The Media Lab of the Communications Commission has identified the winners of the startup idea contest “Ideadrome,” which aims to discover innovative digital media startups and help them realise their ideas. The contest ad a prize fund of GEL 10,000.

The jury panel selected the Widgera platform as the winner of the contest. The platform helps users create multifunctional sites and apps without experience. The second place went to the innovative platform FlexUP, which facilitates job seeking and hiring of personnel for daily work. The third place was shared by the reading, writing and sign language-learning app Wisp; the Mezobell platform, which connects people living in the same location; and women travellers’ safety platform saFEM.

With the help of professional mentors and guest trainers, participating teams underwent intensive 5-day training, covering issues such as idea validation, prototyping, creating a business model, product development, industry analysis and the art of neotiatin with the investors.

This was the seventh edition of “Ideadrome.” Previous participants of the contest have already managed to realise their ideas and take their products on the international market.