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Third IT-Security Pitch Bochum

The startup QuoScient strikes at this years’ IT-Security Pitch.

Lukas Bernhard (left) manages the sector “Applied Research” and Ioannis Bizimis is Co-Founder of QuoScient.

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Oliver Weimann (ruhr:HUB) explains RuhrSummit

Copyright: Michael Schwettmann

Copyright: Michael Schwettmann

Copyright: Michael Schwettmann

The startup QuoScient strikes at this years’ IT-Security Pitch.

Five Minutes for each start up, until they were asked challenging questions about their business model for further 300 seconds. The top-class jury didn’t make it easy for the startups. The team of QuoScient took the win over five competing young entrepreneurs from Germany, Spain and Belgium.

The Jury
The well-known jury of experts from science and economy included Oliver Weimann (ruhr:HUB), Dr. Carsten Willems (VMRay), Dr. Tilman Frosch (G DATA Advanced Analytics), Timo Gendrullis (ESCRYPT), Prof. Dr. Christof Paar (Horst Görtz Institute for IT Security) and Willi Mannheims (eCAPITAL entrepreneurial Partners). Team, business model, pitch performance and growth expectations were taken into consideration for the jury’s decision.

About QuoScient
The first-stage startup from Frankfurt am Main has developed a product that is stemming from many years of experience and competences of cyber defense specialists from sectors facing especially heightened risk. Fabien Dombard (CEO) himself has more than 15 years of experience in the security industry within technical and management tool. Co-founder Ioannis Bizimis (CFO) has more than eight years of experience in the financial operations sector. The team's collective experience and knowledge has been engineered into the QuoLab platform, which provides the ability to produce automated collection, analysis and dissemination. The result is highly effective, integrated and scalable security capabilities within small teams. Find more information here.

Ticket for RuhrSummit
For the first time, there was a price rewarded in the third T-Security Pitch. QuoScient will present its company at RuhrSummit and therefore receive exclusive entry for pitch competition and hold a free booth at startup expo. With almost 3.000 attendees RuhrSummit is the biggest Startup Conference for Ruhr area. For more information about RuhrSummit click here.

Supported by Cube 5 
The third IT-Security Pitch was accompanied in its organisation by Cube 5 – Creating Security. The cyber security incubator is sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and supports young entrepreneurs, startups as well as students in the development of new ideas in cyber security. More information you find here.

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