> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://blog.inacademy.eu/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Top Startups @ European Innovation Academy Portugal 2018 - URL: https://blog.inacademy.eu/top-startups-european-innovation-academy-2018-portugal/ - Published: 2018-08-08T08:03:46.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-02T11:50:36.000Z - Author: innovationacademy - Tags: Innovation Academy, Success-story, #Migrated-1790941373356, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-02 11:43 EIA Portugal 2018 - three weeks of being outside of your comfort zone, meeting like-minded people from across the globe, ups and downs of building your business from zero to success. We hope that after these three weeks you are filled with happiness of participating in the best learning by doing experience ever and inspired to make all your future dreams come true. Here are the top teams from European Innovation Academy 2018 Portugal. --- [**Navismart**](http://www.navismart.net/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) NaviSmart is an information exchange platform to optimize sea traffic and port operations. It will help boaters to access real-time information for berth booking and arrival schedule. In addition, it will help ports and marinas, to workload organization. **AWARD: Expedited interview with** [**Alchemist Accelerator**](https://alchemistaccelerator.com/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Joana Ferreira - [University of Porto](https://sigarra.up.pt/up/pt/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Ralph Halter - [Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz](https://www.fhnw.ch/de/startseite?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Yiran Chen - [Åbo Akademi University](https://www.abo.fi/en/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) --- [**Bellas**](http://www.bellasapp.com/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)Marketplace that connect women that need good, trustworthy and available beauty professionals, being able to look for a professional, see her portfolio, evaluations, calendar, book and pay through the page. **AWARD: Expedited interview with** [**Alchemist Accelerator**](https://alchemistaccelerator.com/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Fei Han - [Gengdan Institute of Beijing University of Technology](http://www.gengdan.cn/English/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Gabriela Sá - [Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave](https://ipca.pt/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Karla Muñoz - [Universidad del Desarrollo](http://www.udd.cl/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Kellen Leskinen - [Aalto University](http://www.aalto.fi/en/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Matheus Power - [University of Évora](http://www.uevora.pt/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) (Portugal) / [University Tiradentes](https://www.4icu.org/reviews/universities-english/422.html?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) (Brazil) --- [**Paralegal Bot**](http://paralegalbot.pagedemo.co/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Your AI legal Consultant a message away. **AWARD: 3-phase launch package by** [**Rank Executives**](https://rankexecutives.com/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Cher Don Liew - [Singapore University of Technology and Design](https://sutd.edu.sg/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Inês Filipa Raeiro - [Instituto Politécnico da Guarda](http://www.ipg.pt/website/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)Joana Valente - [NOVA Information Management School](http://www.ipg.pt/website/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)João Batista - [Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias](https://www.ulusofona.pt/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Lourenço Booth - [NOVA University](http://www.unl.pt/en?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) --- [**Plum**](https://www.plumqatar.com/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)PLUM connects expatriates in search of fresh and healthy homemade authentic meals to those who love to provide these through a mobile application platform. If you've ever missed mom's cooking - we've got your covered! **AWARD: Design Mentoring over a 1 year period by** [**IMAGINE \\TBWA**](http://imagine.ee/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Alisha Kamran - [Georgetown University](https://www.georgetown.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Christian Navarro - [Seneca College](http://www.senecacollege.ca/home.html?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)Corinne Quinto-Farjallah - [Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz](https://www.fhnw.ch/de/startseite?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Farha Khan - [Carnegie Mellon University](https://www.cmu.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Leah Zorn - [University of Wisconsin](https://www.wisc.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) --- [**Pause**](https://pause.landen.co/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)We are creating a community that encourages and destigmatized conversation about mental wellness. **AWARD: Business Mentoring over a 3 months period by** [**HAG Consulting**](https://www.hagconsulting.co/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Benjamin Grasty - [UC Berkeley](https://www.berkeley.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)Maria Ferreira - [University of Porto](https://sigarra.up.pt/up/pt/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)Nachiket Mehta - [UC Berkeley](https://www.berkeley.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Natali Kutsõk - [Tartu Healthcare College](https://www.nooruse.ee/et?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Nour Eldeen Alkashef - [College of North Atlantic](https://www.cna-qatar.com/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) --- [**Baby Sisters**](http://www.mylanderpages.com/babysisters/BabySisters?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Baby Sisters is a high-quality platform offers professional babysitters on-demand. In the future, we seek to expand in Europe and become the number one babysitting provider. Baby Sisters, a babysitter you can trust. **AWARD: Post-Mentorship over a 1 year period by European Innovation Academy** João Pedro Pascoal Martins Sanchez Gonzalez - [Instituto Superior Técnico](https://tecnico.ulisboa.pt/pt/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) João Serra - [NOVA University](http://www.unl.pt/en?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Margie Jiang - [UC Berkeley](https://www.berkeley.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Maria Margarida Menezes - [NOVA University](http://www.unl.pt/en?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Max Miller - [University of Portsmouth](https://www.port.ac.uk/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) --- [**Copito**](http://copito.club/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)Disposable cups cause a lot of waste and people do not use the current reusable cups provided on their daily life. Our reusable cup motivates the consumers to reuse it, through an interactive app. **AWARD: Post-Mentorship over a 1 year period by European Innovation Academy** Ana Catarina Lopes - [Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave](https://ipca.pt/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Elise Gouin - [MacEwan University](https://www.macewan.ca/wcm/index.htm?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Frank Chen - [IMT Atlantique](http://www.imt-atlantique.fr/en?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Iolanda Rocha - [University of Porto](https://sigarra.up.pt/up/pt/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Moises Moreira - [Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave](https://ipca.pt/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) --- [**Welive**](https://www.we-live.org/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) A platform that connects homeless people to nearby volunteers, shelters, charities and businesses to provide them with free resources and help build lasting relationships. **AWARD: Marketing Mentoring over a 1 year period by** [**Hunter & Bard**](https://hunterandbard.com/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Claire Liu - [UC Berkeley](https://www.berkeley.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Julian Pierce - [UC Berkeley](https://www.berkeley.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Paul Behrens - [Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz](https://www.uni-graz.at/en/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Varun Madan - [University of Michigan](https://www.umich.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Vítor Hugo Nóbrega - [University of Madeira](https://www.uma.pt/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) --- [**Gitsmart**](http://procmn.com/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)Understanding the struggles that IT recruiters face to pick the best, we realized that a simple yet effective solution needed to be made. We strive to aid recruiters in finding future employees by weeding out unfit candidates with the click of a button. **AWARD: Pitch60 consultation over a 1 year period by** [**otherDOTs**](https://www.otherdots.com/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Bram Mulders - [Eindhoven University of Technology](https://www.tue.nl/en/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Kenneth Park - [UC Berkeley](https://www.berkeley.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Taylor Wasser - [Wilfrid Laurier University](https://www.wlu.ca/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Valentin Jalba - [Lunds Universitet](https://www.lu.se/start?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Veronica Cargay - [UC Berkeley](https://www.berkeley.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) --- [**Impower**](https://impower-company.squarespace.com/employee-index?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Connecting the disabled community with the employers while giving them information about the market benefits. **AWARD: Business Mentoring over 6 months period with** [**Dybaw Venture Capital**](http://www.dybaw.com/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Bárbara Ferreira - [University of Porto](https://sigarra.up.pt/up/pt/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Mariana Cardoso - [University of Porto](https://sigarra.up.pt/up/pt/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Nick Meier - [UC Berkeley](https://www.berkeley.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Noah Wu - [UC Berkeley](https://www.berkeley.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Yumi Bae - [Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz](https://www.fhnw.ch/de/startseite?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) --- [**Proco**](http://weproco.com/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Tired of useless in class university projects, which do not add any value to your future career? PROCO offers a multi-sided platform that brings students, universities, and companies together by focusing on co-creation projects and recruitment. **AWARD: Business Mentoring over 6 months period with** [**Dybaw Venture Capital**](http://www.dybaw.com/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Johannes Spielberger - [NOVA School of Business and Economics](https://www2.novasbe.unl.pt/en/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Meighan Visco - [UC Berkeley](https://www.berkeley.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Moritz Wilhelm - [NOVA School of Business and Economics](https://www2.novasbe.unl.pt/en/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Rui Borges - [Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal](http://www.ips.pt/ips%5Fsi/web%5Fpage.inicial?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Taylor Baker - [Wilkes University](https://www.wilkes.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) --- [**Incput (Incprint)**](https://www.incput.com/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Growth & navigational platform for a step-by-step help to build a startup. **AWARD: Provisional patent + Trademark from** [**Nixon Peabody**](https://www.nixonpeabody.com/en?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Erik Westblom -[ University of Calgary Haskayne School of Business](https://haskayne.ucalgary.ca/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Hermanni Ahtiainen - [Tampereen ammattikorkeakoulu](http://www.tamk.fi/web/tamk/etusivu?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Jonathan Bodine - [UC Berkeley](https://www.berkeley.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Ryan Hofer - [University of Calgary](https://www.ucalgary.ca/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Sophie Bolzer - [Crowdio GmbH](https://www.crowdio.at/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) --- [**Buggybug**](https://mailchi.mp/1bdf4240e328/buggybug?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)Our idea is to create a security device for baby strollers. We are trying to address the fact that there is no solution when you have to leave the baby stroller alone, carrying it everywhere and always stay focused on the stroller is no option. **AWARD: Provisional patent from** [**Nixon Peabody**](https://www.nixonpeabody.com/en?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Clemens Hammer - [CAMPUS 02](https://en.campus02.at/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Esteban Grajeda - [Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz](https://www.fhnw.ch/de/startseite?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Jordan Langenberg - [De Haagse Hogeschool](https://www.thehagueuniversity.com/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) José Miguel Maurício - [Instituto Superior Técnico](https://tecnico.ulisboa.pt/pt/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Julia Jesernik - [Campus 02](https://en.campus02.at/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) --- [**Locally**](https://wearelocally.launchaco.com/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) A program that allows people without consistent access to internet to connect and communicate with their local community offline. **AWARD: Trademark from** [**Nixon Peabody**](https://www.nixonpeabody.com/en?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Aidan Blake - [Eckerd College](https://www.eckerd.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Avery Wakefield - [Eckerd College](https://www.eckerd.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Garrett Parker - [UC Berkeley](https://www.berkeley.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Teodomiro dos Santos - [Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal](http://www.ips.pt/ips%5Fsi/web%5Fpage.inicial?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) --- [**Smartcap**](https://enzoduit.wixsite.com/smartkappe?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)At SmartCap, we allow people to perform at their best by easing their hydration level. **AWARD: Provisional patent from** [**Nixon Peabody**](https://www.nixonpeabody.com/en?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Agatha Ferry - [UC Berkeley](https://www.berkeley.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Christian Medina - [UC Berkeley](https://www.berkeley.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Enzo Duit - Warrify Fábio Rangel - [University of Porto](https://sigarra.up.pt/up/pt/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Mariana Luciano - [Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal](http://www.ips.pt/ips%5Fsi/web%5Fpage.inicial?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) --- [**Kode 4 all**](http://www.kode4all.org/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Kode is designed to help younger kids to learn programming without having to write any code themselves. Every beginner goes through mini games where they are challenged with logical problems and they solve through programming concepts. **AWARD: Trademark from** [**Nixon Peabody**](https://www.nixonpeabody.com/en?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Anam Ali - [Dublin Institute of Technology](http://www.dit.ie/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Beatriz Abreu - [Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave](https://ipca.pt/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Camilla Leopoldino - [Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz](https://www.fhnw.ch/de/startseite?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Joana Monteiro - [University of Minho](https://www.uminho.pt/EN?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) João Santos - [Instituto Superior Técnico](https://tecnico.ulisboa.pt/pt/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)