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Rewarding start-ups on the Single Market’s anniversary

13 Jun 2023
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On Wednesday, 7 June, Thibaut L’Ortye, Public Affairs Director, AmCham EU, organised in collaboration with Junior Achievement Europe. The first edition of the competition, held in celebration of the 30th anniversary of EUROPEN and the Single Market, recognises start-ups that maximise the opportunities presented by the Single Market. The winner, SEaNSOR from Greece, offers a solution to illegal fishing and locating waste through the use of sound sensors. SEaNSOR received a €1,000 prize and was invited to attend the Gen-E 2023 conference in Istanbul.

Also present on the Jury was Salvatore D’Acunto, Head of Unit, Unit E.2, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission; Thomasine Kamerling, Executive Vice-President, Huhtamaki; and Jérôme Pero, Secretary General,  Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry. The runners up to the award were Oslo Analytic from Norway and HelpUP from Spain.