START Maastricht

🌟 A Night of Innovation and Inspiration at RTSS 2025! 🚀 Last Thursday, we hosted the Road to START Summit 2025—an unforgettable evening filled with visionary ideas and inspiring moments. Event Highlights: ✨ The evening kicked off with an opening speech by Burak Can, co-founder of Queske Maastricht, who shared powerful insights on entrepreneurial opportunities within the Maastricht ecosystem. 🚀 During the main part of the evening, six innovative student-founded startups—The Study Hub, TAP2 , The Heritage, Uni View, Docscout, and Poiesy—pitched their groundbreaking ideas, leaving the audience astonished. After each pitch, our esteemed jury challenged the founders with thought-provoking questions about their business models, revenue streams, and future outlooks, fostering deeper insights into their ventures. 🎤 We especially thank our judges Sunny Jiang, Jermain Kaminski, and Chris Fenning for their invaluable expertise, insightful questions, and guidance throughout the competition. Your contributions made the evening truly enriching for everyone involved! ✨ While the jury deliberated, our second expert speaker, Giuseppe Di Rosa, co-founder of Sicilery and TAP2, delivered an inspiring talk emphasizing the value of embracing failure as a learning opportunity and the importance of building strong relationships with customers by actively incorporating their feedback. 🏆 Lastly, the prize was awarded to the founders of Poiesy for winning the RTSS 2025, congrats again! With their innovative solution to improve the success rate of bone marrow transplantations through AI and machine learning, they demonstrated societal impact, a solid business model, and immense market potential, securing their ticket to the START Summit 2025. 👏 A big thanks to all the startups who took the stage and inspired us through your courage, creativity, and dedication. We can´t wait to see you further grow! 🙏 Finally, thank you to all participants, YOU made the RTSS an unforgettable event.

🤖🧬We’re excited to introduce Poiesy a predictive model platform of complex gene analysis to increase the success rate of bone-marrow transplantations. The startup aims to raise the success rate of bone marrow transplantations by harnessing the power of big data and machine learning. The solution involves the development of an advanced predictive model that utilizes a diverse range of available gene analytics. Join us at RTSS and secure yourself a ticket to hear more about Poiesy and other start-ups, accompanied by food from Sicilery and drinks! 🎊

🔍🏥We are excited to introduce DocScout, a startup using AI to uncover ownership structures in Germany’s ambulatory healthcare sector. Their platform provides government organizations and patients with essential data on investor involvement in physician practices, promoting transparency. By addressing this pressing issue, DocScout is helping build trust in healthcare for patients and policymakers alike. Join us at RTSS and secure yourself a ticket to hear more about DocScout and other start-ups, accompanied by food from Sicilery and drinks! 🎊

📣 Introducing Tap2, the all-in-one platform transforming Horeca management! 🌟 Say goodbye to the chaos of juggling fragmented tools for scheduling, inventory, accounting, and more. Tap2 unifies operations into a seamless system, boosting efficiency, reducing costs, and improving transparency 💡. 🚀 Already trusted by businesses with over €150,000 in transactions, Tap2 is here to simplify your operations and help your business thrive. 🎟️Secure yourself a ticket to RTSS in our bio to hear from The Study Hub and other start-ups accompanied by food and drinks! 🍻🍕

👩🎓🔗We’re excited to introduce Study Hub, the newest platform connecting students with tutors! The Study Hub provides a personalized and efficient learning experience, designed to match students with tailored tutors for specific courses and universities. Recognizing the challenges of expensive tutoring and undercompensated tutors, they created a shared economy platform where tutors keep 100% of their earnings and offer more affordable sessions to students. With roots in small teaching sessions, they provide quality tutoring that is both accessible and rewarding for everyone. 🙌 🎟️Secure yourself a ticket to RTSS in our bio to hear from The Study Hub and other start-ups accompanied by food and drinks! 🍻🍕

🏡 Discover Uni View: Simplifying Housing 🏡 We’re excited to announce Uni View as the second start-up at our Road to START Summit (RTSS) event. Uni View is revolutionizing the housing search for students and professionals by connecting those looking for accommodation with local viewers who perform video walkthroughs and provide unbiased insights. This innovative service has already enabled over 200 users to save time, money, and stress, making relocation easier🚀 Join us at RTSS and secure yourself a Ticket to hear more about Uni View and other startups, with food from Sicilery and drinks included! 🎊

🖼️ Discover TheHeritage: Digitalizing Art 🖼️ We’re excited to announce TheHeritage as the first start-up at our Road to START Summit (RTSS) event. TheHeritage developed its own hardware prototype and in-house software, enabling the digitalization of art. With successful exhibitions in Bologna, Rome, and Brussels, they are ready to revolutionise the digital art industry.🚀 Join us at RTSS and secure yourself a ticket to hear more about TheHeritage and other start-ups, accompanied by food from Sicilery and drinks!🎊

Last but definitely not least, our third and final member of this year’s jury is Chris Fenning! 🚀 Chris Fenning brings great expertise as a multi-award-winning business communications author. He learned a lot through the failure of his first two startups which then led to him making over $1.5million in two new ventures as well as playing a lead role in multiple joint ventures and M&As worth billions in annual revenue. Now, he helps tech experts, engineers, developers, and entrepreneurs, communicate their ideas in a concise, relevant, and convincing way, making him a perfect fit for the RTSS jury of 2025. 🙌 🎟️ Join us at RTSS and secure yourself a ticket through the link in our bio now! 🔗

We are excited to introduce our second jury member for RTSS 2025, Sunny Jiang! 🚀 Sunny Jiang is the Founder and CEO of MaasVentures, a visionary investment firm focused on democratising investing and fostering leadership in business and technology. Sunny has received accolades like Women@Davos 2024 and Top 100 Women of the Future. As a TEDx Speaker, Mentor, and board advisor for organisations such as 2Tokens and the Global Blockchain Business Council, Sunny brings great expertise in fintech, climate tech, and token economies and empowers top female entrepreneurs everywhere. Her passion for financial inclusion and innovation makes her a perfect fit for the RTSS jury. 🙌 🎟️ Join us at RTSS and secure your ticket now through the link in our bio! 🔗

We are thrilled to announce our first jury member for RTSS 2025! 🚀 As an Assistant Professor at the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics, Jermain Kaminski specialises in technology entrepreneurship, innovation, and applied data science. With a passion for driving innovation and fostering the entrepreneurial spirit, he has been an inspiring force, especially to students. Jermain Kaminski was also a visiting researcher at MIT Sloan School of Management and holds a PhD from RWTH Aachen University, further showcasing his exceptional academic and professional journey. His knowledge and strong connection to academia make him an invaluable addition to this year’s jury. 🙌 🎟️Join us at RTSS and secure yourself a ticket through the link in our bio now!