The team from eye2you, an EXIST-funded startup from the University of Tübingen and the lab of Prof. Philipp Berens, was one of the winners of the Science4Life business concept competition. Their concept of enabling primary care takers, like family doctors and nurses, to provide retina checkups to their patients to detect vision-threatening diseases early on, convinced the jury in terms of innovation, practicability, and social impact. Every year the Science4Life e.V., a German initiative to support founders of start-up companies in the field of Life Sciences, Chemistry and Energy, awards prices to the best business ideas, concepts, and plans. Activities of Science4Life are centered around the Science4Life business plan competition for start-ups in the Life Sciences, Chemistry, and Energy area. Start-ups in the field of life sciences participate in the Science4Life Venture Cup, whereas founders whereas start-ups active in the area of energy have the chance to compete for the ...
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The medtech startup eye2you from the University Hospital Tübingen wins the first bytes4diabetes audience award 2021. The bytes4diabetes award is an annual award given to visionary, promising, and practical solutions that will make the life of people with diabetes easier. It is sponsored by Berlin-Chemie with 25.000 EUR and awarded as part of the DiaTec conference. This year for the first time an audience award was given to the finalist with the most convincing presentation. The almost 300 experts from the field of diabetology voted eye2you as the winner. The EXIST-funded spin-off of the University Hospital Tübingen develops a smartphone-based artificial intelligence that will allow primary care takers, like general practitioners or nurses, to do retinal examinations for diseases like diabetic retinopathy. This will make the detection of vision-threatening diseases like diabetic retinopathy, a common side effect of diabetes, simpler and more accessible to risk patients. The startup is in ...
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The Handelsblatt brought a nice story about how our solution will help doctors to detect vision threatening diseases early on, but also how we want to find more than eye diseases on the retina. For the full article check the link below. https://www.handelsblatt.com/inside/digital_health/eye2you-digitale-netzhautuntersuchung-schuetzt-sehkraft/26680324.html ...
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