Startup Lab Pitch Competition
The 2021 Startup Lab Pitch Competition featured eight disruptive startups, each pursuing technology innovations that have the potential to leverage GS1 Standards to help create value for our members, solution providers, and partners. Startups gave a four-minute pitch to a panel of judges, followed by two minutes of judges’ Q&A, all for a chance to win up to $10,000 in cash prizes.
Congratulations to Our 2021 Winners
First Place: Strella Biotech
Second Place: Magnomer
Third Place: MeCycle
Read more about our winners and finalists below.
KYSSMET
KYSSMET is a retail app-as-a-service that gamifies shopping to help retailers interact with in-store customers and collect shopping behavior data.
Yuansfer
Yuansfer is a payments platform that enables retailers to unlock sales opportunities with Asian consumers and younger demographics.
MeCycle
MeCycle is a tech-enabled, data-rich consumer recycling platform that ensures beverage bottles and cans do not go to landfill or oceans.
OtailO
OtailO provides a smart and sustainable solution for online product returns management for retail brands.
BRGHTLY
Contact-free with personality! Intelligently managing and innovating the BOPIS experience for retailers.
Strella Biotech
Strella creates technology that can predict the maturity of produce. We use this data to inform supply chain decisions to reduce food waste.
1o, Inc.
1o is a technology that enables brands to turn any conversation about a product into a point-of-sale, while still utilizing their e-commerce tech stack.