This year we were looking for startups from 2 distinct Go-To-Market categories fitting into one of our 5 themes:
Productivity, Automotive Data, Money/Micro-Transactions, Business to Business and Entertainment.
Adaptors are companies that already have an existing smartphone application that they want to make accessible while driving. Using SmartDeviceLink they had the opportunity adapt their app for in-car use and thus make safer to use while driving!
Envisioners have driver focused digital services and solutions that could be deployed via the cloud for use in car.
The Winners
Our winning teams received cash prizes as well as the ability to tap into a travel fund to keep discussions with the Ford team all over the world going!
Based on our jury selection the following 4 teams came out on top:
JiFleet {
JiFleet was founded in 2016 and its winning platform provides a card-less white label payment method for fuel for fleets, integrated with fleet management platforms.
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“The creativity level I have seen over the past couple days is sky high. The Israeli ecosystem has once again proved to be fruitful and very advanced, both in the tech world but also in the automotive world. The wide-ranging topics discussed and presented, by various Israeli and European start-ups are the best proof of the diversity of the automotive industry and the constant progress it is making”
Don Butler, Ford executive director, Connected Vehicle Platform and Products.
It's a wrap, folks
The Ford dev team hosted over 20 teams in Tel Aviv for the 2018 edition of our MakeItDriveable Challenge. The event included mentor sessions, customer focus groups as well as technical sessions & traditional hacking.
Bit-Logistech is a platform to help small and medium enterprises to manage their whole supply chain. Their focus during this challenge was on distribution line management and route planning.
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Mappo {
Mappo is a platform that connects content with location. It uses text, music and TV content to automatically generate maps with geo culture POIs.
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