The moment is finally here, Expedition DO! 2024 is setting sail.

No less than 20 teams of talented students and researchers were selected to board the 6th edition of Ghent University’s startup programme. These are the teams that convinced the selection jury:

• ADROAD
  transforms vehicles into powerful advertising channels, helping businesses spread their message while simultaneously boosting drivers’ income in an era where the cost of living continues to rise.

• ASSURE
  offers an innovative packaging technology to prevent food loss.

• AUTOPAD
  offers a data-driven marketplace for cars, facilitating price and supply comparisons across borders.

• BIKE D-TEC
  tackles the upcoming bicycle overflow in cities by specialising in bike rack monitoring.

• CEO FITFORMATION
  empowers workaholics aged 23-49 to master their health goals and become the CEO of their OWN bodies through easy-to-use health tools and data-driven personalised online coaching.

• CLUBCUBBY
  is an innovative mobile app based locker rental company.

• DESOR
  is dedicated to propelling small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises towards their long-term goals through the use of innovative simulation and optimisation technologies.

• ENTREPRISE CARE
  wants to empower corporations to prioritise employee well-being through on-site therapy, enhancing workplace health whilst providing substantial benefits for the enterprise.

• FFLOWS
  is building the world’s smallest light switch.

• JUSTSAYINNOVATE
  aims to innovate in the BMX and cycling world, with its first product being an adjustable brake lever that makes a significant difference in safety, cycling enjoyment, and maintenance ease, especially for children and their parents.

• MARYAPORR
  is planning a large-scale production and use of insect based complementary instant porridges for children in Western Kenya.

• MIDECO
  mitigates deep soil compaction.

• MUROF
  transforms education with personalised, dynamic learning paths drawn from a vast web of educational resources, empowering both student and teacher.

• OMARM
  wants to build a platform that makes people’s last resting places shine with love.

• ORTHOMETRIX
  empowers clinicians with AI-based musculoskeletal imaging reports, allowing them to prioritise patient care.

• PRINT3R
  already is Europe’s most automated on-demand 3D printing & laser cutting business, reinvesting profits in future technologies and education.

• SMARTPARK
  is revolutionising urban mobility with real-time parking data, ensuring you always find a parking spot, no matter where you go.

• SP MATCH
  empowers innovation in manufacturing networks with a platform that helps companies explore alternative partnership matching.

• TREATMENT RATE
  wants to improve communication between patients and healthcare providers, saving time and improving the quality of care by making use of an AI chatbot system.

• VISABITE
  makes the brushing of teeth more accesible and visible to caregivers.