GSC Blog: GSC News
GSC open-ed article in Biometric Technology Today: "Taking Innovation to Market"
August 4 2008 | 0 comment(s)
The co-presidents of the Global Security Challenge, Simon Schneider and Janeen Chupa, wrote an article that was published in the August issue of Biometric Technology Today. Here is a short excerpt from this article, titled "Taking Innovation to Market": ...
Another GSC Finalist Raises New Round - $16m - Bringing Total of GSC Alumni to over $35 million
July 23 2008 | 1 comment(s)
Another alumni of the GSC Competition just announced a new funding round. UK based Secerno Ltd (Finalist GSC 2006), which develops database security software, closed a $16 million funding round led by London's Amadeus Capital.We are proud about the achievements...
10 Days Left to Submit Your Security Ideas for Chance to Win $20,000 Dollar
July 21 2008 | 4 comment(s)
Only a few days left to submit your security idea to the two currently open security innovation competitions of the Global Security Challenge: Best Security Idea$10,000 cash awardmentorship by Siemens Venture Capitalpresent your idea/research in front of government & investors...
Leaders from UK Home Office, US Pentagon and UK Ministry of Defence to Debate at GSC Grand Final
July 14 2008 | 0 comment(s)
Here is a short update on the already confirmed key speakers for our GSC Grand Final Event in London on November 13 · Dr. John Reid, MP, former Home Secretary and former Secretary of State for Defence (UK Government) ...
Exlusive Interview with Sponsor of the $10,000 Crowded Places Idea Award
July 7 2008 | 1 comment(s)
Exlusive interview with Fiona Strens, co-director of Secure-Futures Ltd, a UK-based company to catalyse innovation and investment, focused on key national security. In our interview, Fiona talks about why they sponsor the $10,000 award for the GSC Crowded-Places competition...
GSC in Bloggerland - blogs about our international security startup competition
June 20 2008 | 0 comment(s)
Here is a brief roundup of a few blogs mentioning our cause of empowering security startups: Sharon Weinberger at Danger Room: "More Prizes for Homeland Security Ideas""The Global Security Challenge is offering $500,000. My all time favorite acronym, TSWG, also...
$10,000 Dollar for Best Security Idea: Submission Deadline Extended to July 31st
June 16 2008 | 2 comment(s)
The Global Security Challenge announces today that the deadline for submission to our "Best Security Idea" competition has been extended to July 31st 2008, due to popular demand by researchers and innovators worldwide. We also announce today that the winning...
Booz Allen Hamilton Supports Security Innovators as American Partner of GSC 2008
June 2 2008 | 0 comment(s)
With only a few weeks left before the submission deadline for the GSC startup competition, we are delighted that Booz Allen Hamilton sponsors our American Semi-Final 2008. The event will be held on the campus of the University of Maryland...
Siemens VC to Mentor Winner of the GSC Ideas Award
May 22 2008 | 0 comment(s)
As we mentioned a couple weeks ago on our blog, the GSC has added competitions for people with good ideas for security technologies. This is meant to support innovators who haven't yet formed a business or finished their prototype. We...
National University of Singapore hosts Asian Semi-Final of GSC
May 13 2008 | 0 comment(s)
We are happy to report that our partner university for the Asian leg of the Global Security Challenge (GSC) is again the National University of Singapore. National University of Singapore (NUS) consistently ranks amongst the top universities worldwide. In fact...
*New* Crowded-Places Award Launched Today - Win $10,000 for Your Idea
May 8 2008 | 0 comment(s)
New competition taps into inventiveness of entrepreneurs and universities as 71% of security start-ups originate there. The Global Security Challenge and Secure Futures, a UK based national security innovation firm, announced today their commitment to an initiative designed to help...
Global Security Challenge Competition 2008 Opened for Entrants Today!
April 15 2008 | 6 comment(s)
Global Security Challenge, the largest international security innovation competition, is open for entries, offering security start-ups worldwide the opportunity to showcase their inventions and compete for over $500,000 in cash-grants. The GSC, which is in its third year, aims to...
UMD is named American Partner University of the Global Security Challenge 2008
March 12 2008 | 0 comment(s)
We are happy to announce that the University of Maryland is the 2008 host of the American leg of the Global Security Challenge. The University of Maryland is a world class institution widely recognized for its work in the...
Global Security Challenge's finalists raise over $19 million in new capital
March 10 2008 | 0 comment(s)
The Global Security Challenge (GSC) is proud to announce that our finalists and winners from the last two annual competitions have subsequently raised $19.6 million in new venture capital, grants and angel investments. This is in addition to the...
GSC Conference Trailer (2007)
January 7 2008 | 0 comment(s)
We opened the GSC 2007 with a short "James Bond" spoof to acquaint the audience with our project in a short and hopefully humerus way. In our short clip, M. and 007 discuss the Global Security Challenge. Enjoy! Click...
GSC in the News Roundup
January 6 2008 | 0 comment(s)
The Global Security Challenge received great press coverage in the past few weeks. Here is a quick summary with a few soundbites: Mission for James Bond's Q: seek venture capital ´"...MBA students at London Business School staged the inaugural security...
GSC Tutorial
December 4 2007 | 0 comment(s)
Well I hope those of you who attended the 2nd annual GSC Grand Final enjoyed it as much as I did! For those of you who were unable to attend, but want to know more about the GSC I thought...
Next Generation Night-Vision Technology Wins the Global Security Challenge 2007
November 12 2007 | 0 comment(s)
NoblePeak Vision was awarded a $500,000 grant sponsored by TSWG of the U.S. Government and mentorship with Paladin Capital Group for winning the 2nd annual Global Security Challenge today.Founded in 2002 as a spin-out from Bell Laboratories, NoblePeak Vision...
TSWG of US Government sponsors $500K grant for winner of Global Security Challenge 2007
November 7 2007 | 0 comment(s)
Sponsor of the $500k grant: TSWG of US GovernmentThis year's grant for the winning entrepreneur of the Global Security Challenge is sponsored by the Technical Support Working Group (TSWG), an interagency group of the U.S. Government, based in Washington DC.TSWG...
GSC Keynote Speaker: Honorable Lee Buchanan
November 6 2007 | 0 comment(s)
We are honored to announce that the Honorable H. Lee Buchanan will deliver the morning keynote address of the Global Security Challenge 2007. Mr. Buchanan is replacing Lt. General Minihan, who had to cancel his trip to London as our...
Profiles of the Top-5 Startups. Today: Psylock
November 4 2007 | 0 comment(s)
In a short series, we are profiling the 5 finalists that will present at the Grand Final of the Global Security Challenge 2007 on November 8th in London. The fourth of the series today presents Psylock.Psylock - GermanyPsylock provides a...
Profiles of the Top-5 Startups. Today: NoblePeak Vision
November 3 2007 | 0 comment(s)
In a short series, we will profile the 5 finalists that will present at the Grand Final of the Global Security Challenge 2007 on November 8th in London. The third of the series today presents NoblePeak Vision. NoblePeak Vision -...
Profiles of the Top-5 Startups. Today: EyeMarker Systems
November 2 2007 | 0 comment(s)
In a short series, we will profile the 5 finalists that will present at the Grand Final of the Global Security Challenge 2007 on November 8th in London. The second of the series today is EyeMarker. EyeMarker Systems - USAEyeMarker...
Profiles of the Top-5 Startups. Today: Auxetix
November 1 2007 | 0 comment(s)
In a short series, we will profile the 5 finalists that will present at the Grand Final of the Global Security Challenge 2007 on November 8th in London. Starting the series today is Auxetix. Auxetix Ltd -United KingdomThe Auxetix blast...
GSC announces the 5 most promising security start-ups in the world
October 29 2007 | 0 comment(s)
Security technology start-ups from all over the world entered this year's competition. After tough judging rounds in Singapore, Munich and Washington DC the top-5 finalists were selected by independent judges from academia, government, industry and venture capital. They are now...
Comments about the GSC from MOD, Siemens and startups
October 24 2007 | 2 comment(s)
We received many comments since the inception of the Global Security Challenge. Wanted to share a few opinions from government officials, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs about the GSC:Lord Drayson, the U.K. Minister for Defence Procurement commented: "Promoting excellence and innovation...
What happened to last year's winner of the Global Security Challenge?
October 22 2007 | 0 comment(s)
One Year on for Ingenia TechnologyIngenia Technology has experienced a phenomenal year since winning the 1st Global Security Challenge in 2006.This year Ingenia Technology qualified as a U.S. Government contractor and has received a contract from a Federal Law Enforcement...
An article from the GSC Team about closing security gaps
October 18 2007 | 0 comment(s)
Germany: €123 million. EU: €1.4 billion. Closing Homeland Security Gaps: Priceless.by Janeen Chupa and Simon SchneiderIt started out simply enough - two graduate students with some free time and a desire to do good. What we ended up learning was...
New IT-Security Partner: Microsoft
October 15 2007 | 0 comment(s)
We are pleased to announce that Microsoft decided to become a formal partner of the Global Security Challenge. We are excited about this development as we have already worked closely with Microsoft leaders in various parts of the world and...
...unearthing security technologies of tomorrow (London - Nov 8)
October 12 2007 | 0 comment(s)
Global Security Challenge Conference - November 8Be a part of the world's largest competition aimed at finding the most innovative security technology startup in the world. This conference brings together senior government officials, business leaders, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs in...
Top 15 security startups worldwide
October 10 2007 | 0 comment(s)
Ahead of our anticipated announcement of the five finalists next Monday, we wanted to highlight again the 15 innovative technologies that qualified for the highly selective regional Semi-Finals of the Global Security Challenge competition 2007. Here they are, sorted by...
Tough selection process for GSC Judges
October 8 2007 | 0 comment(s)
One of the pillars of the Global Security Challenge is to bring business leaders, scientists and government experts on one table to judge the many fantastic innovations that entered this year's GSC from all corners of the world. These impartial...
Successful GSC event in Munich
October 3 2007 | 0 comment(s)
Our European Semi-Final in Munich yesterday was very successful. After the keynote speech of Dr. Geiger - the former President of the Bundesnachrichtendienst - the five startups pitched to the audience and our distinguished panel of judges. Because of the...
Ex-President of BND to speak at GSC in Munich
September 26 2007 | 0 comment(s)
We are very happy to announce our keynote speaker for the GSC conference next Tuesday in Munich:Dr. Hansjörg Geiger was the President of the Bundesnachrichtendienst (Federal Intelligence Service, BND) from 1996 to 1998. The BND is the foreign intelligence agency...
Munich Semi-Final on October 2nd
September 24 2007 | 0 comment(s)
Join us for our European Semi-Final, held at the Technical University of Munich on October 2. Our speakers come from:European Commission,Federal Intelligence Service (BND), Ministry of Defence of the U.K., Siemens Venture Capital, BWI (a private-public partnership of IBM, Siemens...
Selection of Top-5 European Security Startups
September 23 2007 | 0 comment(s)
Our judging committee just finished its tough selection process to arrive at the five European Semi-Finalists that will go to Europe's GSC Semi-Final in Munich on Oct 2nd. Here they are:Aigis Blast Protection (UK) - dramatically minimizes damages of explosions...
The GSC joins the blogger community!
September 21 2007 | 1 comment(s)
It was about time for the GSC to start a blog as well. So here we are, our team just returned from our regional semi-finals in Asia and the US. Here is a quick summary:North AmericaOur North American Semi-Final in...
