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Celebrating the Architects of Global Startup Ecosystems. Meet the 2025 SES Stars

By |2025-12-03T10:32:16+01:00December 2nd, 2025|General|

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and Mind the Bridge today announced the 54 global winners of the Startup Ecosystem Stars (SES) Awards 2025, during the ceremony held at ICC Headquarters in Paris, in collaboration with the OECD and the European Commission, with support from Microsoft.

Corporate-Startup Collaborations: Google is the 2025 World Champion

By |2025-12-03T16:14:51+01:00December 2nd, 2025|General|

Google has been awarded the top honor in the 10th edition of the Corporate Startup Stars (CSS) 2025, the annual celebration of the world’s most exemplary corporate champions of startup collaboration. The announcement took place today at a gala event hosted at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) headquarters in Paris, where ICC and Mind the Bridge also unveiled the new Top 100 list of Corporate Startup Stars.

Inside AIPL’s Mission to Bring Full Automation to Shipbuilding

By |2025-11-26T17:07:07+01:00November 26th, 2025|General|

AIPL was founded with a clear mission: apply AI, robotics, and autonomy to the most labor-intensive stages of shipbuilding - particularly welding, block assembly, and LNG (liquefied natural gas) vessel manufacturing. The company has shown impressive traction with large industry players that dominate a highly concentrated industry.

From Busan to the Bay: KOAI’s Autonomous Robots Take on Ocean Pollution



By |2025-11-17T11:07:54+01:00November 17th, 2025|General|

Meet KOAI, an ocean-tech company turning marine cleanup into an autonomous, data-driven operation. Founded by Tony Park (Park Kyung-Taek), KOAI was born after witnessing the devastating impact of oil spills and plastic waste on Korean coastlines.
First in our series featuring the deep-tech startups worth paying attention to.

Asteroidea: from Parking Chaos to Smart Mobility

By |2025-10-31T13:52:40+01:00October 31st, 2025|Uncategorized|

Asteroidea, a Tunisian startup, is transforming parking areas into connected, data-driven mobility hubs. Selected among the five startups of the Terna Innovation Zone Tunisia (TIZ) — an open innovation program launched by Terna, in collaboration with Mind the Bridge and ELIS Innovation Hub — Asteroidea is rethinking how parking systems can accelerate the shift to sustainable mobility.

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