• Ecoisme

  Led · Equity · Jul 2014

  Ecoisme develops a consumer device and software platform to track energy usage of individual appliances, send mobile alerts for items left on, provide tips to reduce consumption, and integrate with smart products like NEST and WeMo. The system can be taught to recognize devices and includes a dashboard for household monitoring (for example, parents viewing TV or game console use). The company presents the product as an intelligent home energy‑monitoring system and emphasizes ease of use. Ecoisme was founded in 2013 and moved its headquarters to Poland last year after originating in Ukraine. It went through Kiev incubator Happy Farm and completed acceleration at Hubraum. Financially, Ecoisme has run an Indiegogo campaign that raised almost $60,000 in 24 days, received an €80,000 funding investment from Hubraum and Deutsche Telekom, secured a €10,000 prize at IDCEE, and taken an undisclosed angel investment from Bas Godska. EcoisMe offers a home energy-management service that aggregates appliances, assigns each device a unique ID, and shows real-time on/off times and consumption using a paired “smart meter” sold through authorized partners. The product layers social and gaming elements on top of device-level consumption data; sensors detect which devices are connected and transmit usage wirelessly for analysis and display. The company plans to monetize by selling analyzed and aggregated energy data. EcoisMe recently completed acceleration at Hubraum and a Class C program at Kiev incubator Happy Farm. It has signed investments that will fund a move of operations to Krakow, Poland and to pursue customers and partners in the Polish electricity and telco markets. Funding disbursement from the strategic investor is conditional on demonstrating initial progress, per CEO Ivan Pasichnyk.

• VIGOUR

  Participated · Seed · May 2013

  Vigour.io is an Amsterdam-based development platform that enables applications to run on any device. Its solution comprises a client-side framework and an integrated server-side service that supports inter-client communication and stores, retrieves and spreads application data when needed. The company’s first product, Vigour Video, is a white-labeled template for media companies that aims to connect different devices into a unified video experience. Vigour.io was co-founded by Ramon Duivenvoorden, Jim de Beer and Marcus Besjes and was later joined by Youri Daamen and Leo Schmidt. The startup raised €500K in seed funding from a group of investors reported in May 2013. Hub:raum, one of the backers, is described as Deutsche Telekom’s 8-week accelerator program that provides startups with funding, mentors and co-working space.

• Vigour

  Led · Seed · May 2013

  Vigour, founded in 2012 and previously known as Brisk.io, builds a platform that enables apps to run on any device and converges their interfaces into a single fluid experience over the cloud. The company is Amsterdam-based and was selected to participate at StartupBootCamp in Berlin in 2012. Its first product, Vigour Video, is a white-label template for media companies that lets viewers seamlessly connect different devices into a unified video experience. Users can swipe through content on a mobile device while additional information appears on a big screen, then play video on the big screen while using mobile as a remote or to browse for the next video. Vigour aims to create revolutionary products and user experiences and to enable novel distribution models for online content providers. Financially, Vigour secured a €500K seed investment from Linden Mobile Ventures and hub:raum and has joined Deutsche Telekom’s hub:raum accelerator in Berlin.

No current team members are available.