SICTIC Investor Day is taking place in Lausanne (15 of such events already happened in Zürich). The jury, comprised of Pierre Bordry (Capital Proximité), Alexandre Peyraud (aleCent), Pierre-Jean Wipff (Innovaud) and Sal Matteis (entrepreneur and investor), had a hard time selecting the best 8 startups that will have the opportunity to pitch. 22 high qualitative startups from Western Switzerland (and Zürich) applied for the event taking place on May 11th in Lausanne. Here are the 8 selected startups:

	PodioBox, Lausanne	Interactive conference system revolutionizing the way to deploy presentations
	STHar, Lausanne	Predicting human behavior for smart geomarketing
	myDNA, Geneva	Making personalized healthcare a reality with genetic diagnostics solutions
	Xsensio, Lausanne	Next-generation wearable devices that track biochemical information non-invasively
	Obviz, Lausanne	Increase user retention and engagement for media producers using artificial intelligence.
	PrYv, Lausanne	Empowering Medtech SMEs to accelerate their business with reduced time to market and IT expenses
	Tawipay, Lausanne	The global hub for international money transfers
	Gookers, Lausanne	Connect on Gookers and find ready-meals available now around you

After a presentation by the new « Innovation Forum Lausanne » association, the 8 startups will compete with their elevator pitch (90 seconds, 1 slide) on stage in front of investors. Audience will choose the 4 startups which will be presenting in an extensive way (7min, 5min Q&A). The jury will finally award a Grand Winner of the event. The event is open to anyone interested by startups and will take place at Debiopharm Headquarters (chemin du Messidor 5 in Lausanne) on May 11th 2014, at 17:00. Deadline to register: Friday 8th of May 2015, at 19:00 ]]>