TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield, is one of world’s foremost startup competition. It features around 15-30 top early stage startups pitching to top judges in front a huge live audience. The startups face stiff competition as they have to undergo a rigorous application process which has a 2% acceptance rate.
Startup Battlefield had started on 14th September, Monday. The finals will be held on Friday.
Let us take a glance at the Top five startups that made it to the finals:
- Canix
Growing cannabis is a tough process as it involves managing margins while continually adhering to compliance laws. Be it small or large growers, the constant data entry from seed to sale can be tough and requires proper planning.
Canix’s cannabis ERP software eliminates this frustrating compliance, inventory management and sales work. It has a robust enterprise resource planning platform that reduces the time of data entry. It integrates the common bookkeeping software and Metrc Web API Documentation, an industry-wide regulatory platform with the help of RFID scanners and Bluetooth-enabled scales.
Canix was founded in June 2019. It gained over 300 customers during the pandemic.
- Firehawk Aerospace
Firehawk Aerospace was founded by Will Edwards (CEO) and Chairman and Chief Scientists Ron Jones. The startup wants to build a stable, cost-effective hybrid rocket fuel that employs additive manufacturing (industrial-scale 3D printing) to overcome the limitations of previous hybrid fuel engine designs that have been in use for the last 50 years. Hybrid rockets face limitations in terms of their performance metrics and maximum thrust power.
Ron Jones is a rocket propulsion researcher and aerospace structures and advanced composite engineer and is fascinated by engine technology and how to overcome the limits of past hybrid engine designs.
Firehawk holds five patents which are related to its 3D printing of rocket fuel. It has also conducted 32 engine hot fire tests at both 200 lbs and 500 lbs of thrust. Firehawk is currently working on an engine capable of 5,000 lbs of thrust, which it is looking forward to test later this year.
- HacWare
Founded in 2017 by Tiffany Ricks, HacWare helps to bring better email security awareness to small businesses. The technology uses machine learning to categorize and analyse each message for risk. The startup is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, USA.
HacWare tries to identify the most at-risk users. It identifies those users who are more vulnerable to business email compromise attacks. The system also uses automated simulated phishing attacks to send personalized phishing emails to test the user. HacWare is seeking a US$ 1M seed funding.
- Matidor
Matidor is building a platform for consultants and engineers to keep track of projects and geospatial data in a single dashboard. Based in Vancouver, Matidor is a geospatial visualization and collaboration startup. It offers an all-in-one data visualization suite to its customers.
Co-founded by Vincent Lam and Sean Huang, Matidor was relaunched on the virtual stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2020. Vincent Lam formerly worked on the Google Earth team, while Sean Huang has a solid background in the AR/VR space.
The startup sells its software on a per-project basis. The team is currently working in the energy sector. But they are also making different template types to bring in new customers. Matidor wants to tap into areas like construction and emergency response in future.
- Jefa
Jefa is building a challenger bank specifically designed for women in Latin America. It aims to solve the problems faced by women while opening a bank account and managing it.
After examining the reasons why women in Latin America often don’t have a bank account or are unsatisfied with their banking services, founder and CEO Emma Smith founded Jefa. She studied the issues like required minimum balance to hold an account, personal presence to open an account etc, confusing products etc.
Jefa provides a fully digital solution that is branchless. There is no minimum balance requirement. The only requirement is a government-issued ID card. The platform will be launched in a few months.
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