SEED program: 5th cohort

8 startups have been selected to join the 2024 cohort. Based in France and Latin America, these startups provide solutions to reduce the environmental impact of cities, infrastructure and related business sectors. This year, the new cohort of startups include a digital twin dedicated to monitoring and maintaining port infrastructure, artificial intelligence for the analysis of mobility flows, and a new biocomposite material.

Abim (France) – www.a-bim.com

ABIM’s know-how and technology facilitate the monitoring and predictive maintenance of ports and underwater infrastructures. ABIM gathers raw data on a web-based digital twin platform, integrating high-definition InSAR satellite data for comprehensive port management. 

 

Akidaia (France) – www.akidaia.com

Akidaia has created a non-connected identification system to secure and streamline access control systems, even in isolated or temporary sites such as construction sites. This made-in-France technology, approved by the French army (GICAT), offers a new approach to access security that is 100% RGPD-compliant, with no stored data, and reduces investment and operating costs. 

 

Floware (France) – www.floware.fr

Floware offers an innovative mobility flow analysis solution for private and public sector operators. Floware’s AI technology uniquely combines innovative sensors with modeling and simulation software for faster, more effective strategic decision-making. 

 

Geoclay (France)

Geoclay uses clays as raw materials, which release water molecules during firing instead of CO2 . Geoclay offers a flash calcination process for clays that reduces carbon emissions by a factor of 4 compared with a conventional process. This process preserves natural resources, since it uses mainly alternative clays from recycling channels. 

 

Orus energy (France) – www.orus-energy.com 

Orus Energy is AI-powered software that helps commercial building operators activate and monetize their flexibility on the power grid in order to generate a new revenue stream, while reducing their carbon emissions and accelerating the energy transition. 

 

Spybee (Colombie) –  www.spybee.com.co

Spybee is a ConTech operating in Latin America, combining high-precision on-site drone surveys, virtual reality, real-time data processing and collaborative tools (including WhatsApp). This approach improves project documentation, management and analysis, enabling faster, more informed decision-making and effective communication within multidisciplinary teams on construction sites.   

 

Strong by Form (Espagne) – www.strongbyform.com

Strong by Form is a technology company that combines the logic of composite materials with the natural intelligence of wood and advanced robotics to produce lightweight, free-form structural components to replace steel, concrete and aluminum in construction and mobility. Proprietary software optimizes the shape of the wood, resulting in custom-made, efficiently designed parts, guaranteeing robust, original structures. 

 

Tangara Energy (France) – www.tangara-app.com

Tangara Energy is is an artificial intelligence platform for construction contracts & claims management. We help project managers and contract managers to automate repetitive and time-consuming tasks to save time and gain efficiency. 

Discover the 39 startups and projects supported in 2024

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