Vaquita Technologies based at Ideon Science Park in Lund, was founded in 2020 by Nour Akel and Vijaya Sekhar. Vaquita is one of three companies that are competing for development and manufacturing services from Inission worth 1 million SEK. The winner will be announced on 6 Dec during NyTeknik – First with news about technology and IT. ‘s 33-list Live, Sweden’s first and oldest startup list that celebrates the country’s 33 most promising tech startups each year.
The innovations have been evaluated based on inventiveness, feasibility, market potential, and news value.
Vaquita is participating in the Inission Innovation Award with a machine learning monitoring system that measures water quality in real-time. In the mining industry, water monitoring is crucial for protecting water resources and detecting sources of pollution.