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Not a bad start for a start-up: Pułway eco firm wins Chivas Venture 2020

MakeGrowLab founders Róża Janusz and Josh Brito met when they were building bamboo huts to help the local community after an earthquake in Ecuador. Chivas Venture 2020

MakeGrowLab beat off competition from 170 entrants to take first place in the Polish edition of the competition and will now go on to compete in Canada against 25 others for the World prize and 1 million USD.

Two Polish start-ups listed in Lufthansa Innovation Hub - press

Two Polish start-ups, Hyper Poland and Blinkee.city, have been included on the prestigious Lufthansa Innovation Hub list from among global projects aimed at transforming transport, the Rzeczpospolita daily has reported.

The only way is up! The chatbot start-up that’s got tongues wagging

With their technology being used by 140,000 websites around the world and with over 10,000 paying customers, Szczecin-based Tidio’s recent 4mln investment injection means things can only get better.

Kraków start-up wins prestigious UNLEASH comp in Paris

The UNLEASH conference saw over 4,500 attendees from the world of Human Resources discuss the future of work and HR Tech innovations. And Bob Geldof was there too.

Public 'DIY health box’ could be high street life saver

The telehealth kiosk which has been installed at Warsaw’s Metro Młociny underground station lets commuters carry out basic health check ups, without the hassle of having to make an appointment with a doctor.

Hot of the press: company comes up with country’s first printed house

The 3D printing technique could slash building costs by as much as 50 percent.

Startup looks to take on cashless payment market with new product using Bluetooth

Neontri’s primary product Jiffee is a mobile payment authorization platform but unlike the widely successful Blik, also designed in Poland, Jiffee uses Bluetooth technology instead of NFC.

Geniuses of the future get helping hand from pharm company’s SmartUp camps

The camp which is run by pharmaceutical company ADAMED has already helped 200 youngsters and seen alumni go on to attend some of the world’s most prestigious universities such as Oxford and Cambridge.

Over the moon! New app lets users get full moon landing experience

The app from Polish start up Immersion, in conjunction with NATO and the Smithsonian Institute places users right in the action of NASA’s space missions of the 1960s. They can launch their own Saturn V rocket, sit inside the Lunar Command Module of Apollo 11 and explore the lunar landscape.

Girl power! High-flying exec Kinga Stanisławska joins new European Innovation Council

Alongside her career, Stanisławska is an active supporter of women in venture capital. She founded the European Women in VC community, which has over 400 members across 19 countries.

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Art & Culture

Tokarczuk teams up with illustrator Joanna Concejo for latest book described as ‘an experiment with form’

The picture book which was first published in Polish in 2017 as ‘Zagubiona dusza’ has now been translated into English under the title ‘The Lost Soul’.

The first report:

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‘I grew up in death camp house’: Extraordinary story of women born in Auschwitz and who has lived there ever since

Once asked to draw the view from her bedroom window for homework, Anna Odi couldn’t decide whether to draw the crematorium or the gallows where Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess was executed. She told TFN: “I think I am a hostage to the stories of people who experienced this hell. I am continuing what my parents started, to be a witness. Like my parents, I owe it to the victims.”

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