high. Traditional mortgages and legal frameworks are not suited for multi-owner group structures. This leaves young adults locked out of the housing market, unable to build equity or secure stable living conditions during a crucial phase of their lives.
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Lite
Creating high-quality, music-synchronized light shows is either very time-consuming, expensive, or both. Small venues can’t afford dedicated lighting operators and end up with generic or poorly timed lights, while large events spend huge amounts of time manually programming and time-coding shows. There’s a need for a tool that keeps creative control in human hands but removes the repetitive, technical work making it easier and faster to build, test, and run professional light shows at any scale.
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BioDetect Diapers
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most frequent and impactful health issues among elderly people (in particular woman) living in long-term care facilities. This is the case due to atypical symptoms, cognitive decline, and Asymptomatic Bacteriuria (ASB), which on its way can lead to delayed diagnosis, inappropriate antibiotic use, and costly hospitalizations. This leads to unnecesasary discomfort and a decline in overall health. At the same time, caregivers are left managing frequent diaper changes, more complex care needs, and rising treatment costs. Which all could be prevented by earlier UTI diagnosis.
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fevy.app
Planning and sharing social events today is fragmented and inefficient. Event details are scattered across calendars, messaging apps, and platforms, forcing people to manually copy information, chase updates, and miss changes. Existing tools separate private and public events and rely on outdated sharing models, while informal social gatherings remain unmanaged or undiscovered. As a result, organizers waste time coordinating, participation drops, and newcomers struggle to access local social and cultural life.
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Lente Health
Therapists across Europe are overworked, burnt out, and too much of their day is spent on non-clinical tasks.
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Playce
We live in a time where we are more connected than ever, yet many people feel deeply disconnected. Somewhere along the way, we forgot that the world is our playground. Even when surrounded by others, it’s easy to feel alone, stuck in routine, and unsure how to step outside it. Many want to try new things, meet people, or simply feel more present, but taking the first step feels awkward or overwhelming. There is a growing need for simple ways to rediscover curiosity, spontaneity, and human connection in everyday life.
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BTScout
Bij werkzaamheden aan dijken en spoorleidingen ontbreekt vaak voldoende inzicht in wat er onder en rondom de grond gebeurt. Dit brengt risico’s met zich mee voor de veiligheid, het monitoren van de infrastructuur en de planning van graafwerkzaamheden. Daarnaast kunnen dieren zoals bevers en dassen worden verstoord of raken hun burchten beschadigd, wat zowel ecologische als logistieke problemen veroorzaakt voor dijk- en spoorbeheerders.
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Stratos Dynamics
Our stratospheric glide aircraft start-up intends to addresses three primary challenges on a phased basis: 1. Current atmospheric data collection relies on single-use weather balloons that drift unpredictably and who’s sensors are rarely recovered. This creates pollution and results in increased costs. 2. Existing satellite infrastructure is prohibitively expensive and rigid, making it difficult to integrate rapid changes in sensor or communication technology.
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