Members: Cherecheș Caterina, Cherecheș Ștefania

At AZURINO, they believe that play is the gateway to development. Their sensory games are designed not just to entertain, but to engage little hands while secretly unlocking crucial sensory development. And with Azurino, their friendly mascot, guiding them through playful animations, children are unknowingly boosting their cognitive and fine motor skills. It’s playtime with a purpose – where growth happens without them even realizing it.

Members: Moldovan Flavia, Boar Laura Diana, Pașca Andrei

The young team of social innovators will work on developing a digital tool to connect, educate, and map the future families of adopted stray dogs, alleviating the pressure on public shelters while connecting pet-loving Europeans with their future pets.

Members: Pop George, Alexa Mihai-Cătălin

Leveraging the power of peer-to-peer learning and intergenerational bonding, the innovators of BeeStrong will experiment at FIX Cluj with their potential to mix creativity, digital technologies, and healthy local food, providing new trends for young people to feel cool while being respectful of nature and health-conscious.

Members: Oprea Alexandru, Varodi Sânziana, Vintilă Georgiana, Stăncioiu Laurențiu

The team will develop a digital device that, using brain vibrations, connects and translates a person’s mental state through music, helping to alleviate distress caused by fatigue, lack of sleep, illness, or a general lack of well-being. The result will be a locally designed solution to enhance well-being in our community while using the city as a living lab to test, promote, and prototype this new wellness device.

Members: Pocola Tudor Octavian, Magyary Aletta

Two young Green Innovators will begin their FIX Cluj journey by developing a digital solution that manages individual green energy production using a complex algorithm that collects data from various sources—from weather forecasting to multiple production technologies—allowing for more efficient management and monetization of what is currently an underutilized type of energy.

Members: Durdeu Vlad-Ioan, Moroz Lion-Erik, Strungar Dan-Ștefan, Stamate Alexandru-Tudor

Hardset is the response of a team of young students to a problem they identified in crowded cities like Cluj, where many people want to embrace alternative mobility solutions, such as biking, but fear the dangers of busy metropolises. They will test and offer a simple, innovative solution that makes biking safer and cooler.

Members: Retegan David, Potoceanu Răzvan, Boancă Raul-Alin, Ursache Matei, Bondor Mihnea-Ștefan

In a society flooded with consumer choices, the paradox of choice can hinder decision-making and, in the long run, pose a health risk, as it encourages people to adopt unstructured, unplanned, and ultimately unhealthy lifestyles. For Ino Corp, the solution is to delegate these decisions to algorithms and technology.

Members: Catană Nora Ioana, Catană Dragoș Mihai

The team will develop a solution to tackle the rising alcohol consumption among young people by promoting healthy, plant-based beverages like kava, matcha, ashwagandha, and spirulina as alternatives to alcohol in new meeting spaces. This initiative will promote wellness and mindfulness among young people, encouraging a cultural shift towards healthier lifestyle choices and reducing the negative impacts of alcohol consumption.

Members: Sima Elenis, Manole Mihai 

This young team is committed to testing a comprehensive mechanism to address the negative impact of the growing appetite for fast fashion and tackle the immense textile waste produced. They are determined to prove that an integrated, multi-stakeholder approach, supported by FIX Cluj, is possible.

Members: Halati Roxana-Liana, Vilceanu Ovidiu-Mihai

In a global market with numerous digital tools addressing the 21st century’s top health concerns – stress and anxiety – it is a bold move to propose a personalized solution adapted for young people, and this is what Pandalyze is undertaking at FIX Cluj. Their idea will help users identify, understand, contextualize, and address their mental and wellbeing needs, empowering a generation of self-supporting, happy young people who understand that problems do not need to be solved alone.

Members: Avram Nicolae, Mărginean Sebastian-Constantin

The team has developed a new digital option for data collection, analysis, and solution adaptation using autonomous drone fleets in cities.

Members: Deaconu Mihai Bogdan, Boroica Marius, Bocra Răzvan-Andrei, Brad Beniamin

As technologies are developed to tackle deep societal problems, this young team of bold innovators has embarked on a journey to create a new way to address healing through digital solutions. Their first focus is a specific need previously identified as challenging, and they will work hard to offer a more optimistic future scenario. With one disease solved, the technology behind it could be diversified and scaled up, promising a new field of e-health business.

Members: Măzărescu Ruxandra, Ciobanu Mădălina, Godzin Andreea-Letiția, Strugar Cristina Andreea, Bora Andreea

Passionate about design and aware of the risks of fast-consuming furniture and decorative art, this team is dedicated to proposing a locally scalable solution that ensures a future where beauty and uniqueness do not come at the cost of environmental damage or future generations’ wellbeing.

Members: Mărginean Emilian Gabriel, Zibilianu Daniel Rudolf

The time has come for our innovators to test and experiment with the future of unconventional protein sources. What once was the subject of science fiction is now a reality as they bring these issues into daily life by proposing a diversified range of insect-based, tasty, and healthy snacks that are environmentally friendly and significantly reduce the carbon footprint of food production.