Yamaha has announced this year’s TRANSPOSE Innovation Challenge, a global business contest aimed at creating new value through sound, music and entertainment.
Running from today, 1st September, through to 31st October, Yamaha is seeking new ideas from startups around the world based on four challenge themes:
- Venue
- Senior
- Game
- Timeless
Last year’s inaugural event saw 314 entries from 63 countries, with ten startups making the final. Winners included:
- Moodsonic UK which offers sound design to enhance wellbeing, comfort and productivity through generating natural soundscapes in real time.
- Rap Tech Studios Ltd developing a mobile app, Rap Fame, that simplifies the production and posting of rap music.
- Ear screen (Yamaha proposal): Active earplugs to protect musicians’ hearing.
This year, Yamaha says:
“This year, we invite you to take on four challenge themes: Venue, Senior, Game, and Timeless. Together, we will create new businesses and experiences that have yet to be imagined. By bringing together Yamaha’s and our partners’ technologies, expertise, and assets with your bold ideas, we can unlock entirely new experiences and services. Bring us the ideas that can surprise the world, and the passion to make them real.”
Winning teams gain access to funding support for potential business collaborations and close working with Yamaha.
