Business Accelerator UKIM (BAU) held its first DEMO DAY as the official final event of the first accelerator program. In a competition of 42 applicants, this first accelerator program was visited by six startups. The program lasted for 12 weeks.

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, at the Center for Technology Transfer and Innovation – INNOFEIT they presented their solutions and innovations. The ideas were presented to the UKIM Accelerator Investment Committee and to the public from the ecosystem for startups in Macedonia.

Inellipse, as part of this program, presented AWSome.dev. It is an enterprise messaging integration with cloud providers that allows software development teams to simplify and streamline daily work. It is all done from one application, through their favorite chat interface.

Apart from Inellipse, 5 other startups presented their products.

The startup Araig Global with their product ARAIG, a multi-sensor simulation vest for the gaming industry, giving the users (gamers) 360 ̊ experience.

BIO ICT were talking about Agrosense – ICT platform for measuring, monitoring and analyzing meteorological and agricultural parameters in real time and of specific geolocation for optimal use of resources to improve yield and disease protection.

Davvero.io product is a fashionable smart and unique jewelry, which tracks the emotional state of the user.

The startup Elevate Global has introduced the product ASAP. It provides real-time processing of a large database, including artificial intelligence to predict the next steps according to the data they manage.

Citechsuite presented the Metricitty product that helps financial institutions comply with regulatory compliance requirements. Also to confirm the client’s identity and calculate the risk assessment of money laundering and terrorist financing.

In addition to the business ideas presentations, UKIM Accelerator organized a panel discussion. The topic was “Complementarity of the existing financial instruments and support services in order to accelerate the initiatives for startup and growth of the business”.

The panel discussion was held by:
-Tanja Ilievska from the Fund for Innovation and Technological Development, -Dr. Vladimir Atanasovski from the Center for Transfer of Technologies and Innovations – INOFEIT, -Dijana Janevska from the Science Park Graz, Austria, -Karolina Karoska Bozinoska from the Macedonian Stock Exchange, -Robin Zimbakov from CEED k]Club of Business Angels.

Within the accelerator program, global and local specialists from different fields are mentoring the startups, offering support in the promotion of the business concept and presentation skills.