AppLab announces winners of annual competition
Recently, Bakcell announced the results of selection process organized for participation at AppLab program that is the accelerated execution framework of the company.
According to Xeberler.az, industry’s most creative mobile application developers, 3D printing designers, HTC Virtual reality software/game developers, innovative software developers, e-commerce platforms and other IT specialists have attended the competition.
Recently, Bakcell signed 6-month agreements with newly selected teams in AppLab Center.
“Bakcell is looking for startupers, designers and teams willing to globally demonstrate their talents and find new financial sources for realization of their ideas. Every year this project provides software and hardware developers with opportunity to submit their ideas and get support from Bakcell. The goal of Bakcell is to support startupers, and contribute to their selection and development. We do believe that new projects will give good results as well”, said Bakcell CEO Nikolai Beckers
This year Bakcell has made certain changes to program rules. Hence, the acceleration period was extended from 3 to 6 months depending on the project.
On 14 April, the Applab Evaluation Committee, composed of IT- and e-commerce experts, has evaluated 20 projects who pitched on AppLab 2017.
Out of those 20 projects, Applab has selected seven that have gained 20 or more points out of 25. The winners are Mango, Blutu, Garden, Buket.al, MoodMusic, ARZoom and CineManiac.
Important criteria in the selection process were teams’ opportunity on the market, how innovative is the idea/product, its realistic approach, how clear is the business model and team with its presentation.
Below is the short description of projects:
Blutu is a mobile application and platform for providing iBeacon BLE services. Blutu will allow users see special offers, discounts and specific information of different shops, businesses and POIs.
ARzoom is a platform for adding interactive Augmented Reality content on any printed materials.
Buket.al is marketplace for Florists. More than 300 products and free delivery options in 3 cities of Azerbaijan – Baku, Sumqayit, Ganja.
Garden is a mobile application that connects people by interests and depending on their location with the possibility to meet instantly.
Mango is a mobile application that helps users to make a choice on where to have breakfast, lunch and dinner in a matter of few clicks. Users can either benefit from a suggestion that is provided by Mango, as well as they can narrow down the available options that are presented them to satisfy their experience of choice.
CineManiac is a local integrated cloud based solution in cinema industry, allowing users to watch movies in multilanguage mode. Moreover, to download movies once and then watch them anywhere without internetconnection. Finally, it's great opportunity for development and integration of local movie industry.
MoodMusic application is a social network platform that allows its users to share their “heart sounds” with friends and others.