News
Current news
Bark beetle season has come to an end. Our borky boxes went trough a thorough testing during this season. We've gathered valuable data, and are in constant refinement of our design. Currently, we are already preparing the boxes for the next test cycle. Meanwhile, we are working intensively on our data science model and our application. Stay tuned here and also on our company page on LinkedIn.
September 2024 - February 2025
Steiermark, Austria |
Recent Events and News

3rd December 2024
Borky took part in the INiTS Demo Day, which took place as part of the SCALEup incubation program. We won three awards: one for Female Founders, one for teams with an idea related to climate and environment and one for our pitch.
Vienna, Austria

15th November 2024
Our two founders Danylo Poliakov and Bernhard Gaschl traveled to Slovenia to participate in the “9th Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Alpine Region”. The event was organized by the Slovenian representation of the EUSALP and included a pitch session of the finalists of the GI Goes Business Award. We even won the Audience Award.
Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia

20th September 2024
Our two founders, Mona Probst and Bernhard Gaschl, had the opportunity to present our startup to a jury at the forestry association conference in Fulda. We were able to successfully pitch our project alongside two other startups and were pleased to receive a great third place. The link to the LinkedIn post can be found here.
Fulda, Germany

20th September 2024
Borky is one of the winners of the GI Goes Business Awards 2024. The GI Goes Business Award honors innovative ideas, services or business models that have a positive impact on “green infrastructure”. The link to the post can be found here.
Vienna, Austria

8th September 2024
We are happy to share that the 8th September 2024 we officially submitted our international PCT patent.
Vienna, Austria

5th September 2024
On September 5th, 2024, one of our founders, Bernhard Gaschl, was able to pitch to the jury of the INiTS SCALEup program. Now we can proudly announce that we are part of the INiTS community.
Vienna, Austria

07th Dezember 2023
In December 2023, we were accepted into the aws Preseed program.
Vienna, Austria

26th April 2023
In spring 2023, our two founders Bernhard Gaschl and Mona Probst took part in the aws First Incubator start-up camp and successfully got enrolled in the program.
Bad St. Leonhard im Lavanttal, Austria

27th November 2023
In november 2023, we officially submitted our patent with the name "Insektenfalle und Verfahren zur Bestimmung einer Anzahl gefangener Insekten".
Vienna, Austria

20th April 2022
We won the second place at the Evergreen Innovation Camp Hackathon 2022.