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ABB Electrification
Startup Challenge 2022

Open innovation for billions of better decisions

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Startups and scale-ups

Every day, each of us makes decisions, about how we live and work, which impact the world. Do you have a solution to help people to make better decisions, from saving energy and lowering emissions, to protecting critical services that we all depend on?

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Winner award: Collaboration project worth 30,000 USD


Our journey

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Teaming up with ABB Experts

for 10 days

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Smart Buildings 
Dirk John, Digital Innovation Manager
Luciano di Maio, Digital and Cyber Security Manager

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Smart Power 
Giuseppe Casagrande, Digital Lead
Razvan Pitic, Product Manager

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Distribution Solutions 

Sherif El-Meshad, Digital Lead 

Ganesh Kulathu, Digital Systems Global Product Management 

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Jury

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Anton Kotov
Chief Digital Officer and Chief Strategy Officer
ABB Electrification

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Erika Velazquez
Open Innovation Manager
ABB Electrification
 

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Gaetana Sapienza
Head of Operations
SynerLeap

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Andrew Reid 
Head of Microsoft for Startups Switzerland

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Aldo Sciacca
Global Head of Product
Management & R&D
ABB Electrification

Smart Buildings

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Niko Railo

Head of Business

Development and Portfolio

ABB Electrification

Smart Power 

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Max Cenni
VP Portfolio and Digital
ABB Electrification
Distribution Solutions

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Billions of

better decisions

ABB’s new research on IoT points the way on sustainable operations

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Get awarded with a 6 months membership (value $8K)
SynerLeap – ABB's growth hub

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  • Matchmaking with ABB organization, partners and startups

  • Get support in navigating ABB and a tailored introduction to ABB’s experts and scientists

  • Meet ABB’s customers together with ABB

  • Explore possibilities for pilots and POC's paid by ABB's R&D and business organization

  • Participate in events and workshops arranged by SynerLeap, ABB and our partners

  • Increase the visibility and network 

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Access to Microsoft technologies and experts

  • Get access to the Microsoft for Startups program with a wide variety of Microsoft technologies (incl. up to $150’000.- of Azure credits)

  • Earn exclusive one-on-one sessions with Microsoft experts

  • Network with Microsoft representatives of a field of interest

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HOSTED BY

PARTNER

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ABB
Let’s write the future. Together.
ABB is a leading global technology company that energizes the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future. By connecting software to its electrification, robotics, automation and motion portfolio, ABB pushes the boundaries of technology to drive performance to new levels. With a history of excellence stretching back more than 130 years, ABB’s success is driven by about 105,000 talented employees in over 100 countries. 
www.abb.com

SynerLeap powered by ABB
By bringing startups, ABB, industrial partners and our customers together through our innovation growth hub SynerLeap, we ignite innovation transfer across industries, ranging from industrial automation, and robotics to grid technologies, smart cities, buildings and transportation technologies. So far we have created more than 220 collaborations, together with our 180 startup members from 26 countries. SynerLeap brings in up to 4 new members monthly, and one new ABB collaboration is starting every week. Sandvik, Microsoft, Intertek, Hitachi Energy, Epiroc and IBM are just a few examples of our partners that together bring value into our entrepreneurial ecosystem. 
We are open to international members!

www.synerleap.com

Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT” @microsoft)
Microsoft enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. With the dedicated Microsoft for Startups Program, Microsoft helps cloud-based startups with a B2B focus grow
and scale through a global ecosystem of customers and partners. The focus is on building a long-term partnership with the startup, while ensuring that
intellectual property is always owned by the inventors and founders.

www.microsoft.com/startups

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