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# Top Startups @ European Innovation Academy Italy 2018
- URL: https://blog.inacademy.eu/top-startups-european-innovation-academy-italy-2018/
- Published: 2018-08-07T10:45:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T11:50:37.000Z
- Author: innovationacademy
- Tags: Innovation Academy, Success-story, #Migrated-1790941373356, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-02 11:43

In July 2018 more than 500 young startup-minded people from 65 different countries met in Turin, Italy at the 3rd edition of EIA Italy. European Innovation Academy is not just a conference, it's not a hackathon, it's not just a summer program. It's the catalyst for entrepreneurship education, the bridge to the future that next-generation entrepreneurs build. We are proud to present the top teams from the 15-day Extreme Accelerator Program 2018 in Italy.

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[**Eudwi**](https://hoffmaml.wixsite.com/eudwi?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)Organic skin products from around the world sold under one umbrella. Giving customers the option to try products before purchasing full size. This will help promote organic skin product providers around the world and narrow the search for consumers. **AWARD: Expedited interview with** [**Alchemist Accelerator**](https://alchemistaccelerator.com/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)

Chloe Denorme - [University of Alabama](https://www.ua.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Fouzia Akter - [University of Bridgeport](https://www.bridgeport.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Marissa Hoffman - [Grand Valley State University](https://www.gvsu.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Nida Alvi - [University of Bridgeport](https://www.bridgeport.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Riddhi Mittal - [O. P. Jindal Global University](http://www.jgu.edu.in/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)

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[**AIMI**](https://gaderlamy.wixsite.com/aimi?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Aimi is a win-win software running AI to help restaurant owners manage their inventory and reduce waste. aimi will also donate the surplus to charities so that restaurants can benefit from tax deduction and increase their profitability.  
**AWARD: Business Mentoring over 6 months period with** [**Dybaw Venture Capital**](http://www.dybaw.com/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  

Ali Daoudi - [Université de Technologie de Compiègne](https://www.utc.fr/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Grégoire Lamy - [Université de Technologie de Compiègne](https://www.utc.fr/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Mariell Velásquez Serrano - [Universitat de Valencia](https://www.uv.es/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Marina Caporuscio - [University of Michigan](https://www.umich.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Pietro Recalcati - [Politecnico di Torino](https://www.polito.it/?lang=en&ref=blog.inacademy.eu)

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[**Sylph**](http://sylph.pagedemo.co/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Majority of warehouses facilities are facing problems such as thefts, fires, harmful substances damages and safety of security guards and we are providing a solution to minimize them by producing and autonomous drone that will patrol regularly inside warehouse facilities and detect risks on real time in order to alert security guards so they can intervene on time to avoid these risks. Winner of Parrot Awards 2017.**AWARD: Business Mentoring over 6 months period with** [**Dybaw Venture Capital**](http://www.dybaw.com/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
  
Arnaud Penfornis - [Université de Technologie de Compiègne](https://www.utc.fr/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Charles Daumin - [Université de Technologie de Compiègne](https://www.utc.fr/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Chih Han Liu - [Feng Chia University](http://en.fcu.edu.tw/wSite/mp?mp=3&ref=blog.inacademy.eu)Christian Luna - [University of Texas at San Antonio](http://www.utsa.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)Oltjana Beci - [Polytechnic University of Tirana](https://www.upt.al/en/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)

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[**Make It**](https://xd.adobe.com/view/dd7658f3-2383-4990-6edd-743462c32638-ab47/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
In the garment industry people spend a lot of time and money for traveling and trying to find the correct business match. More than 95% of your clothes are from Asian or African manufacturers, who has less knowledge on EU and US fashion trends. This platform creates a marketplace for garment manufacturers and fashion designers to connect each other to share design projects.  
**AWARD: Marketing Mentoring over a 1 year period by** [**Hunter & Bard**](https://hunterandbard.com/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)

Belen Cespedes - [Universidad Adolfo Ibañez](https://www.uai.cl/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Chathura Sudharshan - [Nottingham Trent University](https://www.ntu.ac.uk/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Jacqueline Meza Cofre - [Universidad Adolfo Ibañez](https://www.uai.cl/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Nolan Mushtuk - [MacEwan University](https://www.macewan.ca/wcm/index.htm?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)Yu-Chian HO - [Feng Chia University](http://en.fcu.edu.tw/wSite/mp?mp=3&ref=blog.inacademy.eu)

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[**Leather Ko.**](http://www.leatherkompany.com/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Leather Ko. uses tea to produce a sustainable, cruelty free alternative to animal skin and synthetic leathers.  
**AWARD: Post-Mentorship over a 1 year period by European Innovation Academy**

Joshua Hunt - [University of Alabama](https://www.ua.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Luigi Nobile - [Politecnico di Torino](https://www.polito.it/?lang=en&ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Margarito Soriano - [Texas A&M University-San Antonio](http://www.tamusa.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)Shaylin Post - [Shepherd University](http://www.shepherd.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)Surya Sjukri - [Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz](https://www.fhnw.ch/de/startseite?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)

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[**Rottweiler**](http://www.rottweilerapp.com/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)Rottweiler is your digital guard dog that protects your personal items from loss and theft by giving you real-time notification whenever your items are in danger.  
**AWARD: Post-Mentorship over a 1 year period by European Innovation Academy** 
**SPECIAL AWARD: Provisional patent from** [**Nixon Peabody**](https://www.nixonpeabody.com/en?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
  
Andrea Gulberti - [Politecnico di Torino](https://www.polito.it/?lang=en&ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Faith Uminga - [Booth University College](https://www.boothuc.ca/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
John Zimmerman - [University of Alabama](https://www.ua.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Meagan Folmar - [University of Texas at San Antonio](https://www.utsa.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Viktoriia Savchenko - [Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University](https://eng.kantiana.ru/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)

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[**HAWKEY**](http://hawky.pagedemo.co/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
HAWKY provides people with general mobility problems with the ability to move independently via eye-controlled wheelchairs.  
**AWARD: Post-Mentorship over a 1 year period by European Innovation Academy**  

Andrea Calabrò - [Politecnico di Torino](https://www.polito.it/?lang=en&ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Andres Cedeno - [Victoria University](https://www.vu.edu.au/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Khaled Jayyousi - [Qatar University](http://www.qu.edu.qa/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Lauren Goh - [Singapore University of Social Sciences](http://www.suss.edu.sg/Pages/index.aspx?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Wei Lau - [Feng Chia University](http://en.fcu.edu.tw/wSite/mp?mp=3&ref=blog.inacademy.eu)

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[**Tongue out!**](http://tongueout.pagedemo.co/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)Daily therapy from paper sheets into game in your phone. Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy consists of daily neurological re-educational exercises to help people who have functions of facial muscles or tongue compromised or altered.  
**AWARD: Business Mentoring over a 3 months period by** [**HAG Consulting**](https://www.hagconsulting.co/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)

Ankit Bhargava - [University of Michigan](https://www.umich.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Dan Eastaugh - [Deakin University](http://www.deakin.edu.au/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Joshua Pujol - [Deakin University](http://www.deakin.edu.au/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Matthew Miliotis - [University of Alabama](https://www.ua.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Ronja Liis Tamm - [University of Tartu](https://www.ut.ee/en?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)

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[**Gen Access**](https://generationaccess20.wixsite.com/mysite?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)Generation Access will provide a mobile application that will generate skin and hair care regiments based on your personal characteristics and environmental setting.  
**AWARD: Pitch60 consultation over a 1 year period by** [**otherDOTs**](https://www.otherdots.com/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  

Jenna Grannan - [ Grand Valley State University](https://www.gvsu.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Maimouna Mbacke - [Iona College](https://www.iona.edu/home.aspx?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Natasha Lalenya Whyte - [Università degli Studi di Torino](https://www.unito.it/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Qi'Shaun Coyle -[ Grand Valley State University](https://www.gvsu.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Simona Gazzera - [Università degli Studi di Torino](https://www.unito.it/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)

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[**PocketPharmacy**](https://terrorraja31.wixsite.com/pocketpharmacy?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)Our platform connects people, who are in need of medicine with retail pharmacies. Thanks to our delivery system we will be able to guarantee a fast delivery at the customer's location  
**AWARD: 3-phase launch package by** [**Rank Executives**](https://rankexecutives.com/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)

Benjamin Stephens - [Deakin University](http://www.deakin.edu.au/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
João Matos - UFPR - [Universidade Federal do Paraná](http://www.ufpr.br/portalufpr/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Luca Marengo - [Università degli Studi di Torino](https://www.unito.it/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Rajasekaran Ponnuchamy - [Deakin University](http://www.deakin.edu.au/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Takumi Ishigami - [Queensland University of Technology](https://www.qut.edu.au/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)

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[](https://gogo-power.wixsite.com/gogopower?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Solving the low battery problem. What if your mobile phone is dying, your powerbank has no battery or you don't have one? GOGO POWER brings powerbanks all around the city: you plug out one from a charging station and leave it back into another one.  
**AWARD: Design Mentoring over a 1 year period by** [**IMAGINE \\TBWA**](http://imagine.ee/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu#all)  
**SPECIAL AWARD: Trademark from** [**Nixon Peabody**](https://www.nixonpeabody.com/en?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)

Dilara Ulkutas - [Queensland University of Technology](https://www.qut.edu.au/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Giuseppe Arria - [Politecnico di Torino](https://www.polito.it/?lang=en&ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Ryan Beaver - [Virginia Commonwealth University](https://www.vcu.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Simone Foglia - [Politecnico di Torino](https://www.polito.it/?lang=en&ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Zachary Franckowiak - [Texas A&M University-San Antonio](http://www.tamusa.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)

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[Run Micro](http://run-micro.com/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) 

  
We want to build a marketplace to let DB developers offer microservices to Start-ups and SME developers. They can furthermore save a lot of time, money and work capacities by using already existing DB solutions which are fast, scalable and agile. 

**SPECIAL AWARD: Provisional patent from** [**Nixon Peabody**](https://www.nixonpeabody.com/en?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
  
Carry/Tzu-Yi Lai - [Feng Chia University](http://en.fcu.edu.tw/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Daniel Brunelle - [MacEwan University](https://www.macewan.ca/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
David Gumpinger - [University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria](https://www.fh-ooe.at/en/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Isabelle Tan - [Singapore University of Social Sciences](http://www.suss.edu.sg/Pages/index.aspx?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Michael Wilson - [University of Michigan](https://www.umich.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)

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[**Tipilly**](http://tippily.weebly.com/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Tippily is bringing to market "TREKKER" an app where you can find the picture worthy travel tips based on locations you want to visit, it will integrate a game like experience for users and incentives to increase user retention.  
**SPECIAL AWARD: Provisional patent from** [**Nixon Peabody**](https://www.nixonpeabody.com/en?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)

Aubrey Daniel - [University of Alabama](https://www.ua.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Jiasi Hao - [Shanghai University](http://en.shu.edu.cn/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Michelle Wong - [University of Texas at San Antonio](https://www.utsa.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Nina Vafa - [University of Michigan](https://www.umich.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Rashid Malheya - [Hamad Bin Khalifa University](https://hbku.edu.qa/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)

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[**OnLife**](http://onlifeweb.com/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Disability market is 1.3 billion people globally and rapidly growing due to ageing population. Idea is to provide hi-tech accessibility solution for business and individuals to leverage this as an opportunity.  
**SPECIAL AWARD: Provisional patent from** [**Nixon Peabody**](https://www.nixonpeabody.com/en?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)

Joshna Seelam - [Virginia Commonwealth University](https://www.vcu.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Luca Morgantini - [Politecnico di Torino](https://www.polito.it/?lang=en&ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Mateusz Trzaska - [Nottingham Trent University](https://www.ntu.ac.uk/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Sofia Ostellino - [Politecnico di Torino](https://www.polito.it/?lang=en&ref=blog.inacademy.eu)  
Wariz Bedi - [Victoria University](https://www.vu.edu.au/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)