Videobot, a firm that focuses on video marketing and co-founded by Matias Mäenpää (centre), was the winner of the 2023 edition of the Creative Young Entrepreneur Luxembourg competition. The winner of the 2024 edition will be announced in early December. Photo: Matic Zorman/Archives

Videobot, a firm that focuses on video marketing and co-founded by Matias Mäenpää (centre), was the winner of the 2023 edition of the Creative Young Entrepreneur Luxembourg competition. The winner of the 2024 edition will be announced in early December. Photo: Matic Zorman/Archives

The ten finalists in the Creative Young Entrepreneur Luxembourg (Cyel) 2024 competition have been announced and are dreaming of succeeding Videbot. Three of them will be honoured on Thursday 5 December.

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“We’re impressed by our panel of finalists this year. We can see a much greater diversity emerging in Luxembourg in terms of the profiles of the entrepreneurs, as well as the types of businesses that are being created. Once again this year, we're proud to be part of the showcase for brilliant minds and increasingly innovative solutions,” says Valentin Martin, director of the Creative Young Entrepreneur Luxembourg competition, organised by Junior Chamber International Luxembourg (JCI).

Who will succeed Videobot, , for the development of ? The answer will be given on Thursday 5 December 2024. Three young entrepreneurs among the list of 10 finalists will be rewarded. A jury made up of people from the world of startups, business angels and service providers will be responsible for deciding between them.

The first will receive €4,000, the second €2,000 and the third €1,000, along with media exposure and access to the JCI international network.

The ten finalists

- Helical-AI: founded by Maxime Allard, the startup .

- Trace Crystal: , non-clonable and non-transferable artificial fingerprints, enabling reliable and trustworthy authentication of items via a simple optical scan.

- CSFN: enables individuals and businesses to .

- MoveMe: has created a that offers personalised schedules, lists of documents to be provided and real-time updates to facilitate the complexities of moving house.

- MachineryScanner: offers a in the sale of used vehicles for the agricultural and construction sectors.

- Socially: is a software-as-a-service social networking , allowing its customers to create their own platform and retain control over it.

- Uplift360: is developing .

- Sonia: a startup that based on patient-doctor interaction using the latest artificial intelligence technologies, reducing doctors’ day-to-day manual work and medical coding.

- Salary.lu: , specialised for SMEs, which enables companies to automate their payroll while eliminating spreadsheets and errors.

- Easybiz: provides  to simplify incorporation and accounting in Luxembourg.

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