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OXO Labs to Invest in Nine Tech Start-ups This Year

MTI-Hungary Today 2024.02.15.

OXO Labs, a subsidiary of OXO Technologies Holding, plans to invest in at least nine technology start-ups over the next two years.

OXO Labs secured HUF 450 million (EUR 1.2M) in non-repayable funding from the Startup Factory tender of the National Research, Development, and Innovation Office in October of 2023. They are prepared to support new technology companies with their business development expertise and knowledge base as a subsidized incubator company.

The selected companies can expect investments ranging between HUF 25 million and 70 million (EUR 64.2k to 179.8k),

with technology solutions addressing social and environmental challenges being an important criterion in the selection process. OXO expects that the selected projects will be given the opportunity to develop in the incubation program and may later be included in the portfolio of OXO Technologies Holding, in addition to a larger investment.

In a previous announcement, the parent company stated its intention to fund start-ups through OXO Labs, with the hope that the recipients will implement their development and market entry plans, thus laying the foundation for their future growth.

Fact

OXO Labs closed with a turnover of HUF 14.5 million (EUR 37.2k) in 2021, and HUF 104.25 (EUR 267k) in 2022. The year before last, they posted a loss of almost HUF 24 million (EUR 61.6k), and last year a profit of HUF 3.7 million (EUR 9.5k). The parent company is an issuer of securities on the Budapest Stock Exchange and closed 2021 with HUF 17.7 million (EUR 45.4k) and 2022, with HUF 88.8 million (EUR 228k) in revenue. The year before last, the company had a loss of more than HUF 380 million (EUR 976k), while in 2022, it made a profit of HUF 262.8 million (EUR 675k).

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