Simpleet est une plateforme de prise de rendez-vous sur internet entre particuliers et
professionnels, fondée en 2015 en partenariat avec Linc SA. Notre mission consiste à exploiter
les possibilités qu’offre Internet pour permettre aux professionnels d’améliorer leur quotidien,
leur relation client, et aussi de faciliter la vie des utilisateurs.

Déclinée en portails par secteurs, tels que www.doctable.lu pour le secteur médical,
www.cocooning.lu pour le secteur de la beauté et du bien-être et www.agendrive.lu pour le
secteur automobile, ainsi que d’autres portails prévus à venir.

Pour réaliser notre mission, nous innovons sans cesse dans nos plateformes et afin de soutenir
notre croissance, nous recherchons un(e): Business Development Manager (h/f)

Vous êtes exigeant avec vous-même dans le travail ?
Le milieu innovant d’internet vous attire particulièrement ?
Vous aimez prendre des initiatives et des responsabilités ?
Alors vous êtes peut-être le candidat que nous recherchons.

Opportunité :

Au sein d’une équipe jeune et dynamique vous ferez partie de l’équipe Simpleet au sein du
groupe Linc. Votre quotidien sera rythmé par le développement commercial et stratégique de
l’entreprise avec pour optique d’en faire un des leaders européens sur son marché.

La satisfaction de nos clients étant au centre de notre stratégie, vous devrez analyser et
comprendre leurs besoins afin de leur proposer une solution adéquate et adaptée, ainsi que de
pouvoir récolter leurs feedbacks dans une approche de développement lean de la société.

Vous travaillerez en étroite collaboration avec vos collègues afin d’assurer la réussite de vos
missions, qui consistent à :

• Acquérir de nouveaux clients, auxquels vous proposerez la solution adéquate.
• Conseiller objectivement vos prospects et clients et mettre en place un suivi garantissant
  leur satisfaction sur le long terme.
• Comprendre les besoins et problématiques de vos clients et les remonter en interne afin
  de pouvoir développer de nouvelles solutions innovantes pour y répondre.
• Participer activement aux stratégies de développement de la Business Unit.

Votre profil :

• Vous avez le goût du challenge et de l'innovation. Vous vous battez pour vos idées et aimez participer à l’innovation.
• Diplômé au minimum d’un Bac+3 en Marketing ou Commerce. Vous maîtrisez si possible l’anglais, l’allemand sera considéré comme un atout sérieux.

Qualités requises :

• Vous êtes très organisé et autonome
• Vous êtes rigoureux dans le travail et visez l’excellence
• Vous aimez travailler en équipe
• Vous faites preuve d’ouverture d’esprit
• Vous avez acquis une très bonne aisance relationnelle
• Vous êtes reconnu pour votre respect des valeurs humaines et professionnelles

Nous recherchons des candidats qui ont une réelle envie de contribuer à notre projet
d’entreprise qui consiste à apporter des solutions innovantes tant pour les professionnels que
pour les particuliers.

Nous vous offrons:
– Un contrat à durée indéterminée avec un package salarial attrayant
– Un véhicule de fonction
– Un poste varié au sein d’une équipe jeune et dynamique dans un environnement de travail qualitatif
– Une autonomie dans l’organisation de vos journées
– Une évolution de vos tâches en fonction de vos aptitudes, de votre savoir-faire et de votre
savoir-être.

Si vous souhaitez évoluer au sein d’une entreprise en pleine croissance dans un des secteurs
économiques les plus porteurs des années à venir et que vos compétences sont à la hauteur de
votre ambition, alors envoyez-nous votre CV avec lettre de motivation par e-mail à : julie@linc.lu.

Docler Holding recently announced the fourth edition of its Pitch your Startup event in collaboration with Luxinnovation. This pitching session will take place on May 15th, during ICT Spring Europe 2018, Luxembourg’s major tech conference.

(Featured Image: AIVA won the 3rd edition of Pitch Your Startup competition / Image Credit © Dominique Gaul)

As for the previous editions, each start-up will be granted 3 minutes and 33 seconds to present its project, followed by 2 minutes of Q&A in front of a jury composed of experts from the Luxembourg startup and entrepreneurial ecosystem. The startup with the best pitch, and as such the winner, will receive a 50.000€ prize. The event will also be open to external investors and anyone interested in the ICT and startup scenes.

“Last year we had more than 200 applications coming from all over the world. The choice of the last 17 was a really tough one to make. We can’t wait to see what happens this year”, explains Marton Fulop, Chief Operating Officer of Docler Holding. And adds, “We are also planning to open verticals to other companies and allow them to own their own pitching session and vertical in different fields: Fintech, Cybersecurtity, Insutech and Regtech, space, tourism, e-commerce, Media and Entertainment, just to mention a few”.

If more verticals are added, the initial prize pool of 50.000€ will increase.

Who will follow in the footsteps of Aiva, SESAMm and Wondermags, respective winners of the 2017, 2016 and 2015 editions?

Startups can already apply online: pitchyourstartup.eu

Mobivia, open innovation expert and European leader in multi-brand vehicle maintenance, now working alongside and shareholder of the startup CarPay-Diem.

(Photo by Jonathan Petersson on Unsplash)

Three times a month. That’s the average frequency which a driver in Europe fills up his vehicle.

A grind for many, synonymous with a waste of time for drivers and a waste of money for fleet managers. With all motorists in mind, CarStudio today tackles this chore of everyday life. To save them from wasting precious time at the service station, its team have identified CarPay-Diem, an embedded payment solution developed by a Luxembourg company.

In May of last year, the startup created in 2016, launched a second financing round with its existing shareholders together with new investors in a bid to accelerate CarPay-Diem’s deployment in market.

CarPay-Diem transforms customer experience at the service station

CarPay-Diem can be used at over 85,000 service stations, allowing the user to activate any fuel pump and manage payment without having to take out a payment card.

CarPay-Diem can be directly added to an existing mobile application, and when the user’s vehicle is located via GPS at a service station, their smartphone or car display automatically switches on the app in which CarPay-Diem is integrated. The driver only has to indicate the number of the pump next to which he has stopped to refuel.

Once the nozzle has been put back, payment is made automatically via the application, and the customer immediately receives a receipt.

“The system is simple and requires no infrastructure. It’s a building block that’s set to become part of the connected ecosystem of Mobivia brands.”

While Mobivia’s core business brands (Norauto, Midas and Carter-Cash) only see their customers on average once every ten months for vehicle maintenance, introducing this new, additional service represents an excellent opportunity for staying in contact.

“The system is simple and requires no infrastructure. It’s a building block that’s set to become part of the connected ecosystem of Mobivia brands. CarPay-Diem is currently deployed in Europe and has set its sights on rapidly becoming a global player. We will be there to help it grow”, enthuses Marie-Cécile Rochet, CEO of CarStudio.

“We are very pleased to welcome CarStudio as an investment partner”, declares Frédéric Stiernon, CEO and founder of CarPay-Diem. “Outside the financial considerations, we’ll be able to benefit from the experience of CarStudio and the Mobivia brands, Norauto, Midas, Auto5 and Carter-Cash, in the field of mobility and new ways of using the car. Making the CarPay-Diem service available to the group’s customers is a very exciting perspective”, he concludes.

Read more: Fueling the Future with CarPay-Diem: Connecting Drivers & Gas Stations

A Luxembourg and European based FinTech company licensed by CSSF (financial
regulator) seeks an Office Manager (m/f) to join our team. The business model is to develop a financial service for innovative banks, neo-banks, banks and lending platforms where loans are securitized and offered to traditional investors; financial institutions using innovative scoring algorithms and latest technologies.

The right profile will be extremely driven, a brilliant communicator and proactive. Your role is to create and maintain a pleasant work environment, ensuring high levels of organizational effectiveness and act as the main coordinator with regards to events, schedules and milestones. You will be coordinating the work with outsourced resources such as accountants, service providers and provide liaison between the Luxembourgish and German offices.

About your role:

• Serve as the contact person for office manager duties
• Schedule meetings and appointments with potential clients, partners etc.
• Organize office operations and procedures
• Address employee’s queries regarding office management issues (e.g. hardware, travel arrangements etc.)
• Manage office G&A budget, ensure accurate and timely reporting
• Provide general support to visitors
• Equipment, Bills, Errands, Shopping
• Partner with HR to update and maintain office policies as necessary
• Manage contract and price negotiations with office vendors, service providers
• Assist in the onboarding process for new hires
• Liaise with facility management vendors, including cleaning, catering and security services
• Plan in-house or off-site activities, like birthday celebrations and conferences

About your profile:

• Proven experience as an Office manager, Front office manager or Administrative assistant
• You are fluent in English and at least German or French
• Experience with a variety of office software (email tools, spreadsheets and databases)
• Knowledge of office administrator responsibilities, systems and procedures
• Proficiency in MS Office (MS Excel and MS Outlook, in particular)
• Excellent time management skills and ability to multitask and prioritize work
• Attention to detail and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organizational and planning skills in a fast-paced environment
• A creative mind with an ability to suggest improvements

Immediate opening. Office in the city centre of Luxembourg.

Would you like to join our team? We are looking forward to receiving your application! Please send your application to gabriella.cheston@crosslend.com

Name:

SFEIR

Date of creation:

/

Address:

2, rue Drosbach
Am-Bann
L-3372 Leudelange

Email:

zandona.r@sfeir.com

Phone number:

+352 26 54 47 1

Website:

sfeir.com / school.sfeir.com / weare.sfeir.com

Social networks:

Instagram / Facebook / Twitter

Capital Stock:

/

Funds Raised:

/

Turnover:

/

Founders:

/

Staff:

430 dans le Groupe
75 au Luxembourg

Job Offers:

Développeur

Field of activity:

/

Elevator Pitch:

SFEIR is a community shaped by and for talented developers. We create cutting-edge applications and take on, with our customers, their most ambitious technical challenges.

We are proud to be developers. We share the same culture, as well as values that are dear to us: sharing, humility and excellence.

We contribute to the development of each developer by sharing what we learn and have put into place a structure to help all Sfeirians realize their professional goals. We give free trainings, write articles, organize meetups, and participate in many conferences. Today, SFEIR brings together more than 350 developers in Lille, Luxembourg, Paris and Strasbourg.

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SFEIR est une communauté façonnée par et pour des développeurs talentueux. Nous créons des applications de pointe et relevons avec nos clients leurs défis techniques les plus ambitieux.

Nous sommes fiers d’être développeurs. Nous partageons une culture et des valeurs qui nous sont chères : partage, humilité et excellence.

Nous constituons une communauté de talents capables de comprendre et s’approprier les problématiques des startups et de tous nos clients.

Nous contribuons à l’épanouissement de chaque développeur en partageant ce que nous apprenons. Nous donnons des formations gratuites et conviviales, écrivons des articles, organisons des meetups, et participons à de nombreuses conférences.

SFEIR rassemble aujourd’hui près de 400 développeurs à Lille, Luxembourg, Paris et Strasbourg.

Products/Services:

Front, Back, Cloud, Data, IoT, web, mobile, Mobile, DevOps, Agile, Designe: UX/UI

Business Model:

/

Forecast:

/

Leverage your network. Meet entrepreneurs. Grow your business. Join the club and help build the future. We set up the first private business club for tech innovators, where individuals, startups and corporates can meet throughout the year at a series of dedicated events, including conferences, workshops and after-work events. We gather the best of the best entrepreneurs that Silicon Luxembourg’s network has to offer. Join the club and help build the future.

Name:

Fox Beer (Luxembourg) S.à r.l.

Date of creation:

20.04.2016

Address:

82, rue de l’Egalite
L-1456 Luxembourg

Email:

contact@foxbeer.lu

Phone number:

+352 671 03 09 92

Website:

foxbeer.lu

Social networks:

/

Capital Stock:

80.000 €

Funds Raised:

/

Turnover:

/

Founders:

Catherine HOFFMANN & Pierre BECK

Staff:

2

Job Offers:

/

Field of activity:

Food & Beverage

Elevator Pitch:

A young Luxembourgish start-up that develops and commercialises calorie reduced “low carb” beers.

Products/Services:

Their first product, FOX Premium Pils – the first “low carb” lager beer in Luxembourg (alc. 4.7 % vol.), has just been launched in September 2016 and contains 0.0 g sugars, 33 % fewer calories & 90 % fewer carbs than average lager beers*.

*By taking as a reference an average lager beer with 46 kcal / 100 ml & 3.0 g carbs / 100 ml.

Business Model:

BtoB & BtoC (online shop)

Forecast:

Our goal is to create and dominate the “low carb” beer market in Europe and beyond.

Leverage your network. Meet entrepreneurs. Grow your business. Join the club and help build the future. We set up the first private business club for tech innovators, where individuals, startups and corporates can meet throughout the year at a series of dedicated events, including conferences, workshops and after-work events. We gather the best of the best entrepreneurs that Silicon Luxembourg’s network has to offer. Join the club and help build the future.

Name:

KLIN

Date of creation:

26/04/2017

Address:

Technoport
Bâtiment 3A
Rue du Commerce
L-3895 Foetz

Email:

moien@klin.lu

Phone number:

+352 26 37 88 98

Website:

klin.lu

Social networks:

Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn

Capital Stock:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/klin-lu

Funds Raised:

0€

Turnover:

Founders:

Pit Zens
Max Hochmuth
Antoine Hron

Staff:

2

Job Offers:

0

Field of activity:

On-demand laundry and dry-cleaning service

Elevator Pitch:

Klin offers a green, digital and easy experience to individuals for their laundry and dry-cleaning’s wash and care process.

Products/Services:

Professional and ecological wash of garments and household linen + delivery at home or at office.

Business Model:

B2C – Pay per item
B2B – Monthly subscription fees & discounted pay per item

Forecast:

ND

Leverage your network. Meet entrepreneurs. Grow your business. Join the club and help build the future. We set up the first private business club for tech innovators, where individuals, startups and corporates can meet throughout the year at a series of dedicated events, including conferences, workshops and after-work events. We gather the best of the best entrepreneurs that Silicon Luxembourg’s network has to offer. Join the club and help build the future.

The LHoFT aims to drive Financial Technology innovation within Luxembourg’s financial services community to ensure the future competitiveness of the industry as well as fostering a comprehensive and collaborative globally connected ecosystem of innovators across all sectors including traditional financial services firms, government, public sector, regulators, universities, investors and startups. At a glance, the LHoFT’s focus is based on three pillars: Ecosystem, Solutions and Knowledge.

Antony Martini has been actively involved in the Luxembourgish startup ecosystem since 2014 and is in charge of implementing the community building strategy for the LHoFT, acting as a key liaison with our members to ensure their satisfaction with LHoFT services and addressing community needs. He holds a Master in Entrepreneurship & Innovation and a Bachelor Degree in Banking from the University of Luxembourg

Listen to inspiring success stories. Meet like-minded people. Leverage your network. Change the world! Don’t miss these exciting after-work events in Luxembourg City. On January 16 we were honored to welcome Benjamin Blasco, Happy Co-founder of Petit BamBou.

(Image Credit: Hugo Lisbona)

First Name/Last Name:

Dr Adam Selamnia

Email:

adam.selamnia@gmail.com

Phone Number:

+ 33 607 132 920

Url of the blog/company:

about.me

Social Networks:

Linkedin / Twitter

Biography:

Adam M. SELAMNIA is a +15 years senior entrepreneur and subject matter expert in HealthTech. He started his career as a co-founder and Managing director of an international development Company for Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences industries (2001 – 2008). He then acted as a Scientific and Marketing Consultant (2008-2013). Taking part of major market transformation in Healthcare, he devoted himself to designing and implementing e-health solutions for real life, clinical, and more recently well-being purposes (2013-2017). After a short entrepreneurial journey on a Corporate Wellness project in Luxembourg (2016-2017), he is currently advising entrepreneurs on e-health and Wellness projects. During his career, he acted as a connector between Institutional, Industrial, Academic and citizen worlds and was invited to lecture in Universities and Engineering Schools in diverse countries.

Adam holds a MS in Biochemistry, a PhD in Physiology of Human Nutrition (Paris-FR). After a post-doctoral visit to Penn State University (Hershey-USA), he acquired an MBA in Marketing and Business Engineering (Paris-FR).

What I’m looking for:

I’m currently seeking management position in the HealthTech domain and advisory board member opportunities in Start-up companies.

What I can offer to the community:

I can offer an expertise on HealthTech matter; and connect with my network in Europe, US and MENA.

I can offer mentorship session for young or want to-be entrepreneurs. Last, I can offer a smile, and a coffee or a beer. Great interactions usually start this way!

Leverage your network. Meet entrepreneurs. Grow your business. Join the club and help build the future. We set up the first private business club for tech innovators, where individuals, startups and corporates can meet throughout the year at a series of dedicated events, including conferences, workshops and after-work events. We gather the best of the best entrepreneurs that Silicon Luxembourg’s network has to offer. Join the club and help build the future.

Are you passionate about working in IT ?

Do you love new challenges? Do you love innovation?

Rising spin-off at Linc, Technologypartner is a team of hired developers and IT consultants, committed and proficient, specialized in the conception of highly-performant tools, expert in sever languages and technologies.

In order to ensure the increase of our activity, we are currently actively searching for one or more fullstack developers, junior to senior, for one of our clients.

Join our team and face tomorrow’s challenges

Context:

Linc SA is one of the major actors in informatics in Luxembourg, whose highly qualified IT team frequently develops innovative intern projects, and takes part in attractive external missions.

• .Net and / or Java such as ASP or J2EE
• JavaScript technologies such as Angular, Node JS, React…
• MongoDB, elastic search, NoSQL
• HTTP, REST, XML, SOAP, JSON.
• MVC patterns.
• Docker, Azure or AWS is an asset
• Agility philosophy with Agile, Scrum, Lean, Kanban…
• Comfortable with working in both written/spoken English and French; German and/or Luxembourgish is an asset

Our commitment to personal development:

We are committed to create a professional environment that will allow you to develop your skills continuously and achieve your career goals.

Contract type: full time employee.

Minimum studies: Maîtrise, IUP, Bac + 3.

Experience: Junior to senior.

Remuneration: negotiable according to experience and track record

Our offer :

We offer you an undetermined duration contract in an attractive work environment.

You will work in an environment prone to technical and positional improvement and will be a part of the conception of innovative projects amidst a young and dynamic team.

According to your needs and ambitions, you will have the opportunity to take part in a variety of projects, internal, external, or on-site mission. This way we make sure you are in a dynamic and flexible work environment, allowing mixing between the different type of interventions.

If you wish to evolve in a blooming company, and if your skills match your ambition, consider sending us your CV and cover letter at the following address: david.hubert@linc.lu

bitFlyer, the Tokyo-based operator of the world’s largest^[1] Bitcoin exchange, today announced its launch into Europe. Having been granted a Payment Institution (PI) license to operate in the European Union it has become the first Bitcoin exchange to be regulated in Japan, the US and Europe, making it the most compliant virtual currency exchange in the world.

(Featured Image: Luxembourg Finance Minister, H.E. M. Pierre Gramegna and the Co-Founder and CEO of bitFlyer, Yuzo Kano)

bitFlyer’s launch into Europe comes hot on the heels of explosive growth in Japan and launch in the US in 2017. With 25 percent^[2] of worldwide bitcoin exchange volumes being facilitated by bitFlyer and over $250bn in virtual currency traded on its platform in 2017, bitFlyer is the world’s largest Bitcoin exchange and the only one licensed in Europe that will allow users to trade with Japan, the world’s largest market for bitcoin trading.

The company is initially targeting professional, high-volume traders, an audience currently underserved in Europe. “What we bring to Europe is a platform designed by traders for traders,” says Andy Bryant, Chief Operating Officer of bitFlyer Europe. “Through our web interface or API, traders can get up and running quickly and benefit from some of the most robust systems, highest speeds and an interface designed with their specific needs in mind.”

Based on the latest volumes^[3], roughly €10bn is traded worldwide in bitcoin per month, making the Euro the third largest bitcoin market in the world, after JPY and USD. “We’re pleased to see bitFlyer landing in Europe,” says Cedric Jeanson, CEO of BitSpread, one of the world’s largest digital currency market makers. “As virtual currency trading becomes mainstream and institutional investors get involved, there is a gap in Europe for a platform which specifically caters to the professional market.”

Speaking about the importance of today’s announcement, founder and CEO of bitFlyer and ex-Goldman Sachs trader, Yuzo Kano, said, “When I set up bitFlyer in 2014, I did so with global ambitions and the belief that approved regulatory status is fundamental to the long-term future of Bitcoin and the virtual currency industry. I am proud that we are now the most compliant virtual currency exchange in the world; this coveted regulatory status gives our customers, our company and the virtual currency industry as a whole a very positive future outlook.”

bitFlyer was granted its Payment Institution license by the Luxembourg Ministry of Finance and the Luxembourg regulator, Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) and from the company’s base at The Luxembourg House of Financial Technology Foundation (The LHoFT), it will market its platform in the European Union. “We’re delighted that one of the most successful Japanese startups chose Luxembourg as their EU platform,” –

Pierre Gramegna, the Luxembourg Minister of Finance.

bitFlyer’s initial product offering is the BTC/EUR pair. The company plans to add support for other virtual currencies such as Litecoin, Ethereum, Ethereum Classic and Bitcoin Cash later in the year.

bitFlyer Europe is offering zero percent trading fees as an introductory promotion until the end of February 2018.

^[1] Reference – https://www.coinhills.com/market/exchange/rank-for/btc/

^[2] Reference – https://www.coinhills.com/market/exchange/rank-for/btc/

^[3] Reference – https://www.coinhills.com/market/currency/

The mobile payment service, known in Luxembourg as Digicash, sets course to transform European payment standard.

Payconiq, the mobile payment service which recently joined forces with Luxembourg-based Digicash, is now also available in Germany and the Netherlands. The service enables online, on-the- go and peer-to- peer payments with a smartphone. After a solid start in Belgium and Luxembourg, with over 45,000 stores enabling mobile payments via the Payconiq application, the next phase of Payconiq’s European expansion is now underway. Payconiq has hereby established itself as one of the most advanced mobile payment platforms in Europe and is striving for further international expansion in 2018.

“In Luxembourg, the number of active Digicash users has increased by 600% in the last 18 months.”

As of today, Payconiq is also available in both the Netherlands and Germany. In both countries, the first entrepreneurs and (online) retailers are now able to accept mobile Payconiq payments, both in-store and online. In cooperation with the local market leader in payment terminals, CCV, retailers in the Netherlands are assisted with the integration of Payconiq services into their existing payment systems. In Germany, Payconiq is launched in Munich with the aim of gradually building a network of consumers and retailers.

In Luxembourg, the number of active Digicash users has increased by 600% in the last 18 months. In addition to large merchants such as Total and Post Telecom, official authorities–notably the police and the Customs and Excise Administration–as well as a number of hospitals (e.g. the Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg) also accept payments that are made by scanning a QR code with a mobile phone. In August 2017, Payconiq joined forces with Digicash to enable Digicash users to benefit from the full range of Payconiq services. Shortly after the merger, Payconiq moved its international headquarters to Luxembourg.

“Payconiq is convinced that one central app for managing all forms of mobile payments will be the future standard.”

Payconiq differentiates itself from other mobile payment services by directly linking consumers’ bank accounts to the mobile payments app. A simple QR code is all that is needed to make payments in (online) stores. Payment confirmation is instantaneous and Payconiq rates for entrepreneurs are kept at an affordable and low price level. The application is available for all mobile devices and can be easily downloaded from the App Store or Google Play.

The mobile payment service aims to further expand the number of payment points across the Netherlands and Germany and intends to cross other European borders in 2018. Payconiq CEO Duke Prins says: ‘We are pleased to see Payconiq expand across Europe. Payconiq is convinced that one central app for managing all forms of mobile payments will be the future standard. Our success in Luxembourg and Belgium proves that European retailers and consumers share our vision.’

The Luxembourg government and Cisco have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Davos, Switzerland, to speed up digitization in the Grand Duchy. In line with the ‘Digital Luxembourg’ initiative, which is the cornerstone of the country’s digital policy roadmap, the government and Cisco intend to concentrate on four pillars: education, cybersecurity, the Internet of Things and fintech.

(Featured Image: Prime Minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel and Chuck Robbins, CEO and Chairman of Cisco signed a MoU in Davos / Image Credit © Ministry of Economy)

“Luxembourg has the ambition to be a digital leader in Europe”, says Prime minister Xavier Bettel. “Therefore we need to be at the forefront of technological development in order to embrace the acceleration in digitization. Luxembourg aims at attracting additional major investments allowing the digital conversion of our industry. We are happy to partner up with Cisco in order to further develop the digital innovation and the competitiveness of our country, which goes hand in hand with the creation of new jobs and will at the same time provide job security to existing ones. By modernising our education, we are going to encourage citizens to actively participate in the digital economy.”

Chuck Robbins, CEO and Chairman of Cisco commented: “Luxembourg has been a great innovator in Europe for many years, and now is the time to accelerate innovation to achieve the vision of a true Digital Luxembourg,” said Chuck Robbins, Chairman and CEO of Cisco. “Cisco is honored to partner with Prime Minister Bettel to help Luxembourg build a sustainable innovation ecosystem by investing in knowledge development, new revenue models and jobs of the future that will contribute to the global digital economy. I applaud his vision and look forward to a lasting partnership.”

“Prime Minister Bettel has a very clear view of the digital challenges of his country, and how to overcome the same, which is crucial for the growth of the national economy, the creation of jobs and the well-being of citizens.”

Four pillars for digital acceleration

The 3 year program that the Ministry of State and Cisco have outlined includes four focus areas:

1. Education: The University of Luxembourg and Cisco will contibute to the modernization of the education system with new technologies and curricula. As in other countries, there is an acute shortage of IT skills in the local labor market. As Luxembourg companies switch to digital business, this shortage will increase further. That is why Cisco will open a Networking Academy at the University of Luxembourg to provide free education to citizens. The Netacad curriculum provides a strong foundation with transferable skills.

2. Cyber security: cyber security is the cornerstone of digitization and essential for the protection of the Luxembourg economy and data of its citizens. The security of the national infrastructure, critical applications and online services are important issues for the government. As the global leader in cybersecurity, Cisco will assist Luxembourg with advice, expertise and solutions.

3. Internet of Things: IoT is one of the spearheads for the digitization of society and industry. It offers numerous opportunities for companies and governments as another 50 billion devices will be connected to the internet in the next decade. The Luxembourg government wants to use that potential and invest heavily in technological innovation to make the country smarter. Together with Cisco, it will work to connect what is not yet connected and develop an IoT ecosystem in order to grow the digital economy and create new jobs.

4. Fintech: the financial sector is one of Luxembourg’s most important assets and is a major contributor of local GDP. The government is therefore encouraging its financial institutions to embrace new technologies more quickly. One of the objectives in the Digital Luxembourg program provides for the development of fintech initiatives, by both current and new players in this field. Cisco will provide highly secure systems that enable financial service providers to reduce the risk of cyber attacks and improve customer experience.

“This is a starting point for a long term partnership to help accelerate Digital Luxembourg, and we expect the first tangible projects to turn that into reality soon.”

Arnaud Spirlet, Managing Director Cisco Belgium and Luxembourg said: “Prime Minister Bettel has a very clear view of the digital challenges of his country, and how to overcome the same, which is crucial for the growth of the national economy, the creation of jobs and the well-being of citizens. In order to realize the action points that we have defined, our Country Digital Acceleration teams will collaborate closely with the Luxembourg government, the business community and educational institutions in the coming years.”

Romain Siebenaler, country manager Cisco Luxembourg added: “This is a starting point for a long term partnership to help accelerate Digital Luxembourg, and we expect the first tangible projects to turn that into reality soon.”

During the CES in Las Vegas, ZF Friedrichshafen, a leading car systems supplier announced the selection of CarPay-Diem to be added to its Car eWallet solution as a service provider for fueling capabilities.

(Featured Image: Frederic Stiernon, founder and CEO of CarPay-Diem / Image Credit © Anna Katina)

Over the last months, ZF in partnership with UBS and IBM has been in development of the Car eWallet, a mobility transaction platform, that allows a full end-to-end integration of mobility services, vehicles and infrastructure. It will enable secure and convenient payments ‘on the go’ for services like parking, charging and now fueling based on CarPay-Diems technology.

“Connecting the Car eWallet technology to the CarPay-Diem platform will allow connected and in the future autonomous cars to pay for the fuel refills while providing the greatest driver experience.”

Thanks to this partnership, when a car equipped with the Car eWallet arrives in a fuel station, the driver selects his pump number on the display of the dashboard, he is then invited to refill the tank. When the nozzle is placed back on the pump the transaction is completed. CarPay-Diem managed the fuel station processes and confirmed the driver that he can leave the fuel station. A simple and straight forward user experience which conveniently saves time for drivers. All refill transactions remain available in the Car eWallet for later use or reporting purpose for example.

“Fueling is a high value-added for Car eWallet. In the near future drivers will be able to fuel their cars and pay from inside”

Frederic Stiernon, founder and CEO of CarPay-Diem says: “We are proud to join the Car eWallet project for the creation of the mobility services of the future. Connecting the Car eWallet technology to the CarPay-Diem platform will allow connected and in the future autonomous cars to pay for the fuel refills while providing the greatest driver experience.”

“CarPay-Diem provides an interface that allows Car eWallet to activate connected fuel pumps into the Car eWallet Service Ecosystem”, said Alexander Graf, Car eWallet Leader for ZF. “Fueling is a high value-added for Car eWallet. In the near future drivers will be able to fuel their cars and pay from inside”, he concluded.

The partners plan to launch live pilots in different regions over the next months.

Read more: CarStudio Speeds Things Up At The Pump With CarPay-Diem

Tomorrow Street announced its newly formed partnership with Old Street Labs, the second company to join the Kirchberg based Innovation Centre since its launch in September last year.

(Featured Image: Mark Perera,CEO and Founder of OldStreetLabs, and Warrick Cramer, CEO of Tomorrow Street signed a partnership / Image Credit © Tomorrow Street)

Based in the United Kingdom, Old Street Labs provide efficient solutions that enable a new approach to managing a company’s relationships with its global suppliers. Old Street Labs platform – Vizibl – generates an environment where businesses and their suppliers can work together in productive collaboration.

“This collaboration will give us an opportunity and platform to build direct connections and help scale globally through a network of large global enterprises”

“Vizibl’s project tracking and advanced reporting tools empower businesses and their suppliers to make smarter decisions that deliver measurable outcomes. We look forward to introducing their solution to our global partners and being part of their journey to success” said Warrick Cramer, CEO of Tomorrow Street.

“We are excited to join and work in Tomorrow Street’s Innovation Centre. This collaboration will give us an opportunity and platform to build direct connections and help scale globally through a network of large global enterprises” said Mark Perera, CEO and Founder of OldStreetLabs.

Old Street Labs focus on collaboration among enterprises aligns perfectly with Tomorrow Street’s strategy of promoting the co-creation of new technologies among its global network.

Read more: Zooming on Tomorrow Street

LA SOCIÉTÉ

CaptainJet est une plateforme innovante de réservation d’avion privé. À la fois transparente et intuitive, la marketplace CaptainJet permet aux utilisateurs de discuter directement avec les compagnies pour réserver un vol, personnaliser la prestation et négocier les tarifs.

CaptainJet place le voyageur au coeur de la réservation, et accorde une grande importance à la transparence, l’éthique et à la qualité de service.

Découvrez plus d’infos sur le site : captainjet.com

DESCRIPTION DU POSTE

Au sein de l’équipe produit, vous participerez à la mise en oeuvre et à l’amélioration du site web et des applications CaptainJet en vous appuyant sur les spécifications fournies.

Vous serez chargé de décliner et d’intégrer des contenus à partir de maquettes graphiques, en tenant compte de l’accessibilité et des contraintes SEO.

Vous assurerez également la cohérence et la maintenabilité du code à partir de la syntaxe existante.

Vous testerez la compatibilité des contenus intégrés sur les différents navigateurs web.

PROFIL RECHERCHÉ

• Vous aimez le travail en équipe et savez faire preuve d’autonomie ;
• Vous êtes à l’écoute, organisé et rigoureux ;
• Vous cultivez le goût du challenge ;

Connaissances requises :

• Vous maîtrisez des langages HTML5/CSS3, JavaScript, Angular 1 ;
• Vous avez déjà une expérience en intégration et dans l’utilisation d’APIs REST JSON ;
• Vous avez de solides connaissances des techniques de Responsive design ;
• Les bonnes pratiques SEO et l’accessibilité ne sont plus un secret pour vous ;
• L’utilisation d’API Google Maps, Vue.js, PHP (Laravel) et de logiciel graphique comme Sketch sont un plus.

Techno :

• AngularJS, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, ES6
• PHP/MySQL
• Git (process de mise en production)
• Tests unitaires et fonctionnels

POSTULER

Vous êtes intéressé(e) par ce stage? Merci d’envoyer votre candidature à l’adresse suivante: contact@captainjet.com

Univize is the go-to platform for students who want to find the right university. What makes us special? We connect prospective university students with current university students, so that they can ask all their questions about the “inside information” (e.g. course load, cost of living, night life) that is nearly impossible to access through traditional online research.

As an early stage startup, we’ve been experiencing significant growth and are now looking for a CTO to join the founding team! We’re looking for somebody who can truly relate to the struggle of finding the right university and is committed to making Univize the global solution.

As the CTO of Univize, your responsibilities will include:

• Continuous development of the Univize platform, including near-term product extensions and fixes as well as longer term re-engineering and feature implementation
• Managing a team of front end and backend developers
• Working closely with the founding team to translate the vision of Univize into the product
• Freedom over IT architecture and product development methodologies

Ideally, we are searching for someone with full-stack skills and experience. However, expertise in front end/back end and solid understanding of the counterpart is also fine. You should be familiar with MEAN/MERN stack (mongo.db, express.js, angular.js (or react native for mobile app), node.js) as well as HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap library, Javascript, Javascript libraries (jQuery), noSQL, and Github.

As the CTO, not only will you receive a salary, but also co-founder’s equity. If you’re ready to lead Univize’s tech front and want to solve a real problem that millions of students face, please reach out to us at contact@univize.com!

Mathis is the newly appointed Marketing & Sales Manager at CrossLend. CrossLend is a B2B FinTech company with a mission to make the European debt ecosystem more efficient and transparent. We provide securitisation as a service, transforming loans into bonds on a 1 loan:1 bond basis.  Backed by an array of prestigious equity investors from Europe and the U.S., CrossLend plans to establish an international exchange where all forms of debt can be bought and sold.

Mathis holds an MBA from the Baruch College in New York City and 2 degrees in International Marketing (Corvinus University of Budapest) and Marketing/Communication (ISEG/ISG Strasbourg). He worked previously for a FinTech company in Madrid and an IoT start-up in France as marketer and business developer. His role at CrossLend is to implement the marketing strategy and to develop the European debt exchange for loan originators such as banks, non-bank lenders, market-place lenders and institutional investors with a focus on the Belgian, Luxembourgish and French markets.

• Agritech, Climate, Creative, Cybersecurity, Edtech, e-Health, Energy, Fintech, IoT, Smart Cities, Social, Space, Tourism and Water are the categories in which Luxembourg will take part.

• The Country Manager from Luxembourg is Startup Grind, the largest independent startup community that actively educates, inspires and connects 1,000,000 entrepreneurs in over 250 cities.

StartUp Europe Awards is promoted by the European Commission and supported by the President of the Committee of the Regions, several members of the European Parliament as Ambassador and is implemented by the Finnova Foundation in collaboration with StartUp Europe.

(Featured Image: Ceremony Startup Europe Awards / Image Credit © European Commission)

The Country Manager from Luxembourg is Startup Grind, the largest independent startup community, which actively educates, inspires and connects 1,000,000 entrepreneurs in over 250 cities. It nurtures startup ecosystems in 105 countries through events, media and partnerships with organisations like Google for Entrepreneurs. This global community holds monthly events featuring successful local founders, innovators, educators and investors who share lessons learned on the road to building great companies. The winners were selected by Startup Grind Luxembourg in cooperation with Luxinnovation, an organisation that contributes to the economic development of Luxembourg by fostering innovation, fuelling international growth and attracting foreign direct investment and Silicon Luxembourg, the leading magazine for startups news and information in Luxembourg.

In the AgriTech category, Evvos has been chosen to participate in the “Eurovision” of StartUp. This startup designs and develops hardware, firmware and cloud integration services platforms. Their in-house hardware and software teams collaborate to ensure optimal interoperability between sensors, data acquisition devices and software.

In the Climate category, Swirl is the winner. This startup is working in renewable energies in the digital society.

In the Creative category, Itondo will represent Luxembourg. The itondo app allows people to virtually hang any artwork on their own wall – to scale – so that art can be previewed live.

Trust1Team will represent Luxembourg for Cybersecurity. Trust1Team is an integrator company that provides its own products based on different open source frameworks in combination with their self-developed software, giving the opportunity to governments, enterprises and organizations to digitalize their processes in a secure and trusted way.

Edutech is the winner in the EdTech category. What this startup does is to set up structures to teach effectively with tablets, as well as the implementation of technological systems for specific cases as a real-time distance learning with networked audio-visual devices or continuing education and pedagogical activities.

Doctena is the Luxembourg company selected for the e-Health category. This app helps people find and book a medical appointment.

FinTech will be represented by Investify. This startup takes care of your assets according to your own ideas, so you can discover the topics in which you want to invest. Then they do the rest. Digital, flexible, passionate.

AirboxLab is the IoT winner in Luxembourg. They created Foobot, the home air-quality monitor that tells you what is in the air you breathe, and controls your other smart devices.

In the Smart Cities category, ExaMotive has been chosen. They believe in intelligent automotive mobility solutions. As the cities become ever more congested, keeping people and goods moving is one of the world’s greatest challenges. ExaMotive was founded on the belief that the way vehicles are used must change, so they are working in Project Dragon.

Digital Inclusion is the Social winner. Digital Inclusion is a non-profit organisation that promotes social inclusion through digital technology.

For Space, OQ Technology will represent Luxembourg. OQ Technology satellites have orbits that allow them to scan the entire surface of the Earth offering customers wide visibility of their assets and the possibility to communicate with their sensors and actuators with near-real time communication. Their system is scalable and can accommodate any size of your assets and fleets with minimum intervention.

VR Creative is the Tourism category choice. Their mission is to bring meaningful and deep VR storytelling to life using GoPro arrays.

In the Water category, the winner is WETEQ. This is a vibrant Luxembourg-based CleanTech company with a proprietary portfolio of innovative chemistry-based solutions for wastewater treatment. They help customers to reduce costs, increase process efficiency, and be compliant and eco-friendlier by solving their water and wastewater challenges.

Last but not least, Tank D will compete in the Energy category. The startup proposes an autonomous and easy to implement solution to address the constraint of organic waste quick deterioration: a long term bio waste storage system that keeps the highest energy potential for several weeks.

We wish them all the best of luck for the StartUp Europe Week competition.