Past hatches

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2018 winners

BabyBlues - 2018 winner

BabyBlues is an app that addresses post-natal depression in India. Through improving medical response times and standard of medical of attention for pregnant women, the app would aim to improve the pre- and post-natal survival rates and quality of life for both mother and child. The winners walked away with a drone (!), a Deutsche Bank Insight Day, and a spot on Accenture’s 4-day “Tech Visionaries” Experience in December 2018.

Medicus - 2018 1st runner-up

In a world of finite resources, especially in developing countries, effective policy can be a matter of life and death - this is where efficient resource allocation can literally save lives. Enter Medicus, an app solution that streamlines healthcare budgets. The Medicus team walked away with a Sphero Mini, a Deutsche Bank Insight Day, and a spot on Accenture’s 4-day “Tech Visionaries” Experience in December 2018.

Ladders - 2018 2nd runner-up

For communities that traditionally base their livelihoods on agriculture, there has been a noticeable move of the younger generation into urban areas, but for these brave adventurers, developing and maintaining relevant skillsets is crucial in remaining employment in an era of increased competition. The team behind Ladder, which focused on upskilling in urban areas in developing countries, walked away with a Sphero Mini, a Deutsche Bank Insight Day, and a spot on Accenture’s 4-day “Tech Visionaries” Experience in December 2018.

All participants were given a swag bag including power banks, water bottles, notebooks, pens, speakers and free storage.

2017 winners

Farmchain - 2017 winner

2017’s first prize, consisting of a fast track to the final round of interviews for a position at Vodafone and $5,000 credit with Stripe to contribute to processing fees, went to the Farmchain team, an app using blockchain to provide farmers with a reliable way to track the location and medical history of their livestock in order to optimise the farming industry in developing countries.

Auntee - 2017 1st runner-up

Coming a close second place in 2017 was, Auntee, a chatbot which operates via text that guides a pregnant woman in developing countries through the stages of pregnancy, generating tailored recommendations to factors such as the woman’s age to prescribe basic medication and monitor progress for signs of pregnancy-related illnesses. Winners went home with a gamer kit by Technology Will Save Us to build their own handheld games console.

Intergrate - 2017 2nd runner-up

2017’s third prize went to Intergrate, who went home with a microbit by Technology Will Save Us, for creating an app prototype that responds to the refugee crisis through guiding refugees through the confusing process and paperwork of settling into the host country WInners went home with an Amazon Echo Dot, sponsored by Starling Bank.

All participants were given a swag bag (including power banks, water bottles and notebooks) and a discount code for Superhi’s digital Learn To Code Now book.

2018 agenda

one of the best features of hatch, is that your time is organised into “sprints”, which take you through the entire lifecycle of a typical start-up - from ideation to pitch.

Normally this takes most startups years, but we whizz you through it one weekend, ensuring you walk away with tech skills as well as business development skills!