The 15 science start-ups competing through the Axon@LeWeb, the latest project from Elsevier’s VP of Strategy and Mendeley Co-founder and CEO Victor Henning , were announced. The start-ups include some Mendeley collaborators, such as WriteLaTeX, Shazino and LabFolder, and we’re excited to see how they are changing the way we do research.

Missed the deadline or not shortlisted? There is still an opportunity for your startup to attend LeWeb!

Victor tell us more:

On December 9 at LeWeb, we are bringing together 15 of the world’s most exciting science & research startups in a session entitled Axon@LeWeb. These startups are building tools that change how we do research, that help the best minds of our generations work more efficiently, that accelerate the progress of knowledge. We have received amazing applications from all over the world for the 15 available slots at Axon@LeWeb and would like to thank all startups who applied. It is exciting to see the creativity, diversity, and impact of tools being built to advance science. Here are the 15 startups selected to present at LeWeb on December 9 (click on their names to find out more about them): Expernova (France) – Your innovation search engine Kudos (UK) – Increasing research impact LabFolder (Germany) – The digital lab notebook Monocl (Sweden) – Intuitive analytics for life science professionals Newsflo (UK) – Media monitoring for research institutions Overleaf (UK) – Modern authoring tools for research Protocols.io (USA) – GitHub for protocols – an up-to-date crowdsourced repository of science methods Publons (New Zealand) – Turning peer review into a measurable research output Science Exchange (USA) – A marketplace for scientific collaboration, where researchers can order experiments from the world’s best labs Sciencescape (Canada) – Discover and share breaking research from the world’s scientific pioneers and innovators Shazino (France) – Next gen web & mobile apps for smart scientists Sparrho (UK) – Aggregating, distilling, and recommending the best scientific discoveries for you Standard Analytics (USA) – Organising the world’s scientific information The Winnower (USA) – DIY Scientific Publishing Transcriptic (USA) – On-demand, robotic cloud laboratory for molecular and cell biology research Please join us on at LeWeb (December 9, 14.00-17.00 in conference room 1, 2nd floor, Pullman Dock) to see these startups present the future of science! If you’re a science/research startup who missed selection for the shortlist, have no fear! Submit your company here and you may qualify for a special discounted LeWeb pass

Victor Henning is CEO & co-founder of Mendeley, a science startup acquired last year by Elsevier (which, like LeWeb organiser Reed MIDEM, is part of Reed Elsevier Group).