General Pitch & Mix night brought together Startups from different fields

On November 20th, 2019 Bilateral European-American Chambers of Commerce in the United States, Inc. organized a General Pitch & Mix event at Spacesmith. In front of a live audience, six European startups introduced their innovative solutions in a variety of fields.

Flen Health, Label R, Foobot, NGRAVE, Synergy Inc. and KoalaLifter shared their bright ideas, how to change and innovate their field. Startup pitches were followed by an audience vote and the General Pitch & Mix winner of the evening was the KoalaLifter that stood out with its engaging performance. 

The KoalaLifter is a lifting device that uses the tower strength as support to exchange blades, gearboxes, generators, transformers in wind turbine generators. This device is an alternative solution to high tonnage cranes for exchanging large components in WTG. KoalaLifter reduces cost and increases production. With its innovative and time-saving solution and good pitch, KoalaLifter attracted over half of the audience's votes. 

The event was powered by the European-American Chamber of Commerce in the United States, Inc. (EACC-US). The EACC-US represents the greatest number of bilateral European-American business organizations located in New York, including the Baltic American Chamber of Commerce (BACC). It is the largest transatlantic business network with a collective membership of more than 25,000 companies.