Pitching Competition: Grand Finale
Meet the 15 finalists
ADVITOS
Germany
Health
ADVITOS is the world’s first multi-organ treatment method integrated in one device, mainly used in intensive care units. It offers a wide range of therapies for combined support of liver, lung, kidney and acid-base balance, improving survival rates in case of multi-organ failure.
http://www.advitos.com
Catherine Schreiber
Deputy CEO & COO, Co-founder
Martina Petkov
Strategy Development
ANGIODROID
Italy
Health
Angiodroid uses through a dedicated automatic injector, CO2 (a natural gas, biocompatible for humans) to drastically reduce Contrast Induced Nephropathy, a leading cause for kidney failure in patients during hospitalization, preserving the renal function of thousands of patients, every year.
https://www.angiodroid.com/
Lorenzo Casadei
Marketing Manager
Beatrice Togni
Operations Manager
Beyond Leather Material
Denmark
Sustainable consumption and production
Beyond leather Material has created a sustainable alternative to leather by upcycling apple waste discarded in cider production, using in total 80% of bio-based raw materials in its production.
https://www.beyondleather.dk/
Mikael Eydt
CEO, Co-founder
Fruzsina Somody
Marketing and Communication
CELLUGY (EcoFLEXY)
Denmark
Sustainable consumption and production
CELLUGY is developing high-performing sustainable biomaterials (EcoFLEXY) that can meet the performance requirements of packaging and chemical companies, and be recycled, biodegraded, and composted in the current waste management system, enabling circularity.
https://cellugy.com/
Paruntungan Sihombing
COO/CFO, Co-founder
Isabel Alvarez-Martos
CEO, Co-founder
Inclusive Education
Germany
Inclusion
Inclusive Education is a 3-year vocational qualification for people with intellectual disabilities that enables them to work at universities as lecturers by delivering seminars for students to develop their inclusion skills.
https://www.inklusive-bildung.org/en
Gesa Kobs
Managing Director
Samuel Wunsch
Educational Specialist
IRRIOT
Sweden
Agriculture and food supply
IRRIOT is the European pioneer in implementing a wireless precision irrigation system to allow the farmers to increase the crop yield and reduce water usage, carbon footprint, eutrophication and soil erosion.
https://www.irriot.com/
Johan Wendt
CMO, Co-founder
Magrid
Luxembourg
Education and youth
Magrid is a language-free pedagogical training programme to foster early mathematical skills. This reduces the barrier of language for math education for second language learners found in multilingual school settings.
https://magrid.lu/
Elisabeth Martin
Business development
Tahereh Pazouki
Project manager & Founder
Nuventura
Germany
Energy
Nuventura developed a technology to replace the existing Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) installations - an essential part of every electricity grid - by a new Switch that simply works with dry air, eliminating the need to use SF6 (the world’s strongest greenhouse gas).
https://www.nuventura.com
Anoop Raj Rao
Project Engineer
Nicholas Ottersbach
Business Development, Marketing Manager
Orange Fiber
Italy
Circular economy
Orange Fiber has a patented process to transform citrus juice by-products into yarns and textiles with a silk-like appeal, saving land, water, fertilizers and reducing environmental pollution.
https://orangefiber.it
Alice Kaimann
Project Manager
Enrica Arena
CEO, Co-founder
rePurpose Global
Norway
Circular economy
rePurpose Global is one of the world’s largest plastic waste recovery platforms where any consumer or business can go Plastic Neutral. This is made by funding the removal of plastic waste from nature through rePurpose Impact Projects.
http://repurpose.global/
Arpitha Sandeep
Partnerships Manager
Peter Wang
CMO, Co-founder
The Newsroom
Portugal
Democracy and citizen empowerment
The Newsroom uses AI-powered systems to provide a product that works as a browser extension geared towards identifying articles and claims that are most likely to contain elements of false or highly biased information, flagging them to users.
https://thenewsroom.ai/
Pedro Henriques
CPO, Co-Founder
Jenny Romano
CEO, Co-Founder
UVera
Poland
Health
UVera is an innovation solution for the cosmetic industry, providing a 100% natural and skin-safe UV protector, with no negative environmental impact. It is produced through biotech processes avoiding the use of harsh chemicals.
https://www.uvera.eu/
Magdalena Jander
CEO, Co-Founder
Adam Kiciak
CMO, Co-Founder
Vortex Bladeless
Spain
Energy
Vortex Bladeless S.L. is a tech start-up that harnesses energy from wind, through an environmentally friendly aerogenerator which needs no blades. It is a new technology specially designed for on-site generation in residential areas.
https://www.vortexbladeless.com
Rodrigo Rupérez
CEO
David Yáñez
CTO, Co-Founder and Inventor
Wasser 3.0
Germany
Water
Wasser 3.0 develops responsible concepts and solutions for the water cycle to detect, remove and re-use micro-plastics and micro-pollutants, such as pharmaceuticals, heavy metals and pesticides. This enables a new level of environment and health protection in waste-water treatment.
https://www.wasserdreinull.de
Katrin Schuhen
CEO, Founder
Silke Haubensak
Communication and Organization
Wheelmap
Germany
Accessibility
Wheelmap is a map helping wheelchair users and people with other mobility impairments to plan their day more effectively, by displaying wheelchair accessible places.
https://wheelmap.org
Holger Dieterich
Co-founder
Judyta Smykowski
Community manager and domain expert