Bitsensing has raised $21.3 million to date, while Ocean Ecostructures and Whispp have raised €1.6 million and €1.4 million respectively. Ocean Ecostructures is also part of the 2023 Norrsken Accelerator programme. Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech was founded in 2018 by José Ignacio Latorre, a professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Barcelona. Whispp's technology could potentially be used by elderly individuals or post-operative throat patients, and could also be adapted for corporate phone calls.
Key takeaways:
- The Mobile World Congress hosts a startup competition called “Four Years From Now” aimed at finding the ‘best startups’ globally.
- Five finalists were selected by a panel of industry experts and investors, including Bitsensing, Mica AI Medical, Ocean Ecostructures, Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech, and Whispp.
- Bitsensing is a South Korean company that has developed a radar technology to detect passengers in a car without using cameras, and has raised $21.3 million to date.
- Whispp, a Netherlands-based company, has developed an “Assistive Voice Tech and Calling App” that converts whispered and vocal cord impaired speech into a person’s natural voice, in real time, and has raised €1.4 million to date.