After qualifying for Zicer Startup Factory programme together with 18 other teams, we have gone through intensive 8-weeks training by internationally recognized startup experts with the final goal of being ready to compete for startup grants at Zagreb Connect event. In total, the city of Zagreb had prepared 550.000 kuna (equivalent of 72.500 EUR) of non-equity grants that were available for winning startups. It is our great pleasure to announce that after the pitching contest, we placed in the top five stratups thanks to the jury assessment for which we were awarded with 100.000 kuna prize (equivalent of 13.000 EUR)!
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Here is a statement from SeaCras team leader, dr.sc. Stipe Lukin: „SeaCras is a startup specialized in processing data from satellites and providing water quality monitoring service. SeaCras unique expertise in chemistry and physics offers timely solutions for the optimization of products and services for the blue economy sector, such as aquaculture and tourism market. Robust statistical analysis of satellites data enables quantitative determination of microbiological and chemical parameters on a larger scale, while keeping costs at a minimum. In that way, SeaCras provides a compatible solution for the current state-of-the-art sampling methods with more complete temporal and spatial informations. Our solutions go hand in hand with the European Green Deal and the development of the Blue Economy sector, all with zero-carbon emissions. We are currently negotiating with our first customers and we expect to quickly enter the market.”
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Winning grant will be utilized for upgrading the most important segments of our business operation through one-year project signed with ZICER. Measurable key performance indicators guarantee that the project will be carried out efficiently after which SeaCras will be ready for continuing upscaling of our services. Stay tuned to find out more!
