Beezinga

Our one-line pitch is…              
Beezinga is developing an early-warning analytical web and mobile system to help industrial and large beekeepers optimise production and detect issues in beehives with automated data collection.

Introduce your team, and tell us one interesting thing about each member. We are…      
The Beezinga bees are Jernej Škrabec, Nenad Čikić and Jernej Gračner. We were inspired by the long cultural and historical tradition of beekeeping in Slovenia, but the prolonged winter kept us from testing our device on the apiaries.

By the way, Jernej Š. is allergic to bee stings.

The Beezinga trio Photo credit: Beezinga
We received our initial capital through…        
We bootstrapped it with our own savings.

The real pain about starting a business in Slovenia is… 
The lack of VC funding.

The person that inspires us is…
Jernej Š: Linus Torvalds
Jernej G: His silly girlfriend and Charles Santoso, a very cool illustrator.
Nenad: Chuck Norris – before he went into action movies, he was a very peaceful and gentle beekeeper (not quite true).

The one app/service that we couldn’t live without is…
For Jernej Š.: news portals – his daily routine
For Jernej G.: Pinterest – his inspiration source
For Nenad: Asana – he couldn’t organise his day without it

The one thing we would save from our burning office is…           
Jernej Š: the Beezinga prototype
Jernej G: his sketchbook
Nenad: himself

The worst piece of advice we ever got was…
Create a minimal viable product.

The one thing that will make us quit is…       
Nothing. Not even bee stings.

Our inside joke is…
To bee or not to bee!

You might not believe it, but we…      
…are not beekeepers ourselves.

We’ll call ourselves successful when…          
When we build a smart beehive.

The startup we really want to see on inventures’ Startup Pick is…
CubeSensors

Visit beezinga.com to get in touch.