Smart tennis court wins the STARTUPS.CH Award 2015
The winner of the STARTUPS.CH Award 2015 is TECHNIS. The four founders, including CEO Wiktor Bourée, were able to convince the jury with their touch-sensitive tennis courts. The award is endowed with seed capital in the amount of 50,000 CHF (Swiss francs), to further the realisation of the business idea.
On Thursday evening, the best Swiss business ideas were presented with awards In the course of the sixth SWISS STARTUPS AWARDS. The STARTUPS.CH Award was presented to the best business idea in the small business sector. The winners defeated numerous other start-up entrepreneurs who had been preselected by a jury in a nationwide process in Lugano, Lausanne and Zürich.
The winners were the founders of TECHNIS, who have developed a new generation of tennis courts. TECHNIS was founded by Wiktor Bourée (CEO), Naïk Londono (COO), Martin Hofmann (CTO) and Alexander Kvasov. The four founders are united by their fascination with the game of tennis, from which their innovative business idea ultimately arose.
Smart tennis courts
TECHNIS develops touch-sensitive tennis courts that can recognise what is happening on the surface. With the help of this technology – which can also be used for other kinds of sport – sport and technology can be joined in an integrated, seamless manner. This makes it possible, for example, to check the position of the ball, follow the players’ movements and collect all the statistics relating to the game.
