Startup Of The Week

25 Startups To Meet At Vivatech

This year some 9,000 startups are expected to attend the Paris conference. The Innovator has selected 25 under-the-radar to late-stage companies disrupting business. Thirteen of them, marked with an asterisk, are finalists in Viva Technology’s Next Unicorn contest. The winners will be announced May 16.

FINTECH

ZILINGO

SINGAPORE

WHAT IT DOES: A commerce platform that connects fashion businesses across the supply chain to make them more effiecient.

https://zilingo.com

BUNQ

NETHERLANDS

WHAT IT DOES: A digital challenger bank with operations in multiple European countries.

https://www.bunq.com

GOCARDLESS*

UNITED KINGDOM

WHAT IT DOES: Helps businesses collect recurring payments from across Europe.

https://gocardless.com

IMPAK FINANCE

CANADA

WHAT IT DOES : Allows consumers and investors to connect with socially and environmentally responsible companies.

https://www.impak.eco

SUMUP*

UNITED KINGDOM

WHAT IT DOES: Produces a compact, low-cost device for contactless and chip card payments that makes it easy for small merchants to accept payments anywhere.

www.sumup.co.uk

B2B

ALGOLIA*

FRANCE

WHAT IT DOES: Search as a service. Its hosted search application programming interface (API) helps businesses across industries create fast, relevant searches to connect their users with what matters.

www.algolia.com

SHIFT TECHNOLOGY*

FRANCE

WHAT IT DOES: AI-based fraud detection for the global insurance industry.

https://www.shift-technology.com

SOLDO*

UNITED KINGDOM

WHAT IT DOES: Developed technology to help businesses of all sizes manage employee and other company spending in a smarter, more efficient way.

https://www.soldo.com

DATAIKU*

FRANCE/UNITED STATES

WHAT IT DOES: A technology platform that aims to help companies do everything from data preparation to analytics at scale to Enterprise AI.

https://www.dataiku.com

TYPEFORM*

SPAIN

WHAT IT DOES: Software as a service. Specializes in online form building andsurveys. Its main software creates dynamic forms based on user needs.

https://www.typeform.com

AIRCALL*

FRANCE

WHAT IT DOES: Advanced cloud-based system that includes business phone and call center software in one tool.

www.aircall.io

PAYFIT*

FRANCE

WHAT IT DOES: Integrated payroll and HR management software that aims to help small and medium enterprises to easily and quickly pay their employees.

https://payfit.com/

TECH FOR GOOD

YNSECT*

FRANCE

WHAT IT DOES: Grows insects to make high-quality, premium natural ingredients for aquaculture and pet nutrition.

http://www.ynsect.com

JANNGO

IVORY COAST

WHAT IT DOES: Builds, grows and invests in pan-African digital champions with proven business models and inclusive social impact.

https://www.janngo.com

AGRICOOL*

FRANCE

WHAT IT DOES: Uses containers to grow fruit and vegetables in urban areas.

www. https://agricool.co

SKIPPING ROCKS LAB

UNITED KINGDOM

WHAT IT DOES: Developing Ooho!, an edible water bottle made from seaweed that is biodegradable.

http://skippingrockslab.com

MOBILITY

ZAPATA

FRANCE

WHAT IT DOES: Makes the Flyboard Air hoverboard, a personal flight device. It is pursuing potential uses for the military, industrial and medical sectors.

https://zapata.com

LILIUM

GERMANY

WHAT IT DOES: A planned air taxi service employing an electrically powered, vertical take-off and landing airplane that it designed.

https://lilium.com

ENERGY

HOLALUZ

SPAIN

WHAT IT DOES: Its platform allows consumers and businesses to purchase renewable energy while managing their costs and consumption.

https://www.holaluz.com

PHYSEE

NETHERLANDS

WHAT IT DOES: Develops SmartWindows which generate clean power. Sensors embedded in the windows monitor light and temperature to automically adjust heating and cooling inside buildings.

https://www.physee.eu

ECO WAVE POWER
ISRAEL

WHAT IT DOES: A system that converts ocean waves into energy.

https://www.ecowavepower.com

CLIMEWORKS
SWITZERLAND
WHAT IT DOES: Captures CO2 from the air to sell to customers in industries such as food and beverage, agriculture and automotive.

http://www.climeworks.com

INVENIA*

UNITED KINGDOM

WHAT IT DOES: Applies machine learning to electricity production and distribution, with the aim of improving reliability, efficiency and transparency while reducing pollution.

https://www.invenia.ca

CYBERSECURITY

DARKTRACE

UNITED KINGDOM/UNITED STATES

WHAT IT DOES: Uses artificial intelligence to detect viruses and cyber threats inside corporate networks, cloud and virtualized environments, IoT and industrial control systems.

https://www.darktrace.com/en

TESSIAN*

UNITED KINGDOM

WHAT IT DOES: Uses machine learning to analyze inbound and outbound emails in order to automatically prevent cybersecurity threats, including spear phishing and unauthorized email.

https://www.tessian.com

Compiled and written by Jennifer L. Schenker and Chris O’Brien

About the author

Jennifer L. Schenker

Jennifer L. Schenker, an award-winning journalist, has been covering the global tech industry from Europe since 1985, working full-time, at various points in her career for the Wall Street Journal Europe, Time Magazine, International Herald Tribune, Red Herring and BusinessWeek. She is currently the editor-in-chief of The Innovator, an English-language global publication about the digital transformation of business. Jennifer was voted one of the 50 most inspiring women in technology in Europe in 2015 and 2016 and was named by Forbes Magazine in 2018 as one of the 30 women leaders disrupting tech in France. She has been a World Economic Forum Tech Pioneers judge for 20 years. She lives in Paris and has dual U.S. and French citizenship.