What is the start-up competition?
This is an event organised by Road Ventures SA, a Captive Venture Capital Fund that supports innovation in mobility and the road transport industry, and encourages creative thinking. This start-up competition is dedicated to launching and advising the world’s next wave of leading entrepreneurs.
Road Ventures sponsorship of Innovation Alley will bring together the top early-stage start-ups to pitch and compete against each other during the IRU World Congress in Muscat, Oman, on 6-8 November 2018.
The way people and goods travel from point A to point B is changing, driven by a series of converging trends. The result is the emergence of a new ecosystem of mobility that can offer faster, cheaper, cleaner, safer, more efficient, and more customised travel. That is where you can make a difference.
This competition will allow the most innovative project to win a prize of USD 100,000 in equity investment, and the opportunity to gain visibility with venture capital firms, angel investors, the press, as well as local and international media.
Meet the finalists
Wednesday 7 November 10:30
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Wednesday 7 November 15:00
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Award winners ceremony - Thursday 8 November 13:30
The jury
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Raphael Gindrat From his days as student at the prestigious Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), to helping cofound Bestmile, Raphael Gindrat has been on the leading edge of autonomous vehicle development for much of his life, not only testing and operating one of the first autonomous vehicles in Europe but also actively involved in the European project Citymobil2 as a co-author for one of their city studies on automated transport. |
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Dr. James H. Miners James is an international entrepreneur and innovator. He has set-up and managed four technology startups in Cleantech, Nano-materials and Transportation, including High Power Lithium, which was successfully exited to the Dow Chemical Company. Passionate about transforming technology into product, James brings a unique experience of leading value creation and innovation in startups as well as fortune 100 companies. He has 20+ scientific publications and patents and holds a PhD from the University of Warwick and a PED from IMD. |
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Patrice Crisinel |
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Dr. Ahmed Mohsin Al-Ghassani Al Ghassani’s previous engagements bring to Riyada a rich combination of academic, engineering and business experience. He also served as the UNESCO’s National Expert on a prestigious regional four year project on Entrepreneurship Education in the Arab States. Al Ghassani holds the Doctorate Degree in Construction Management from Loughborough University, UK (2003), under a grant from the UK’s EPSRC Research Council, as well he holds a Master’s degree in structural engineering from the University of Manchester Institute Of Science and Technology (UMIST) and a BSc. in civil engineering from Sultan Qaboos University. |
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Mr. Yousuf Al Harthy |