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Presentation of winners and finalists:Best business ideas: 

V E N T U R E 2 0 0 6 Presentation of winners and finalists: Best business ideas First Award Ceremony Zurich, February 2, 2006

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Contents Preface Agenda Statistics Winners Finalists Contact Impressum 4 5 7 10 30 35 36

Preface: 

Preface The first phase of Venture 2006 has produced imaginative and innovative business ideas from 205 teams from across Switzerland. If this great interest in the Venture business plan competition reflects the innovation potential in Switzerland as a whole, then the potential is truly formidable. We are pleased to present the 35 finalists and, in particular, the prize winners in this brochure. The members of the Jury Committee, who closely examined all the business ideas, did not have an easy task selecting the winners. As you look through the brochure, you will see for yourself the wealth of ideas submitted. The ten prize-winning teams not only had bright ideas – but ideas that also passed the jury’s critical scrutiny of their customer benefits, market potential and revenue mechanisms. We congratulate the winning teams and wish them every success in developing their business ideas. A good idea alone, however, doesn’t make a successful entrepreneur. What is now needed are detailed business plans, motivation and perseverance. Naturally, a little bit of luck also helps! A broad range of support will also significantly contribute to success. Therefore, we encourage all teams, winners or not, to participate in the second phase of the competition – along with any new teams that want to join the Venture adventure! Venture 2006 will provide you with personal coaching, informative presentations and jury feedback – all in all, giving valuable insights on how to prepare a successful business plan. We thank our numerous coaches and jurors for their commitment and many hours of voluntary work. We also thank the members of the Advisory Board, without whose contribution Venture 2006 would not have been possible. Dr. Thomas Knecht Director McKinsey & Company Switzerland Prof. Dr. Ernst Hafen President ETH Zurich

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Agenda * Footnote Source: Source Welcome Prof. D. Poulikakos Venture 2006 – outlook to phase II Dr. T. Knecht

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Venture 2006 – More than 200 ideas Venture 2006 – Almost 400 team members Number of business ideas submitted Statistics 2000 2002 1998 2004 2006 328 486 506 510 381 2.7 2.3 3.1 2.1 1.9 Average team size 2000 2002 1998 2004 2006 120 207 215 238 205 Number of team members (phase 1) With its new 2006 members, the Venture community approaches 2,500 team alumni Teams tend to be smaller in size in phase 1 Another successful first phase, over 200 ideas Only slightly below other years despite: Double the number of business plan competitions (vs. 1998*) Improving economic situation might lower entrepreneurial ambition

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Statistics 59 35 22 17 15 57 Software/Hardware Chemicals/Materials/Textiles 10 Telecom 10 Services/Retail Environment/Energy, Agriculture/Food Pharma/Biotech/ Med.Tech Construction/Real estate 10 Healthcare 10 Tourism/Gastro, Transport Media 8 Mech. engineering/Automative 9 Venture 2006 – Variety of sectors continues, although 3 main domains Total = 205 business ideas Venture 2006 – More ideas from non-academia and broader participation within academia Total = 205 business ideas Academia* Non- academia 58 42 ETHZ Teams from academia = 117 57 43 Academia* Universities of applied science** EPFL Univ. of St. Gallen Univ. of Geneva Univ. of Berne Univ. of Zurich Univ. of Basel USI Lugano Other Other * As specified by team leaders. 2004: 38/62% ** HES SO: 7, FH ZH: 5, FH O: 5, FH BE: 3

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One of Venture's key assets – Coaches 227 coaches Compared to 2004 Less focus on Pharma/Biotech – more diversity More focus on non-academia Geographical split almost unchanged Tenure Extensive professional experience 2/3 Venture alumni, 1/3 newly recruited Characteristics 80% managers/entrepreneurs (>15 sectors), 20% investors Coming from SMI companies to start-ups to all kinds of professional services Several former winners of Venture are back as coaches/jurors Role Support (expertise and contacts) Guidance and challenge Venture 2006 – The winners of phase 1 are …

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Rico Chandra (Team leader) Giovanna Davatz Industry: Transportation Place: Geneva, Zurich Originating from: ETH Zurich Arktis Radiation Detectors Team Background Winners

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Appraisal Arktis' business idea is exciting and, from a technical point of view, most likely implementable. The solution could be a breakthrough. The overall market is of an interesting size with considerable potential. Description Radiation portal monitoring – the screening of cargo to detect concealed dangerous radioactive materials – has become standard practice wherever trucks, trains or ships deliver their cargo. Steel mills, incinerator plants, landfills, seaports, and border crossings are but a few examples that rely on portal monitoring to prevent nuclear smuggling/proliferation or to avoid environmental damage. Current technology has many shortcomings. Most notably, the all too frequent “false positives”, i.e., so-called nuisance alarms, disrupt the automated flow of goods and cause delays. Arktis proposes a new detector technology. Developed and proven in particle astrophysics research, our technology is aimed at reducing the false alarm rate by a factor of ten, while increasing the sensitivity to dangerous radioactive materials. This allows for cost savings and more reliable detection of dangerous goods.

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CEMOPTxD Chidambaram Narayanan (Team leader) Pramod Prasanth Industry: Construction/real estate Place: Zurich Originating from: non-academia Background Team Winners

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The cement industry is under increasing pressure to build plants that are less harmful to the environment. Players are becoming more environment friendly with increased budgets to this end. Large customers, in particular, will embrace the latest technologies. CEMOPTxD’s technology differentiates itself from comparable products in that inhouse users do not need to be simulation specialists. Appraisal Description CEMOPTxD is a specialized simulation tool for design and optimization of cement kilns, with 1-, 2- and full 3-dimen-sional (xD) simulation capability. It is based on first principles modeling of kiln combustion processes, including species, momentum, heat balances, and combustion. Simulations can predict key quantities in clinker production such as free lime content, concentration of emissions, temperature variation in the kiln, etc., for given design parameters such as type of fuel, kiln geometry, etc. Cement production is highly energy intensive. Given the high growth predicted for the industry globally, a constant drive towards increasing energy efficiency in production, combined with a solid strategy for minimum environmental impact is required. CEMOPTxD will strongly impact the design of next generation kilns that are more energy efficient and environment friendly.

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Winners Covagen Dr. Julian Bertschinger (Team leader) Dragan Grabulovski Industry: Pharmaceuticals/biotechnology Place: Zurich Originating from: ETH Zurich Background Team

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Appraisal Description Der Bedarf an stabileren, kleineren und billigeren Biomolekülen mit Antikörper-ähnlichen Eigenschaften wird weiter zunehmen. Es besteht ein klares Kundenbedürfnis sowohl für neue therapeutische Proteine als auch für die Optimierung von bestehenden Produkten. Bei umfassendem Patentschutz besteht ein attraktiver Markt. Nach Etablierung der Technologie könnten später Medikamente in verschiedenen Indikationssegmenten entwickelt werden. Bestehende Biopharmazeutika können – besonders bei langzeitiger Einnahme – schwerwiegende Neben-wirkungen verursachen (Immunogenität), was z.B. bei der Behandlung von rheumatoider Arthritis mit therapeutischen Antikörpern ein relativ häufig auftretendes Problem ist. Das Biotechunternehmen Covagen will ausgehend von kleinen, nicht immunogenen Proteingerüsten Biopharma-zeutika der nächsten Generation entwickeln. Für die Generierung von Produktprototypen benutzt Covagen bewährte sowie selbst entwickelte Technologien, welche die Entwicklung von massgeschneiderten therapeutischen Proteinen erlauben. Durch die voraussichtlich geringe Immunogenität von Covagens Biopharmazeutika erwarten wir, dass die Produkte von Covagen auf Antikörper basierende Therapien ergänzen oder gar ersetzen sowie neuartige Behandlungsansätze ermöglichen werden.

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Winners Dr. Marc Kaelin (Team leader) Dr. Dominik Rudmann Dr. Ayodhya Nath Tiwari David Bremaud A. Sethi FLISOM Industry: Energy Place: Zurich Originating from: non-academia Background Team

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As the needs for alternative energy sources are increasing, FLISOM presents an interesting solution with a clear concept and good differentiation. The market is highly attractive, and the market potential and proprietary know-how have been demonstrated. If the team can achieve its cost and yield targets at larger scale, it will have a formidable product to offer. Appraisal Description FLISOM, a spin-off company of ETH, has made innovative breakthroughs in renewable energy research. The company specializes in flexible and extremely lightweight solar cells devised on plastic that can convert light into electricity. FLISOM intends to commercialize this technology. It has developed the prototype and is now looking for a second round of funding. The FLISOM solution has the following unique attributes that make it a disruptive technology: a. Lightweight – over 100 times lighter than conventional solar cells b. Flexible – as thin and rollable as a sheet of paper c. Low cost – on scaling up, the solution would be 50% to 70% cheaper than conventional solar cells d. Highly efficient – holds world record for the highest efficiency achieved on flexible solar cells on plastic. FLISOM promises to bring clean and inexpensive energy to revolutionize the global energy market.

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Winners FunZyme BioTechnologies S.A. Dr. Reto Stöcklin (Team leader) Dr. Philippe Bulet Yves Duchemin Prof. Robin Offord Prof. Keith Rose Industry: Pharmaceuticals/biotechnology Place: Geneva Originating from: non-academia Background Team

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The team presents an excellent concept, thoroughly based on the broad pharma expertise of the founder and allied parties. The market potential for Celiac disease seems large enough, the proposed use in Celiac disease is very convincing. Also, potential applications of enzyme-based drugs for other markets exist. Appraisal Description FunZyme BioTechnologies will develop and commercialize new enzyme-based drugs and agents for some important applications in health care and biotechnology. It will do so by exploiting potent enzymes isolated from fungi that have the property to cleave any protein from its extremities resulting in the release of single amino acids. The use of these enzymes – either alone or in combination – has many promising industrial applications ranging from highly specific and controlled partial modification of a protein’s extremities to the complete degradation of large and resistant proteins down to single amino acids. FunZyme will develop a first drug for Celiac disease, original keratinolytic formulations, prion decontamination, waste recycling and tools to facilitate protein production.

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Winners GEPETO Dr. Olivier Jaquet (Team leader) Nicolas Hubschwerlen Dr. Rabah Namar Dr. Pascal Siegel Industry: Software Place: Zurich, Basel Originating from: ETH Zurich Background Team

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GEPETO presents an interesting approach in the area of geo-modelling. The idea of breaking a duopoly using an open source solution is good. Thanks to the rising cost of petrol and, as a consequence, its exploration, the market is growing. It offers an interesting revenue potential. Appraisal Description GEPETO (GEomodeller for PETroleum Open source) is a new software framework for the 3D modelling of geological structures and their physical properties. The main application field will be the petroleum industry. The GEPETO framework will be developed under an open source concept. It is designed to facilitate the development and the integration of third-party tools (open or commercial plug-ins). Through collaboration and by taking advantage of this open source technology, the users will boost the level of innovation in the market of geo-modelling tools. This concept also makes the software technology accessible to the academic and environmental worlds. The GEPETO team will develop and manage the software framework. The development will be sponsored by a consortium of petroleum companies. Additional income will arise from maintenance tasks and specific developments based on the open source framework.

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Winners HyBiom Dr. Rainer Warth (Team leader) Benjamin Fumey Prof. Andreas Züttel Industry: Energy Place: Rolle Originating from: University of Fribourg Background Team

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Appraisal Description The business idea seems to make good sense as hydrogen is becoming more important and, hence, storage issues are arising. The team already has a product that works. It is an early-stage but interesting project, which could become a good business. Several market segments could be very attractive, depending on price and ease of charging, as well as storage capacity and density. HyBiom provides its customers with customizable units to store hydrogen in a solid form. In our units we use modern metal-hydrides, which can absorb and release hydrogen in a controlled manner. This hydrogen can then be used in traditional combustion engines. Alternatively, the hydrogen can power fuel cells, which provide electric energy. In both applications, hydrogen is a pollution-free energy source yielding pure water as an end product. The HyBiom hydrogen storage units will find applications in solar energy production; grid-free energy supply, and mobile applications. We think our units support the development of decentralized energy production and storage. This will allow our customers to regain control of their future energy costs and develop a sustainable, CO2-free energy policy.

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Winners Dominik Bell (Team leader) Industry: Tourism/gastronomy Place: Zurich Originating from: ETH Zurich Background Team Kochexpeditionen

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Appraisal Description Das interessante Projekt basiert auf einem klaren Kundenbedürfnis einer breiteren Zielgruppe. Bei geschickter und schneller Umsetzung besteht ein attraktives Umsatzpotential. Trotz ähnlicher Ideen bei Grossverteilern ist das Konzept ausbaubar und lässt sich mit weiteren innovativen Ideen verknüpfen. Kochexpeditionen will in den bestehenden Märkten des Lebensmittelhandels und der Gastronomie eine Nische besetzen. Es wird ein neuartiger Geschäftsablauf entwickelt, der verschiedene Bedürfnisse des Kunden abdeckt. Im besonderen werden Kunden mit Gesundheits-bewusstsein, sozialem Leben, beschränkter Freizeit und Interesse an internationaler Esskultur angesprochen.

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Winners LiberoVision Dr. Stephan Würmlin (Team leader) Dr. Christoph Niederberger Prof. Markus Gross Industry: Media Place: Zurich Originating from: ETH Zurich Background Team

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Appraisal Description LiberoVision is an interesting concept with a clear USP and a clear target market. The team‘s expert knowledge and its innovative, patented technology create a competitive advantage. There is a high revenue potential if the team can protect the market for virtual replays for a few years. A product that is used as commonly as the „replay“ after a goal has a bright future. Emotions are the inevitable essence of football games. LiberoVision provides innovative media services to enhance the viewer's experience and intensify emotions relating to football broadcasts on television. Based on state-of-the-art computer graphics research developed at ETH Zurich, LiberoVision offers novel replay technology for live coverage and enables emotional discussions on controversial situations during post-game analysis. With LiberoVision, the viewer can experience astonishing views of football games that no one has ever seen before. The advantages over competitors will be service quality and ease of integration. LiberoVision could already enhance your experience of EURO 2008 in Switzerland and Austria.

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Winners Qualimetro S.A. Stéphane Dewarrat (Team leader) Florian Glardon Marc Müller Industry: Mech. engineering/automotive Place: Yverdon-les-Bains Originating from: EPF Lausanne Background Team

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Appraisal Description Qualimetro offers a convincing idea, fully in the trend of precision instruments: portable, low weight and precise. The team outlines its clear and promising differentiation from the competition. Basically, there is a large market, perhaps with limited growth. Being the best among few in a market worth several hundred million euros makes for an attractive proposition. Qualimetro SA est une jeune startup, créée par trois ingénieurs en microtechnique. Stéphane Dewarrat a développé à l'EPFL un bras articulé de mesure pour de la navigation chirurgicale pour l'orthopédie. Le marché est plus ouvert dans le domaine industriel pour le contrôle qualité de pièces de mécanique. Colibri et les bras de nos concurrents n'intéressent pas l'ensemble du marché. L'augmentation de la précision, notre nouvelle opportunité, en fera un outil très compétitif face au nombre de machines traditionnelles. Les bras ont l'immense avantage d'aller vers la pièce à contrôler, et ce n'est plus la pièce qui doit être déplacée, invoquant des coûts de manutention et réglages. Ce nouveau bras pourra être envoyé en location pour des PME qui n'ont pas les moyens d'acheter une machine 3D de mesure.

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Finalists 5erProTech Adeer B2BTradeNet. com GmbH Biosafetys carte SkinHue 5er ProTech is focused on developing tools for proteomic research with its DNA-protein conjugation-based technologies that facilitate protein identification. 5er ProTech is establishing low-risk, high market potential products by offering customer services and kits/reagents. Par l'intermédiaire d'une interface web dynamique nous proposons une comparaison concrète des coûts et rendements d'installations de production d'énergie renouvelable. Les paramètres locaux (ensoleillement, topographie, subsides...) permettent de déterminer les meilleures options énergétiques. Die eProcurement-Plattform B2BTradeNet.com vereinfacht und beschleunigt Kundenakquisition und Beschaffung von Gütern und Dienstleistungen für Unternehmen und Behörden; die Mitgliedschaft ist kostenlos. Biosafetys est un projet de création d'entreprise qui vise à créer, développer et commercialiser des revêtements anti-adhésifs pour limiter les infections liées aux implants chirurgicaux. La carte SkinHue est un outil de prévention contre les dangers du soleil afin de diminuer les risques de cancer. Elle est composée de 6 photos présentant les différents phototypes existant au dessous desquels se situe une gamme d'indice de protection solaire. Client potentiel: industrie cosmétique.

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easy parking Epithelys Fairgate AG Flintstone GenalytiX Wir wollen in der Schweiz binnen zwei Jahren Marktführer sein mit einem einzigartigen Parkplatz-Management-system, welches dem Automobilisten das Reservieren und Bezahlen eines Parkplatzes übers Handy ermöglicht. Wir bewirtschaften die attraktiven PP-Standorte und generieren in 5 Jahren einen Umsatz von 20 Mio. Epithelys offers innovative R&D solutions in pulmonary diseases. We commercialize a new model of human respiratory epithelium with a unique long shelf life. Some model applications include inflammatory (i.e., asthma) and virological studies (i.e., Avian flue, SRAS), screen and validation of new drugs. Design and manufacture a listening device that is associated with the mobile phone and has the developing world as its target market. Helping to coordinate, develop, support and facilitate the provision of hearing aid services. Encompasses own R&D as well as integrating existing technology. GenalytiX entwickelt Einwegkartuschen zur schnellen DNA-Isolation, deren Aufreinigung und automatischen Aufbereitung für die Amplifikation und Detektion. Die thermooptischen Prozesse finden auf Mikrochips in einem Laptop-Instrument statt. Die Erfindung kann für viele DNA-Analysen genutzt werden. Fairgate bietet eine Lösung, welche Vereine bei der Organisation, der Kommunikation, der Finanzierung und beim Sponsoring unterstützt. Sponsoren können die Stakeholders von Schweizer Vereinen lokal und national mit ihren Angeboten zielgruppengerecht erreichen.

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Finalists GlobalOptimize! Implant-Assistant INSIDER BOUTIQUE Methusalem MUGAN GlobalOptimize! ist eine IT-gestützte Methodik zur Prozessoptimierung, welche die Flexibilität der intuitiven Suche nach dem optimalen Wert der Einflussgrössen mit der Systematik der Versuchsplanung kombiniert. Die neue Methodik ist insbesondere auch für KMUs nutzbar. A computer-aided implant assistant will be designed to bridge the gap between exact calculation and the handwork of the surgeon. It is a high-quality solution for the implantation problem. Today, the main factors in the market are the exceptional growth rate and diversification of innovations. INSIDER BOUTIQUE est un service de shopping actif 24/24 heures et 7/7 jours à disposition de la clientèle des hôtels de prestige. Ce service d'exception s'articule au travers d'une plateforme télévisuelle et d'un magazine de luxe placés au coeur des chambres et des suites. Rotwein, in Massen genossen, hat einen positiven gesundheitlichen Aspekt, weil er unter anderem Blut-zucker und Blutfett senkend, ja sogar lebensverlängernd wirkt. Diese Eigenschaften sollen auf ein nicht alkoho-lisches Health- und Lifestyle-Getränk übertragen werden. Gaming is a popular activity. Mobile games in self-organized, ad hoc networks will extend the attractiveness of playing and widen the source of revenue in the game business. With this project, we offer a reusable middle-ware with an appropriate distributed game architecture for mobile ad hoc gaming.

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MultiMediaAny-where MרC NanoLighTech Pro Archive Ltd. RECast New distribution model of protected digital multimedia content enabled by an advanced Digital Rights Management System. Billing takes place only at the moment of actual access to the consumed content while the physical support can be freely distributed and copied. Beim MרC-System wird die Mausbewegung mit den Augen gesteuert. Die Kameras erfassen die Augen-bewegungen auf dem Bildschirm und steuern den Maus-zeiger an den gewünschten Ort. Das Klicken erfolgt mit zwei neuen Tasten auf der Tastatur. Pour les fabricants de microscopes destinés à la Tomo-graphie en Cohérence Optique qui désirent offrir une meilleure résolution d'image à leurs clients, NanoLighTech propose une diode de qualité supérieure aux produits actuels et, grâce à une technologie innovante, à un prix avantageux. Pro Archive provides migration-free archiving solutions for companies and institutions with legal or cultural requirements for long-term archiving of digital documents and images. The innovative solution enables customers to significantly reduce their total cost of ownership for archival storage. RECast is an online video and radio recording service. It allows users to easily record an unparalleled selection of TV and radio programs, and to play them later at their convenience on any Internet-enabled device. RECast overcomes the limitations of broadcasting to offer an enhanced viewer’s experience.

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Finalists San-Tech Surgical Sàrl ScubaWin XpresSys |||| | || ||| | ||| | || Codecheck.ch SportSense AG Each year more than 1.5 million total hip replacement (THR) operations are carried out. One of the more difficult components of this operation is the alignment of the acetabular cup. Improper alignment leads to premature wearing of the joint. Santech is developing "GANS" as a solution for this need. ScubaWin offre à tout plongeur un espace sécurisé dans lequel il entre ses données (cours, brevets, plongées). Celles-ci sont ensuite authentifiées par l'instructeur ayant formé le plongeur. Ainsi, un autre instructeur recevant le plongeur qu'il ne connait pas peut consulter des données valides. Tomorrow's drug targets. Today we, ETH scientists, plan to found a biotech company for the production of multi-protein machines to meet customer needs using our novel, patented MultiBac technology. Multiprotein machines are the basis of research for understanding diseases and developing new drugs. codecheck.ch gibt die Möglichkeit, sich im Internet anhand des aufgedruckten Strichcodes auf einfache Weise Zugang zu detaillierten Informationen über Produkte zu verschaffen. Der Verbraucher erhält Definitionen und Meinungen von Fachleuten zu Inhaltsangaben wie Sodium Laurent Sulfate oder E230. SportSense is a wireless, wearable, personal, electronic sports-performance product for tennis players. SportSense consists of small sensor buttons and a wrist-worn platform which displays real-time visualization of the stroke, game statistics and performance parameters.

Contact: 

Contact If you would like to get in touch with a team, please contact: Venture Office Alpenstrasse 3 CH-8065 Zurich Phone +41 (0)44 876 67 81 Fax +41 (0)44 876 67 89 E-mail office@venture.ch www.venture.ch

Impressum: 

Impressum Venture 2006 is a joint initiative of the ETH Zurich and McKinsey & Company, Switzerland, to encourage the founding of new companies. Description of ideas provided by teams Appraisals by jurors and jury committee Editing and design: Venture Office, McKinsey Multimedia Photos by Tobias Stärk and teams Reproduction of the contents of this brochure is authorized, provided the source is acknowledged. Zurich, February 2006