Here are the 25 IoT Heroes 2016 ! Finalists of the 4th IOT / M2M Innovation World Cup announced

Munich, 19 January 2016 – It has been a tough evaluation process for the international expert jury of the IOT / M2M Innovation World Cup 2015/16, but the best and most innovative companies have now been selected! All 25 finalists will have the chance to become IOT / M2M Innovators of the year 2016 in the categories Smart City, Mobility, Security, Healthcare, and Connected Home. All finalists will pitch their solutions and the winners will be announced at the official ceremony on February 24 in Barcelona during the Mobile World Congress.

“As co-initiator and title sponsor of the IOT / M2M Innovation World Cup we are able to get an inside glimpse into what is on the horizon for the next generation of IoT innovations. And with almost 400 submissions from 58 countries, we were again pleased with the high quality solutions submitted to this year’s competition.” says Gerhard Schedler, Head of Sales Mobile Services & M2M/IoT, Swisscom. “Identifying the upcoming stars in the area of Internet of Things and M2M and taking a small role in their future success is very exciting for us.”

The elevator pitch and official award ceremony will take place in the Centre de Cultura Contemporània in Barcelona on February 24, subsequent to the first WT | Wearable Technologies Conference in Spain. The Innovation World Cup finalists will be on stage and present their solutions. Joe Braga, Global Head of Brand and Market Communications for Telit said, “Solution enablement providers have been delivering technology at such a fast pace that it is stunning solution providers. The technology industry as a whole must support efforts like the IOT / M2M Innovation World Cup that foments innovation to get ideas to market quicker and business transformations to happen faster to realize the full potential of the IoT.”

For more information about the award ceremony, please click here.

And here are the IOT / M2M Heroes of 2016 (companies listed in alphabetical order):

Smart City:

Metropolis by BizFact
Smart EV Charging Station by EverCharge
Metercloud.io by Greenbird Integration Technology
PAYUCA by PAYUCA
IoT Cloud Family by SADE Group

Mobility:

BlueMind by BlueMind
Inboard M1 Electric Skateboard by Inboard Technology
LiveCast Sentinel by IoT Smart Systems
Kizy by Kizy Tracking
smartRFpower by Teslonix

Security:

Distributed Queue Switch Architecture by Ether2
Keycode Server by Microtronics Engineering
UndercoverEye Raptor by PixController
Qylatron™ Entry Experience Solution by Qylur
My Lock by Swissprime Technologies

Healthcare:

EllieGrid by EllieGrid
CielPur by FILLONY LIMITED
Lumind by Lumind
The Footprints Walking Frame by Quanticare Technologies
Onni Smart Care by SEP Solutions

Connected Home:

EVO by EISOX
Klikr by BBDL LIMITED
CECO HOME by iSocket Systems
MYXYPOD by MYXYTY
enControl by Sensing & Control Systems

About the IOT / M2M Innovation World Cup

The IOT / M2M Innovation World Cup is the leading IOT / M2M award worldwide. Hundreds of contestants from 70 countries demonstrate the huge innovation potential in the world of machine-to-machine communication and the Internet of Things. The leading global innovation competition is welcoming revolutionary IoT / M2M solutions in the categories of “Smart City“, “Mobility”, “Security“, “Healthcare“ and “Connected Home”. An international panel of industry experts selects the most innovative products according to criteria such as level of innovation, marketability, and usability. Participation is free of charge. For further information, please click here.

The IOT / M2M Innovation World Cup is sponsored by Swisscom as title sponsor, as well as Telit Wireless Solutions, MediaTek Labs, VARTA Microbattery, and Gemalto. Further partners include MEDICA, WT Wearable Technologies AG, Kickstarter, IoT Global Network, m2m forum, Engerati, M2M World News, Plug and Play Tech Center, Paris Region Entreprises, Business Oulu, Takomo, TAITRA, Team Cote D’Azur, Comm4Innov, Innovative City, CSEM, AlpICT, m2m alliance, IT2Industry, ICT Cluster Bern, Medical Valley, Mobile Monday, Government of Canada, Disruptive Week Milan, Cluster Digital, and many more.

Please download the press release here.

Innovation World Cup Contact
Navispace AG
Matias Posio
m.posio@navispace.de