Three of the five contest prizes «5UCV Startup» in the StartUp Junior category, called by the five Valencian public universities and sponsored by the academic institutions and the Generalitat Valenciana, have gone to three companies owned by students of the Universitat Jaume I that had been preselected by the UJI for this call. Is about Howlanders.com, Meitpro-Corporate Health y Yesmoto.
Howlanders.com, promoted by Javier Moliner and Daniel Gómez, is an excursion booking portal specialized in Latin America. They work directly with local operators, without intermediaries, to offer authentic experiences at the best price. In addition, their travel agents offer free advice to help you plan your trip and turn it into an unforgettable memory.
Meitpro-Corporate Health, an initiative by Martín Sánchez, Aarón Gómez de Segura and Abel García, is the first digital test to evaluate the emotional intelligence of candidates for a job offer and that solves the problems that appear in the last stage of the processes of recruitment. A method with scientific endorsement is proposed, free of subjectivity and with immediate results that help make better decisions in the hiring process.
Finally, Yesmoto is the first motorcycle rental platform between individuals. They connect people to offer an alternative for leisure and mobility in the world of motorcycles and, thanks to it, owners can profit from their vehicles when they are not using them while allowing drivers to enjoy different motorcycles without the need for buy them.
These awards, which aim to support and enhance the entrepreneurial spirit in the university environment, have been awarded within the framework of the Focus Innova SME that was held in Castellón and attended by the vice-rector for Students, Employment and Educational Innovation, Pilar García Agustín, together with the deputy director of the Increa Chair, María Ripollés. Ripollés highlighted that the three projects preselected by the UJI have been awarded and that five of the awarded students have been participants in the 2016 and 2017 editions of the Yuzz program coordinated by said chair.
