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ROYBI Showcases Revolutionary Language Learning Robot For Children at CES 2020

December 30, 2019 imreal Leave a comment

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (PRWEB)
December 30, 2019

As an emerging leader in personalized education, ROYBI will be demonstrating Roybi Robot, the first smart toy to teach languages and STEM skills. Roybi Robot is a revolutionary language learning, AI-powered robot designed for children ages 3-7 that uses play-based learning to teach a variety of subjects, including math, science, English, geography, and so much more. In the past year, Roybi Robot has earned many prestigious awards for its groundbreaking work in education, with recent successes including being featured on the cover of Time Magazine as one of the Best Inventions of 2019, being named as one of the world’s most promising startups by CNBC, winning Pluralsight’s Tech For Good Award, being shortlisted for the Reimagine Education AI Award, and selected as a 2020 Gratitude Fellow to accelerate its social impact commitments.

With over 500 lessons, songs, stories, and games, Roybi Robot provides an interactive way for children to learn that’s tailored towards their interests and abilities. Using the innovative power of AI and machine learning, the device also gradually adjusts the content to fit the child’s learning pace, providing a completely personalized education. Roybi Robot is conversational powered by cutting-edge voice recognition technology, encouraging children to become more confident communicators while practicing their speaking and listening skills. Parents can also engage during the learning process by following along with their child’s progress on the compatible ROYBI app, which delivers daily personalized reports. Ultimately, Roybi Robot is opening up a new frontier in AI and education, establishing a strong learning foundation for children by adapting to their needs and leading them to a successful future.

Come visit us at CES, booth 50906 in Eureka Park, and learn more about how we’re revolutionizing education for children everywhere and our upcoming AI advancements in voice recognition and personalized learning in early childhood education.

Contact

For further information or to book a meeting, please contact marketing@roybirobot.com or visit https://roybirobot.com/.

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9 KPIs That Capture Innovation Performance

Innovation Metrics for R&D and Product Development Continue To Grow: Must-Have Innovation KPIs, R&D Spending Precision KPIs, and Product Design Quality KPIs

December 28, 2019 imreal Leave a comment

KPI, KPIs, Metrics, Measures, Performance Indicators, Performance Measures, Performance Measurement, Awards

Is your company great at measuring corporate and program innovation performance?

Helped me turn my ideas on metrics from fuzzy to specific and actionable. R&D can be a company’s biggest discretionary expense. We had better achieve a proactive ability to measure impact and efficiency. — VP, Global Programs & Portfolios, Invitrogen Corp.

NEEDHAM, Mass. (PRWEB)
December 28, 2019

The 9 KPIs in this program measure “overall corporate performance,” above and across the details of individual project investments and cost center departments. All nine are all strong candidates for innovation leader and manager dashboards. These 9 KPIs come very close to capturing the collective business and financial performance of investments in R&D and product development across most industries.

Currently there is a tussle going on between the accounting profession, the SEC, and public corporations regarding Non-GAAP KPIs. CEOs and CFOs are displaying metrics such as “% New Product Sales” and “Return On Innovation” alongside the required GAAP metrics in their 10K and Annual Report, and related footnotes. Companies are increasingly creating Non-GAAP metrics that suit their needs. The SEC argues that these “creative metrics” mislead analysts and investors. Yet, it is these Non-GAAP metrics that analysts and investors seek to find as it gives them an analytical edge over GAAP metrics alone. Eight of the nine metrics in this program are Non-GAAP metrics.

8 Metrics That Quantify R&D Spending Performance

The 8 KPIs in this program are wide-ranging, from internal C-Level and program measures to indicators used by Wall Street. Each KPI employs R&D Spending in its calculation in some way. The program covers investments for programs, spending allocation between and across business units, upper and lower limits to spending, corporate performance, and metrics that use R&D Spending in relation to stock price and market capitalization. This unique program involves significant secondary research focused on measuring R&D spending performance.

Years go by between the time a decision to develop a product is made and the time that commercial results are measurable in the marketplace. However, it is that initial decision to spend money on R&D and/or Product Development that generates those market results (or not) years later. R&D Spending is the common thread across all other development activities. Big data correlations can now codify the business and financial results across the 8-15+ years that go by from first spend to actual ROI. In the years ahead, with many more companies using big data analytics across longer durations of time, executives will be increasingly guided by these data as they make spending decisions and allocations to both new and existing initiatives. And, how much total money to spend each year.

7 Measures To Value Product Design

The 7 KPIs in this program focus on measures that characterize or quantify good design in the eyes of customers and users. While some measures also have utility for internal purposes such as product quality, reliability, and cost, this program centers on how customers, users, markets, and the investor community regard the products and their value.

Great product design, inclusive of Customer Experience Design (Cx), User Interface Design (UI), User Experience Design (UX), Industrial Design (ID), Sustainable Design, Digital Design, and other techniques, is now proven to measurably improve the ROI on products. And, if design is elevated to become a true company competency, it can boost corporate valuations to levels that are twice that of competitors. These seven measures critically examine the contributions of product design, from inception through early commercialization. Together, these measures enable a hard look at product design quality, performance, and financial impact in our new age of near continuous design evolution.

Program Leader

Founded in 1986, Bradford Goldense’s company has consulted to over 200 medium and large companies. Some 500 companies have participated in GGI’s educational events. Since 1998 the company has performed primary and secondary research on R&D, product development, innovation, and metrics. For twenty years, Brad also taught in the weekend executive Masters in Engineering Management program at The Gordon Institute at Tufts University. Mr. Goldense is a cited author in over three-hundred publications, many of which may be found in Google Scholar and ResearchGate.

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The Innovation Performance 10-9-8 Series

GGI’s Innovation Leadership Mini-Series Videos Are Now Available for Corporate License: Breakthrough Innovation, Product Design, Smart R&D Spending, Metrics

December 27, 2019 imreal Leave a comment

10 Breakthrough Innovation Techniques

Professional, well structured, well thought out. Thought provoking and content rich. Plenty of take-aways. — R&D Director, Millipore

NEEDHAM, Mass. (PRWEB)
December 27, 2019

In an economic uptick, there are more resources to deploy. Spending goes up. More things are possible. Alternatives increase. How do you choose wisely?

Out-innovating the competition, smart R&D decisions and spending, and distinct value-enhancing product design and packaging are three topics that get a lot of time in the board room and offices of corporate leaders. We address each of these subjects with a three-hour Mini-Series consisting of three one-hour programs.

10 Techniques That Achieve Breakthrough Innovation: This program focuses on ten differentiable techniques that have evolved since Clayton Christensen first coined “Disruptive Innovation” in the 1990s. These ten techniques are all disruptive in some way across the spectrum of disruption: Breakthrough, Disruptive, Radical, Transformational, New-To-The-World, New-To-The-Industry, and Next Generation.

9 KPIs That Capture Innovation Performance: This program focuses on nine Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that together capture the lion’s share of overall innovation performance. These nine KPIs span investment levels, innovation levels, execution ability, productivity, and overall business performance.

8 Practices That Boost Corporate Innovation: This program focuses on eight processes, tools, and techniques that are known to increase innovation creativity and execution, and/or the value of investments in innovation, in corporations. Some are strategic and soft in nature, such as communication and messaging. Some are tactical, such as combining products and IP in business plans. Others are process-oriented and spur raw innovation or the early detection of errors.

The R&D Spending Performance 8-8-8 Series

8 Conditions That Impact R&D Spending Results: This program focuses on factors that will negatively impact spending and spending performance. Some of them are controllable, some are not. We discuss eight conditions ranging from spending decisions in boom and bust periods, to overspending and underspending, to the impacts of variable spending and negative events on output and productivity, that lessen output and outcomes.

8 Metrics That Quantify R&D Spending Performance: This program focuses on key performance indicators [KPIs] that have R&D spending in their calculation. The metrics range from corporate metrics that are either reported to Wall Street or used by analysts and CFOs, to measures that help to divvy-up funds across business units of different purposes and performance levels, to measures that improve the ranking of investments, to measures that can be used to modulate overspending or underspending for corporate and industry considerations.

8 Actions That Increase R&D Spending Output: This program focuses on factors that will positively influence spending and spending performance. All of them are within your control. Does your company have its arms around these? We describe eight actions ranging from good CXO behaviors, to data sciences and digital posturing, to timing new product announcements and actively competing for awards, that increase output and outcomes.

The Product Design Value 7-6-7 Plus Series

7 Ways To Create Value With Product Design: This program focuses on opportunities to design-in capabilities that will enhance the appeal and increase the value of products from their point of purchase throughout the product’s life cycle. We will discuss seven different opportunities, and quantify the size of the economic opportunity for each. The least opportunity represents a 20% increase in revenues unto itself. The several large opportunities represent upwards from 200% increases in revenue and profit from the same design effort. The Plus in this 7-6-7 Series program will touch on how miniaturization of design, next generation motors, and a couple more topics will also begin to influence product design.

6 Ways To Reap Value From Product Design: This program focuses on opportunities to increase the value of products, portfolios, and brands that have been robustly designed, or are well along to that goal. We will discuss six different opportunities, and quantify the size of the economic opportunity for each. These opportunities all have double-digit potential to increase revenues and profits, and single digit for market cap. In some cases, incremental monies will be needed to realize the augmentation potential of the design or design-leverage ability. The Plus in this 7-6-7 Series program will cull-out selected awards and recognitions for good product design, as distinguished from the multitude of award and recognition program categories existing today.

7 Measures To Value Product Design: The third program focuses on measures that characterize or quantify good design in the eyes of customers and users. While some measures also have utility for internal purposes such as product quality, reliability, and cost, this program centers on how customers, users, markets, and the investor community regard the products. We discuss seven different KPIs that range from codifying the quality and robustness of ID and UX designs, to metrics that gauge pricing gross margins and potential market value, to indexes that provide for cross-market comparisons and market cap premiums. The Plus in this 7-6-7 Series program will briefly touch on several other metrics relevant to good product design including customer satisfaction, completion rates, NPS, and others.

Program Leader

Licensing

Corporate Licenses are now a value at three times the single-user price. Positive actions on any of the 10-9-8, 8-8-8, and 7-6-7 group of topics can make or save tens of thousands of dollars apiece, even if only implemented once. A short license statement accompanies each video transmittal. There is nothing to sign.

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Sunrise Hitek Now Offers Nationwide Installation of Office Graphics

December 26, 2019 imreal Leave a comment

Nationwide Installation of Office Graphics

By using their Chicago based team they can install graphics and transform any office, factory, showroom or gymnasium into a custom branded environment.

CHICAGO (PRWEB)
December 26, 2019

Sunrise Hitek is pleased to now offer printing and installation of office graphics, environmental branding, window privacy films and vehicle wraps in Chicago and nationwide. By using their Chicago based team they can install graphics and transform any office, factory, showroom or gymnasium into a custom branded environment.

One popular option for office spaces are dimensional logo signs which are offered in a variety of different materials. Available in metal, plastic, or high density foam and installed directly to the wall or mounted to acrylic, there are virtually endless options for office and company signs. All of Sunrise’s dimensional lettering and graphic options can be custom-made to match any logo shape and color. Their ample selection of materials, including affordable yet durable high-density foam, allow even the smallest businesses to take advantage of custom colors and shapes for their company signage packages.

Perforated window graphics are another great option which offer an exciting view from one side of the graphics, yet allow clear vision from the other side. It is the perfect solution for displaying messages on retail store windows, transit vehicle windows, and for providing privacy on interior office windows. These provide long lasting durability in rain, wind, snow, and sun Dress up windows with full-coverage, high-impact graphics without blocking light.

Wallpaper can make a huge impact on even the smallest of spaces. Sunrise Hitek’s stunning wallpaper can be produced to fit any wall. For the ultimate in interior design, create instant impact, mood enhancing environments and complete sensory immersion by printing personal artwork on Sunrise’s tailor made custom wallpaper. Choose from Economical Repositionable Self-Adhesive Vinyl, super easy to install Self-Adhesive Wall Fabric, or long life Heavy-weight 20oz Osnaburg wallpaper (installed with standard wallpaper paste).

About Sunrise Hitek

Sunrise Hitek is an Inc. 5000 company established in 1988 and offers speedy and innovative print marketing execution for the world’s leading brands. Sunrise employs the most advanced equipment and technology, such as G7-certified HP Indigo & UV flatbed presses, digital die-cutting, and specialty coating/lamination, to create best-in-class color printing, packaging, trade show & display graphics, plus a wide variety of promo products. A privately-owned enterprise, the company is based in Chicago and sells products worldwide.

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FoodLogiQ Shares 2019 Year-in-Review, Cites Exponential Increase in Platform Usage and Growth

“This has been a banner year for FoodLogiQ in many ways; it’s a thrilling time to be a part of our fast-growing company.” – FoodLogiQ CEO Sean O’Leary

DURHAM, N.C. (PRWEB)
December 20, 2019

FoodLogiQ, the leading SaaS provider of food safety compliance, traceability, and supply chain transparency software solutions, shared an overview today of the company’s key accomplishments in 2019 in its efforts to strengthen the transparency and traceability of the global food supply chain. Among the accomplishments included hitting 100,000 supply chain locations captured in the platform, contributing to the national dialogue surrounding the FDA’s “New Era of Smarter Food Safety,” and the launch of new features to increase compliance of the more than 16,000 suppliers in the platform.

“This has been a banner year for FoodLogiQ in many ways,” says CEO Sean O’Leary. “Our customers and other platform users have leveraged FoodLogiQ Connect in amazing ways to advance the goals of food safety and whole chain traceability in 2019. With more locations, suppliers, documents, and critical tracking events in our system than ever before, it’s a thrilling time to be a part of our fast-growing company.”

Making a Global Impact

The world’s food supply chain has become extremely complex, primarily due to the ever-growing number of products, customers, channels, and geographies. Products are sourced from the farthest corners of the earth, with spices being traded from Turkey and Sri Lanka, seafood from Chili and China, and olives and avocados from Italy and Brazil, respectively. In 2019, FoodLogiQ surpassed 100,000 locations managed through the Connect platform; this represents more than 56,000 customer locations as well as over 44,000 supplier locations.

As the year comes to a close, FoodLogiQ boasts over 13,000 international supplier locations, helping bring consistency and transparency to food, no matter where it is created or consumed. FoodLogiQ Connect makes it possible for companies to increase visibility into these complicated global supply chains, providing them with the ability to track and trace every product, from the product’s source all the way to the consumer.

Food Industry Moves Toward Whole Chain Traceability

There are many drivers moving the food industry to become more transparent, and companies that embrace supply chain traceability will have a distinct competitive advantage as the industry evolves.

“FoodLogiQ Connect has become a traceability hub in 2019, with more than 25 million tracking events in our system that connect the supply chain,” says Katy Jones, FoodLogiQ’s Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer. “That number has grown by over one million events in the last month alone. That level of tracking is transformational for our customers and will only increase as we move into 2020.”

With food traceability and supply chain transparency comes better food quality management, and managing food quality incidents are a critical part of protecting consumers. Every quality incident uncovered is a step closer to supporting a safe food supply chain, and in 2019, FoodLogiQ’s customers uncovered and reported nearly 320,000 food quality incidents.

Strong Supplier Collaboration with Industry Partners

The volume of data housed within FoodLogiQ Connect illustrates the level of collaboration between supply chain partners as they work together to optimize their food safety and quality processes. Over 16,000 suppliers already onboarded to the FoodLogiQ platform have completed more than 30,000 workflows and have shared over 184,000 supplier documents.

Additional major accomplishments in 2019 include:

Launching the Supplier To-Do List: FoodLogiQ continued to elevate supplier ease-of-use for onboarding and compliance by launching the new Supplier To-do List feature consisting of to-do action items located front-and-center on their Supplier Dashboard. Since the launch, suppliers have completed more than 63,000 To-do’s that represent greater compliance with FoodLogiQ customer food safety programs.

Customer Growth in the Consumer Packaged Goods Vertical: The company announced an increasing number of CPG businesses turning to FoodLogiQ’s technology to help automate and improve their supplier engagement, traceability, case-level labeling and food safety efforts.

Hosting 2nd Annual User Group, reCONNECT 2019: Hundreds of FoodLogiQ’s customers and partners gathered in Durham, NC, to share best practices on how they are utilizing the software to advance food safety, traceability and transparency. The agenda featured keynote presentations, topical panel sessions and customer-led discussions.

Leading 3rd Meeting of FoodLogiQ Labs: FoodLogiQ gathered customers, partners and affiliated industry-leading organizations for a third session of FoodLogiQ Labs, the innovation arm of FoodLogiQ focused on emerging technologies that meet the growing needs of the food industry. The third meeting focused on the advances in RFID to support supply chain traceability.

Input into the FDA’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety: FDA officials invited FoodLogiQ to provide commentary during the remarks portion of the agency’s “New Era of Smarter Food Safety” public meeting on Monday, October 21 in Rockville, MD, which focused on strengthening the FDA’s protection of the food supply. Following the meeting, FoodLogiQ also formally submitted written comments on the initiative.

Growth in the Leadership Team: FoodLogiQ welcomed several new members to its executive leadership team in 2019. Sean O’Leary was named Chief Executive Officer at the first of the year. Maria Burch was named Vice President of Customer Success, and Tony Barbone was named Chief Revenue Officer.

Completion of a Type 2 Service Organization Control (SOC 2) Examination: After a rigorous examination, auditors issued an unqualified opinion, confirming that FoodLogiQ meets the SOC 2 standards for Security and Availability Trust Services Principles with zero exceptions listed.

“We’d like to thank all of our partners for helping drive efficient communication, standardized data usage, compliance, and consumer well-being throughout the global supply chain,” says O’Leary. “This is a time to celebrate our successes, and I’m extremely optimistic and excited about where our company will go in 2020.”

About FoodLogiQ

FoodLogiQ® LLC is the leading SaaS provider of traceability, food safety and supply chain transparency solutions. FoodLogiQ Connect is the most comprehensive, data-driven software solution that enables supplier management, food safety compliance, quality incident management, recall management and whole chain traceability – all on a single platform built exclusively for the food industry. To meet mounting regulatory requirements and consumer demands for transparency, food companies are leveraging FoodLogiQ Connect to validate supplier compliance with food safety and act with confidence in the event of a food safety or quality issue. To request a demo, please visit http://www.FoodLogiQ.com/demo.

Contact:

Kiecha Berzins, APR

Vice President, Marketing and Communications

FoodLogiQ

919-656-4887

kberzins@foodlogiq.com

Winner of the Orange County Register Top Workplaces Award 2019

IRVINE, Calif. (PRWEB)
December 23, 2019

Americor is proud to be awarded the Top Workplaces 2019 honor by The Orange County Register. The list is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by research partner Energage, LLC, a leading provider of technology-based employee engagement tools. The anonymous survey measures several aspects of workplace culture, including alignment, execution, and connection, just to name a few.

“The Top Workplaces award is about much more than recognition and celebration,” said Eric Rubino, CEO of Energage. “Our research also shows that these organizations achieve higher referral rates, lower employee turnover, and double the employee engagement levels. It just goes to show that being intentional about culture delivers bottom-line results.”

Americor resides in the heart of Irvine at the Irvine Towers. An amazing location with outdoor gathering areas, fountains, eateries, food vendors and a fitness center available to all employees. Once you’re inside, Americor employees can take advantage of large break areas with games, flat screen TVs and on-tap cold brew coffee and kombucha.

Even though Americor was established in 2012, it’s already made a name for itself in the debt solutions and lending industry. Each year, as Americor continues to grow, its positive work culture and employee satisfaction is always a top priority.

“It’s a great honor for Americor to be voted a top place to work for a second year in a row,” said Americor CEO, Benny Ganatra. This company has come a long way in a short period of time, and we keep striving to make it better all the time. But really, it’s our employee’s enthusiasm and dedication that make this company such an amazing place to come to each day.”

About Americor

Americor provides debt and lending solutions to individuals and families all over the country. We’re a next-generation finance technology company with a proprietary platform designed to help clients get out of debt. Together we develop strategies for clients to enjoy debt free lifestyle. To learn more about how Americor can help relieve the burden of debt, please visit the company website at http://www.americor.com.

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His Royal Highness Prince Constantijn van Oranje, Special Envoy of Techleap.nl, Unveils The 50 Netherlands Technology Startups On Display At CES 2020

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“The Netherlands is a hotbed of groundbreaking technology and filled with ambitious entrepreneurs who will change society and the world as we know it,” said HRH Prince Constantijn van Oranje, Special Envoy to Techleap.nl and the Netherlands.

AMSTERDAM (PRWEB)
December 23, 2019

Techleap.nl, the Netherlands’ startup ecosystem accelerator, today announced the 50 Dutch startup companies who will take part in the Netherlands Tech Square January 7 – 10 at Sands Expo, Eureka Park, Hall G-51726 in Las Vegas at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the world’s gathering place for all those who thrive on the business of consumer technologies.

Dutch ingenuity has played a significant role in the world’s evolution over the past 500+ years, in large part because the Dutch are extremely good at finding smart solutions that address the world’s most challenging problems. The birthplace of WiFi, Bluetooth and LED technology, the Netherlands is a technology innovation leader in diverse sectors, and the participating Dutch startups at CES 2020 are no different. They focus heavily on the key sectors set to define future economies, including: sustainability, smart mobility, energy storage, energy solutions, clean energy, energy transition, smart cities, healthy living, consumer tech, AR/VR, audio and video, e-Commerce, AI, big data, blockchain, robotics, drones, sleeptech, medtech, healthtech, edtech and enterprise solutions.

“The Netherlands is a hotbed of groundbreaking technology and filled with ambitious entrepreneurs who will change society and the world as we know it,” said HRH Prince Constantijn van Oranje, Special Envoy to Techleap.nl and the Netherlands. “CES offers a fantastic opportunity for Dutch companies to engage with an international audience of investors, potential partners and new customers.”

With a population of just 17 million, 2019 has proven to be a record year in funding and startup output for the Netherlands. The country hit over $1 billion in investment for the first time and became the fastest growing startup region in the 2019 Genome Global Startup Ecosystem Report, helped by the successful exits of Adyen (a fintech company now valued at nearly $23 billion), Elastic(a search and data company currently valued at more than $6 billion), and new unicorn companies like GitLab. The Dutch government also made a €65 million fund available for startup and scale-up policies, and appointed six startup liaisons in six priority international metropolitan area hubs (San Francisco/Los Angeles, New York/Boston, Singapore, Berlin, Paris and London.

The 50 startup companies on display this year at CES 2020 include:

The Future of Energy Transition and e-Mobility

○    Incooling: The world’s first high pressure two-phase cooling system dedicated to cooling data centers.

○    Leyden Jar Technologies: Uses silicon anode technology to improve the storage capacity of Li-ion batteries by up to 50%.

○    Nowi: Using the energy all around us, Nowi is enabling devices to “live” forever.

○    Skoon Energy: Containerized energy storage for use on ships, at festivals, construction sites, electricity grids, etc., that can be applied to deliver peak power demand, or as a replacement of fossil-fuel-based energy sources.

○    Urban Mobility Systems: Cleantech mobility engineering in the field of electric transportation.

○    XYZ Dynamics: Hybridizes existing company vans in order to make these vehicles accessible in urban cities with the rise of zero-emission zones.

The Future of City Living

○    Hiber: A nano-satellite constellation in space that provides affordable and global connectivity for IoT devices using ultra low power modems.

○    Circularise: Blockchain‑based communication protocol to promote value chain transparency without public disclosure of datasets or supply chain partners.

○    Coolfinity: Refrigerator designed for use in countries with unreliable power, saving lives and preventing food waste.

○    Hydraloop Systems: Reduces overall water consumption with its smart, self-cleaning greywater recycling system.

○    Lightwell by Light Motion: Sustainable and tailor-made solutions (such as their customizable smart lampposts) for “smart cities”.

○    Meatable: Revolutionizing the meat industry’s impact on climate change by making 100% real meat without raising and slaughtering livestock utilizing proprietary “one cell tech”.

○    20tree.ai: Maps and monitors the quantity and quality of vegetation within cities to improve decision making for urban green spaces.

The Future of Consumer Technology Trends

○    AirBliss+: Develops the most comfortable, safe and smart anti-pollution mask for prolonged and daily usage.

○    DEN Smart Home: The smart lock of the future.Grant access from far away; with the smart lock of DEN you can open the door for someone — from every location — via your smartphone.

○    AurAir: Closely monitor both CO2 and humidity levels in every room with the new indoor air quality meter of AurAir.

○    i4Things: Makes Smart Home easy for mass-market customers by taking away the complexity of multiple, mutually incompatible, apps.

○    Heatbox: Self-heating lunch box that autonomously heats up your meals anytime, anywhere.

○    Fluidensity: A service provider of a full compliant Token Sale Platform based on blockchain technology.

○    PYOUR Audio: The only Smart Audio platform in the world that can offer all kinds of Smart Audio features in partnership with leading retail channels.

○    Didux: Customer identity verification through DIGID or another KYC solution provider, perfect for insurance companies, telecom providers or energy suppliers.

○    Th3rd: 3D scanning as a service, a simple solution to create a high volume of 3D digital twins of your products to use in e-commerce.

○    FaceCode: Skin therapy using smart technologies.

The Future of Life Sciences

○    Reducept: The first AR/VR game training designed to reduce pain, help manage chronic pain and educate patients on how pain originates.

○    Arenar: Arenar’s iBand+ is a smart EEG brain-sensing and health tracking headband for sleep enhancement and lucid dreams induction with various sensory techniques.

○    EatMyRide: Uses sports performance data and AI/ML algorithms to predict what, how much and when to eat nutrition, pre-, during and post-exercise for endurance athletes.

○    Elitac: BalanceBelt aids people with vestibular loss to eliminate the need for a wheelchair and be able to walk (again).

○    Envision: Giving sight to the visually impaired using AI; 2019 Google Play Accessibility Award winner.

○    Hyko: An all in one essential sleep product for families with kids.

○    i-Med Technology: Digital head-mounted loupe using the latest in high resolution near-to-eye micro-display technology to make surgery faster, less invasive and to reduce complications.

○    Microsure: Superhuman, robot assisted microsurgery.

○    MindAffect: EEG wearable that gives a voice to those who don’t have one through brain tracking and speech software.

○    NightWatch: Detects dangerous epileptic seizures during sleep.

○    Omnigen: Full personalization of consumer goods based on genetic profiles.

○    Propeaq: State of the art, sleep disorder-solving light therapy glasses trusted by 500+ Olympic athletes.

○    Plasmacure: Stimulates the healing of hard-to-heal wounds with its patented cold plasma solution called PLASOMA.

The Future of Enterprise and Education

○    DialogueTrainer: A platform for communication training – train professionals in important skills and roles, while measuring strengths and learning objectives.

○    Dimenco: Uses simulated reality to interact with 3D objects in a virtual environment without headwear or wearables (no glasses needed).

○    Knowtice: The first automated, self-service and user-friendly solution ever for (e)valuating knowledge capital of organizations.

○    Learned.io: Talent enablement solution helping professionals discover, learn and share new skills.

○    LoCoMoGo: A physical toy train that teaches kids how to program in a playful manner.

○    Bits of Stock: A brand loyalty and investment app creating a new currency for reward programs: fractional shares of stock. Get bits of stock when you shop with the brands you love.

○    Pandora Intelligence: Generates intelligence-based scenarios to help companies to mitigate risks and enhance opportunities.

○    Braincreators: Facilitates the creation of high-quality structured datasets from any data source at scale for enterprises.

○    Scitodate: AI algorithms that track experiments and applications of scientific tools in scientific publications.

○    Watermelon: A Chatbot Management Platform that enables you to create your own digital colleague without needing to code.

○    SenseGlove: Allows users to interact naturally in AR and VR environments by “feeling” the virtual environment.

○    Morphotonics: Develops and sells unique roll-to-plate (R2P) production technology for imprinting nano- or microstructures on large area substrates.

Contact techleap@wearemgp.com to set up a meeting at CES, January 7 – 10, 2020. Access the press kit here.

About Techleap.nl

Techleap.nl is a non-profit, publicly funded organization that helps quantify and accelerate the tech ecosystem of the Netherlands. Empowering entrepreneurs and their technology companies, TechLeap.nl creates the optimal climate for tech companies to scale with programs and initiatives for improving access to capital, market and talent – breaking down the barriers to startup success. Led by Startup Envoy, HRH Prince Constantijn van Oranje, TechLeap.nl targets all areas of the technology ecosystem, from international missions to diversity training. Follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook, or learn more at https://www.techleap.nl.

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Copilot, the First Automated Customer Experience Platform for Connected Devices, Raises $5M led by JVP

NEW YORK and TEL AVIV, Israel (PRWEB)
December 23, 2019

Copilot, the world’s first automated customer experience platform designed for connected consumer products, today announced it has raised $5 million from the leading global venture capital firm Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP). Based out of New York City and Tel Aviv, the company is adding thousands of new devices to its platform every day and will use the new capital to expand to New York City and target new markets. Filling this much needed gap, Copilot has landed customers around the world, serving the likes of Polaroid, Safedome, Palo Alto Innovation and Brooklyness, among others.

While CRMs and similar platforms have long dominated the customer service and customer experience categories, Copilot is the first of its kind to effectively leverage data and engage consumers across smart and IoT (Internet of Things) devices. Copilot’s platform enables brands and manufacturers to better understand the behaviors and needs of consumers, and to build a thoughtful relationship with them across their connected devices. Companies that employ Copilot improve onboarding, reduce product returns, boost product ratings and open new channels of revenue, giving them a critical advantage that increases overall customer satisfaction and builds Lifetime Value.

With this initial investment, Copilot joins JVP’s diverse portfolio of growth stage companies in emerging categories such as cybersecurity, food tech, AI, computer vision, and data and analytics, among others. JVP recently announced a new partnership with Mars to fuel food tech innovation in Israel as well as with AstraZeneca in the Digital Health domain.

“Our vision is to build a more meaningful journey between customers and brands in our increasingly connected world,” said Co-Founder Tsiki Naftaly. “We’re proud to be working together with JVP, which has been the most dynamic and farsighted venture capital firm in Israel, with a global track record of helping emerging companies grow.”

“Copilot is a cutting edge company that offers yet more evidence of the dynamic entrepreneurial spirit of Israel,” said JVP Founder and Executive Chairman Erel Margalit. “The digital revolution must translate into concrete improvements in people’s lives, and Copilot can help achieve that.”

Naftaly, along with fellow Israeli Army pilot, Zvi Frank, founded Copilot in 2016 as a spinoff of leading IoT solutions provider, Zemingo, which they also founded. Between Zemingo and Copilot, Naftaly and Frank have established a robust ecosystem of support for makers of connected devices, allowing every organization between startups and Fortune 500 companies to create personal experiences for customers through its connected devices. Prior to Copilot, Frank started conference calling company, Interwise, which was sold to AT&T in 2007.

Frank and Gadi Porat, JVP partner and board member in Copilot, worked together in the past. It was therefore only natural opportunity to join forces again, this time with JVP’s investment team. “We have decided to invest in Copilot since we believe that a similar revolution made by Salesforce in the enterprise market 20 years ago, will be made by Copilot with respect to IoT and the consumer devices market through the CXM platform,” said Porat.

About Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP)

Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), was founded and led by Dr. Erel Margalit, is an internationally renowned venture capital fund. JVP has to date raised $1.4 billion across 9 funds, and has been listed numerous times by Preqin, and other rankings, as one of the top-ten consistently performing VC firms worldwide. JVP has built over 140 companies, leveraging a broad network of partners and market expertise to help companies become global market leaders. JVP has been chosen by Ney York City and EDC to lead the cyber security cyber huh in NYC. Among the pioneering firms of the Israeli venture capital industry, JVP has been instrumental in building some of the largest companies out of Israel, facilitating 12 Initial Public Offerings on NASDAQ including CyberArk Software ($4.7 billion mkt. cap.), QLIK Technologies (then $4 billion mkt. cap.) and Cogent Communications ($3 billion mkt. cap.) and more https://www.jvpvc.com/

About Copilot:

Copilot is the leading automated Customer Experience platform for consumer electronics companies. The platform delivers on the promise of IoT (Internet of Things) by offering manufacturers of connected consumer products and smart home devices the opportunity to automatically engage end users with meaningful, data-driven and behavior-based communications. Companies that employ Copilot improve onboarding, reduce product returns, boost product ratings and open new channels of revenue, giving them a critical advantage that increases overall customer satisfaction and builds Lifetime Value. Learn more about Copilot at http://www.Copilot.cx.

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