Techstars Startup Weekend

Wow, vilken helg! 🚀 Jag har just varit på Techstars Startup Weekend på WirelessCar i Göteborg och det var en riktig ögonöppnare. Efter 6 år som webbdesigner, varav de senaste 5 månaderna på Försäkringskassan, känner jag mig redo för nästa steg i min karriär. Startup-eventet påminde mig om varför jag älskar tech: det handlar om att skapa, innovera och lösa problem. Det var så uppfriskande att vara omgiven av människor som brinner för att bygga något nytt! Nina Unander, Vendela Antosch, Daniela Antunes och Moyu Nie Jag insåg att min passion ligger i att vara en del av spännande projekt där kreativitet möter teknisk kompetens. Att få jobba i team där olika perspektiv och färdigheter smälter samman för att skapa magi - det är där jag trivs som bäst. Nu är jag taggad på att hitta mitt nästa äventyr inom tech. Jag söker efter en plats där jag kan bidra med min erfarenhet, men också utmanas och växa. En miljö där idéer flödar fritt och innovation står i centrum. Har du också upplevt den där kicken av att vara del av något större inom tech? Vem vet, kanske finns det spännande möjligheter att utforska tillsammans? 💡✨ #it #Karriär #Startup #jobb

So cool to see Techstars Startup Weekend in action!

Wondering who will be judging the pitches on the final day of the Techstars Startup Weekend Africa Botswana? Take a look at our impressive panel of judges below! Techstars Startup Weekend Africa Botswana, in partnership between Techstars and Merce Anders Equity Group, will take place from March 28-30, 2025, in Gaborone, Botswana. We're thrilled to be hosting the first ever in-person Techstars Startup Weekend in Gaborone and welcoming aspiring founders from Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa! You’ll get the chance to learn about building a startup in just 54 hours. This is your opportunity to meet other aspiring founders, receive expert mentorship and attend fireside chats and panel discussion with renowned speakers, all in one weekend! When? March 28-30, 2025 Where? London College of International Business Studies Gaborone, Botswana Become a part of the next generation of entrepreneurs in Southern Africa and Botswana! 👉 Register here before March 28: https://lu.ma/3bw1p697 Katie Smith | Emilie Vallauri | Shamail Malik | Elham Noor | Emily Skinstad | Moagi Onkabetse | Bertha Caesar | Nicolette Chinomona (MBA) Obakeng Segwagwe | Arindam Ghosh | Emilie Vallauri | Moagi Onkabetse

Innovation, collaboration, and an unforgettable weekend! 🚀 Techstars Startup Weekend Gothenburg, powered by WirelessCar, was an intense and inspiring journey where brilliant minds came together to turn ideas into reality. Over three days, six teams worked tirelessly by brainstorming, refining, and pitching solutions to real-world challenges. We were proud to be part of this experience, with Vice Executive President Jana Stratevska, Marcus Carlheim-Müller, and Oscar Elfvin stepping in as mentors. Guiding teams through the startup process, challenging ideas, and sharpening business models was both rewarding and exciting. Seeing participants push boundaries and develop their concepts into compelling pitches was truly inspiring! A huge shoutout to all the teams, mentors, judges, and organizers who made this weekend a success. Your dedication and creativity prove that great things can happen when people come together to solve meaningful problems. Sebastian "Sebi" Turano, Nick Murray, Zoe Evans, Emilie Vallauri #TechstarsStartupWeekend #Entrepreneurship #Innovation #Collaboration #Gothenburg

𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟱 𝗣𝗠: Can I park here? Do I need to pay? I have no idea, and I am born and raised here—I told Soheila during the first minutes of the meet & greet of the Techstars Startup Weekend at WirelessCar. I guess many can relate to the problem having to try to decrypt these when in a rush to an appointment. 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟬 𝗣𝗠: Fast forward a few hours, and I was on Soheila’s team, tackling the nightmare of city parking. What if your navigation app didn’t just route you to your destination—but to the best available parking nearby? 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟰 𝗔𝗠: After hours of coding, I had a working React Native prototype—routing via Google Maps API plus interpreting parking signs with OpenAI’s Responses API. 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟬 𝗔𝗠: Crisis. Pavan & Murthy had found out that the app idea wasn’t viable. We lacked one crucial data point: real-time, per-space parking availability. Inner-city street parking? A black box. The team swung between excitement and despair as we scrambled for a solution. 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟮 𝗣𝗠: We doubled down on data. From real-time satellite imagery to drone surveillance—every idea hit a wall. But then: computer vision. Tiny, quantized models (<1MB) now hit >95% accuracy in binary classification. Could we deploy them at the edge via LoRaWAN + AWS IoT Core Greengrass using their new Nucleus lite runtime? IoT is pretty central for us at WirelessCar, so I had some previous experience to draw upon here. It was worth a shot. 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟮 𝗣𝗠: Fired up a fork of Pontus Abrahamsson's awesome next.js-based pitch deck I remember being awestruck by last year (huge inspiration!). Time to package the story. 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟯 𝗣𝗠: From here on out, it’s a blur. I don’t want to know how many OpenAI credits we burned, but let’s just say that o3-mini-high with deep research (market analysis) + GPT-4.5-preview (copywriting) + Cursor agent mode + Claude-3.7-Sonnet (dev acceleration) = 🚀. 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟰 𝗔𝗠: Exhausted but hyped. Still so much left to do. 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟰 𝗣𝗠: Worked on the deck until the very last moment—so no time to perfect the pitch itself. But we got the idea across. And we 𝗪𝗢𝗡! 😎🎉 If you want to check out the deck, it is available here: https://lnkd.in/dNGK8gVS I don't think I'll be quitting my day job at WirelessCar to launch this fictitious startup (relax, Niklas 😉), but the experience was truly incredible. I will be back for more though, that's for sure! Huge thanks to Zoe Evans at Techstars—her “tough love” mentorship was exactly what we needed.

🚀 What an unforgettable experience! 🚀 I’m still processing the incredible Techstars Startup Weekend, powered by WirelessCar, what a journey! I feel so honored to have been part of Team Spatia, and I couldn’t be prouder that we took first place 🥇 with our smart parking solution! A huge thank you to my amazing teammates Oscar Hillestad, Pavan Kumar Vishnubhatla, Viktor Jonsson, and Murthy Valavala, this win wouldn’t have been possible without your dedication, creativity, and collaboration. Working with you all was truly inspiring! I’m beyond grateful to our mentors, judges, and the incredible WirelessCar team for their support, insights, and encouragement. Special thanks to Zoe Evans, Rtema, and the whole WirelessCar crew, your expertise and enthusiasm made this weekend an unforgettable learning experience. This was more than just a competition, it was an intense, fast-paced, and inspiring deep dive into innovation, problem-solving, and teamwork. And this is just the beginning! Excited to see where this journey takes us next! 🚀✨ And we 𝗪𝗢𝗡! 😎🎉 If you want to check out the deck, it is available here: https://lnkd.in/dNGK8gVS #Grateful #Techstars #StartupWeekend #WirelessCar #WinningTeam #Innovation #Collaboration #ExcitedForTheFuture

Driving the Future of Mobility with WirelessCar & Techstars This past weekend Gothenburg, Sweden, SplitEV had the incredible time presenting our innovation in global mobility to WirelessCar, alongside the european side of Techstars portfolio companies. Our collaboration between Techstars & WirelessCar will shape the next wave of connected vehicle solutions, and SplitEV is proud to be part of the conversation. As we continue to redefine EV charging infrastructure through decentralized, intelligent, and sustainable solutions, it was exciting to explore how our vision aligns with WirelessCar’s expertise in connected vehicle services. A huge thanks to Techstars Startup Weekend & WirelessCar for fostering a dynamic space where startups and industry leaders co-create the future of mobility.  Looking forward to what’s ahead! #Techstars #WirelessCar #EVCharging #SmartMobility #Innovation #ConnectedVehicles #SplitEV

What an amazing event Techstars organized together with WirelessCar this weekend. If you get the opportunity to be part of it in the future, seize the chance. 😍 🔥 A big thank you to the organizers and mentors Pietro Andreoni-Fredrika Germundsson-Zoe Evans-Else-Marie Malmek-Fabrizio Spina-Jana Stratevska-Marcus Carlheim-Müller-Ebin Ephrem Elavathingal and Oscar Elfvin and a special thanks to my group over the weekend Sergiy Tkhorenko,Raiyad Raad & Nitin Pasikanti 💪 – it was fantastic working with you. Energized and ready, we continue our journey forward with Friends of Claudia to make cyber security accessible for all 🔥 😍

What a weekend! I had the chance to be part of an incredible innovation process with Techstars and WirelessCar in #Gothenburg at Techstars Startup Weekend. Over three intense days, six teams worked together turning innovative ideas into a final pitch of their startup concepts. It was amazing to see the energy and efforts from everyone involved! During the week-end I represented HandelsConsulting alongside Jana Stratevska and Marcus Carlheim-Müller and operated as a mentor, guiding the teams through the startup process. This eventually led to challenging ideas, refining business models and helping the teams turn their concepts into compelling pitches. I would like to express my gratitude to Nick Murray, my fellow mentors, the judges and of course, the participants. Your passion and dedication made the weekend something special. #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #StartupWeekend #Techstars