Hungarians won the region’s biggest start-up competition

According to hvg.hu, the Hungarian BOOKR Kids were chosen the best out of 148 start-ups of 23 countries at the CEE Lift Off!, which is the biggest competition for start-ups in Central and Eastern Europe.

The competition was held as part of Brain Bar Budapest last week, where the judges chose the project of BOOKR Kids to form the way children are reading storybooks, the best. The BOOKR Kids application is a virtual library of classic tales, an audio library, animation movie store and a bookstore – where the latest updates can be bought – simultaneously. Moreover, several interactive games are included. Also, it contains an app which provides help in learning to read: the kids choose a tale which is read out by an actor, while they can follow the storyline thanks to the highlighting and an interactive transcription.

Importantly, the success of BOOKR Kids is significant internationally, too, as they became the victors among the 148 start-ups of 23 countries. By winning the CEE Lift OFF! the Hungarians gained an opportunity to take part in a 6 month long accelerator programme provided by OXO Labs, an investment offer of 150,000 EUR by the Power Angels, who are regarded the “A-team” of investors in Hungary, and they also received the opportunity to spend 6 months in the Loffice Budapest, the “pioneer of Hungarian co-working spaces”.