Project description
Turning complex spreadsheets into user-friendly reports
The spreadsheet is widely used by millions of people, while 60 % of the business sector worldwide bases every critical business decision, planning and budgeting on it. However, business intelligence relying on spreadsheets is missing due to their shortcomings in handling high data volume and data integrity and flexibility. The EU-funded GRID project proposes a high-level web-based application that transforms spreadsheets into user-friendly reports, dashboards and interactive applications. The application allows the creation of new data collection and manages the existing data within the online environment. The innovation consists of a three-stage mechanism that reads spreadsheet files and automatically assembles the data, logic and presentation sheets to the server side.
Objective
The spreadsheet is the most widely used data storage, manipulation and modelling software tool within the non-developers reach. Almost 750M people use it, while 60% of the business world underpins every critical business decision, planning and budgeting based on spreadsheets. Since a strong business comes with good data, analytic strategy and clear vision, organisations are extending current infrastructure with modern analytics tools, driving fast market expansion for Application Platforms as a Service, aPaaS (3.5Bn€ by 2020, 18.5%CAGR). Business intelligence based on spreadsheets is left behind though due to their shortcomings in handling high data volume, data integrity and flexibility.
As successful entrepreneurs with 20 years of experience in software development for the data market, we have the means to challenge the shortcomings of spreadsheets. We introduce GRID, a high level web-based application transforming spreadsheets into user-friendly reports, dashboards and interactive applications. Through it, we enable not only the creation of new data collection, but also handling the existing ones within the online environment. Our technological innovation consists of a 3 steps mechanism capable to read spreadsheet files and automatically compile the data, logic and presentation layers to server-side.
A 2018 start-up located in Iceland, GRID Inc, was founded as a response to a business opportunity resulting during our survey on spreadsheets as a self-service problem solving tools for non-IT individuals. GRID is an aPaaS that could improve the advantages of Business Intelligence (30.3Bn€ by 2023) or become an extension to Office Suites (27.7Bn€ by 2023). We follow a Software as a Service business model, a “Pay as you go” mechanism and 3 levels of monthly subscriptions offering full access and functionality of our product. By completing this project, we estimate 35.45M€ cumulated profit, ROI of 13.18 and additional 32 FTE.
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H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs
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H2020-EU.3. - PRIORITY 'Societal challenges
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SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1
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(opens in new window) H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020
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101 REYKJAVIK
Iceland
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