PITCH Competition final at Web Summit 2016
summary
Three startups show concrete claims and early traction: Kubo robot is a tactile coding robot for kindergarten classes — class set of 10 robots, curriculum, tested in Danish schools, raised $200k, Indiegogo target ~$80k, patent paid and production in place; Papaya Pods is a cloud property-operations platform for landlords — 100 paying rooms, 800 trials, 3,000-room pipeline, €100k revenue, €15k monthly burn, targeting scalable per-room subscriptions; Soilon (soil electricity) shows cell prototypes (2 cm × 10 cm) lighting outdoor lamps, unit cost <$8 for small devices, prototypes up to claimed 1,500 W and licensing route to reach $150M in four years.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Event introduction
- 3:00Kubo Robot pitch
- 6:19Kubo Robot market outlook
- 8:15Kubo Robot Q&A
- 11:32Papaya Pods pitch
- 15:48Papaya Pods traction
- 17:13Papaya Pods Q&A
- 20:48Technical intermission
- 21:59Soiltron pitch
- 25:52Soiltron Q&A and wrap-up
