- Polish startup Cellis is the winner of the Innovation Radar Prize 2024, with immunotherapy that breaks drug resistance in multiple aggressive cancers.
- The startups Gelatex, Qilimanjaro, and AEinnova were also distinguished in different categories.
- The event co-organized by the European Commission, Dealflow.eu, and The Europas brought together hundreds of entrepreneurs and investors in Lisbon
Lisbon, November 13, 2024 – Cellis’ MDC platform, a revolutionary cell-based immunotherapy that reprograms the tumor microenvironment, breaking down drug resistance in multiple aggressive cancers, was the big winner of the tenth edition of the Innovation Radar Prize. This initiative, co-organized by the European Commission and Dealflow.eu, which joined forces with The Europas for the first time, culminated in an event where high-potential innovations and entrepreneurs from research and innovation projects funded by the European Union (EU) were rewarded, exposing them to an influential community of European investors and policymakers.
The initiative also awarded prizes to the best and most innovative startups funded by the European Union (EU) in the categories of Sustainability, awarded to Spanish startup AEinnova, Health, awarded to Estonian startup Gelatex and, finally, the Next Generation category, awarded Spanish startup Qilimanjaro.
Thijs Povel, Managing Partner of Dealflow.eu, gives a positive assessment of the tenth edition of the Innovation Radar Prize: “It’s inspiring to see how the tenth edition of the Innovation Radar Prize brought together such a dynamic mix of innovators and investors. The level of companies pitching was exceptional, reflecting the significant efforts of the European Commission in supporting and financing Europe’s most promising startups. This event demonstrates that innovation across Europe continues to thrive and push boundaries. The jury panel, which included several distinguished U.S. investors, faced a challenging task in selecting the winners given the impressive quality of all the participants”.
The event, which preceded the start of another edition of the Web Summit, was co-organized by the European Commission, Dealflow.eu, and The Europas, in partnership with Eura AG, Dealroom.co, Startup Lisboa, European Startup Nations Alliance (ESNA), EU-Startups, and Unicorn Factory Lisboa, welcomed more than 200 participants, including startups and national and international investors.
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More about the Innovation Radar
The Innovation Radar is a European Commission initiative to identify high potential innovations and innovators in EU-funded research and innovation projects. Its goal is to allow every citizen, public official, professional and businessperson to discover the outputs of EU innovation funding and give them a chance to seek out innovators who could follow in the footsteps of companies such as Skype, TomTom, ARM Holdings, all of whom received EU funding in their early days.
To learn more about the Innovation Radar, visit https://www.innoradar.eu/
More about Dealflow.eu
Supported by the European Commission, Dealflow.eu discovers and supports the most promising EU-funded startups and connects them with relevant investors and corporates. The initiative was launched to help groundbreaking innovations secure the funding needed for their future commercialisation by offering them tailored support and matchmaking services.
To learn more about Dealflow.eu, visit https://dealflow.eu
Meet the 12 finalists of the Innovation Radar Prize 2024
We are thrilled to announce the 12 finalists of the Innovation Radar Prize 2024, which will pitch in front of a jury panel and an audience of potential investors at The Europas Awards 2024.
The Innovation Radar Prize is a unique opportunity to give visibility to those innovators showing the most promise on the journey of commercialisation. A short list of innovations was selected from over 240 applicants by the Innovation Radar Committee and Dealflow.eu Committee and submitted for open voting to all citizens. The open voting gathered more than 2300 voters and was weighed against the judgment of outside evaluators, experts in the field.
The Innovation Radar Summit will take place on 11 November at La Distillerie in Lisbon, right before the Web Summit starts.
HEALTH TECH
Italy, www.biomimx.com
Paola Occhetta, CEO
BiomimX is transforming drug development with its “Beating Organs-on-Chip” platform, creating human tissue replicas for more accurate preclinical testing, while significantly reducing the need for animal experimentation.
Poland, www.cellis.eu
Magdalena Król, CSO
Cellis’ MDC platform is a revolutionary cell-based immunotherapy that reprograms the tumor microenvironment, breaking drug resistance in multiple aggressive cancers. Offering real hope for patients, our innovation could transform cancer from a death sentence into a curable disease.
Spain, www.frontwave.io
Cristina Duran, CEO
Innovative Ultrasound Computed Tomography technology, combined with advanced algorithms and cloud-based supercomputing, delivers high-resolution, multiparametric breast images. This approach enhances cancer diagnosis accuracy, reduces false negatives and positives, and eliminates the need for radiation.
Estonia, www.gelatex.com
Mari-Ann Meigo Fonseca, Co-founder & COO
Gelatex pioneers scalable nanofiber production, cutting costs by up to 90% with patented HaloSpin™ technology. Focused on biotech, it enables scar-reducing wound care and more efficient drug discovery.
NEXTGEN TECH
Denmark, https://atlant3d.com/
Maksym Plakhotnyuk, CEO
The ATLANT 3D Nanofabricator™ LITE is an advanced R&D tool for RTOs, institutes, and universities. Powered by DALP technology, it offers unparalleled speed and flexibility for direct atomic layer processing, enabling rapid prototyping with reduced costs, dependencies, and design iterations.
Serbia, https://dunavnet.eu/
Srdjan Krco, CEO
DST is an AI-powered, multimodal digital agronomy consultant with a customizable face, voice, and memory of past conversations. Seamlessly integrated with farm management systems, it delivers personalized advice through messaging apps, helping farmers boost sustainable success.
Slovenia, https://origintrail.io/
Tomaz Levak, Founder & Managing Director
OriginTrail’s Trusted AI Ecosystem leverages the Decentralized Knowledge Graph to create scalable, tamper-proof knowledge bases from proprietary and public data, helping companies improve sustainability by connecting trusted Knowledge Assets for better insights and decision-making
Spain, www.qilimanjaro.tech
Marta Estarellas, CEO
Qilimanjaro is a full-stack quantum computing company that provides Quantum Application Specific Solutions (QASICs) to bring quantum benefits now.
SUSTAINABILITY TECH
Spain, www.aeinnova.com
Raul Aragonês, Chairman & CSO
AEInnova has developed a patent inspired by space tech. Thanks to 7 EU R&D grants, we manufacture a new generation of NETZERO heat-powered batteryless maintenance-free & long-range wireless IoT that transforms the industry 4.0 into more digital with the least environmental impact.
Portugal, https://cascatachuva.eu
Svitlana Lyubchyk, COO
Cascatachuva developed a revolutionary technological solution for producing electrical energy through direct conversion of the humidity adsorption energy by elaborating a highly innovative “atmospheric Humidity to Electricity” Converter Device with the registered trademark SKYQB.
Norway, www.kitemill.com
Asgeir Løno, CFO
Kitemill develops an Airborne Wind Energy (AWE) system that harnesses higher altitude winds to generate electricity at lower costs and with a smaller environmental footprint. The system can handle the same forces using only 1/10 of the material, a significant technology leap.
Poland, https://technovator.co/
Ruslana Dovzhyk, Co-founder & COO
TechNovator invented a new method of energy transfer based on energy quantization. Technology is able to charge low, medium, high-power devices simultaneously at a distance with high efficiency up to 95% without cables or battery replacement in various environments.
More about the Innovation Radar
The Innovation Radar is a European Commission initiative to identify high potential innovations and innovators in EU-funded research and innovation projects. Its goal is to allow every citizen, public official, professional and businessperson to discover the outputs of EU innovation funding and give them a chance to seek out innovators who could follow in the footsteps of companies such as Skype, TomTom, ARM Holdings, all of whom received EU funding in their early days.
To learn more about the Innovation Radar, visit https://www.innoradar.eu/
More about Dealflow.eu
Supported by the European Commission, Dealflow.eu discovers and supports the most promising EU-funded startups and connects them with relevant investors and corporates. The initiative was launched to help groundbreaking innovations secure the funding needed for their future commercialisation by offering them tailored support and matchmaking services.
To learn more about Dealflow.eu, visit https://dealflow.eu
Meet the 12 finalists of the Innovation Radar Prize 2024
We are thrilled to announce the 12 finalists of the Innovation Radar Prize 2024, which will pitch in front of a jury panel and an audience of potential investors at The Europas Awards 2024.
The Innovation Radar Prize is a unique opportunity to give visibility to those innovators showing the most promise on the journey of commercialisation. A short list of innovations was selected from over 240 applicants by the Innovation Radar Committee and Dealflow.eu Committee and submitted for open voting to all citizens. The open voting gathered more than 2300 voters and was weighed against the judgment of outside evaluators, experts in the field.
The Innovation Radar Summit will take place on 11 November at La Distillerie in Lisbon, right before the Web Summit starts.
HEALTH TECH
Italy, www.biomimx.com
Paola Occhetta, CEO
BiomimX is transforming drug development with its “Beating Organs-on-Chip” platform, creating human tissue replicas for more accurate preclinical testing, while significantly reducing the need for animal experimentation.
Poland, www.cellis.eu
Magdalena Król, CSO
Cellis’ MDC platform is a revolutionary cell-based immunotherapy that reprograms the tumor microenvironment, breaking drug resistance in multiple aggressive cancers. Offering real hope for patients, our innovation could transform cancer from a death sentence into a curable disease.
Spain, www.frontwave.io
Cristina Duran, CEO
Innovative Ultrasound Computed Tomography technology, combined with advanced algorithms and cloud-based supercomputing, delivers high-resolution, multiparametric breast images. This approach enhances cancer diagnosis accuracy, reduces false negatives and positives, and eliminates the need for radiation.
Estonia, www.gelatex.com
Mari-Ann Meigo Fonseca, Co-founder & COO
Gelatex pioneers scalable nanofiber production, cutting costs by up to 90% with patented HaloSpin™ technology. Focused on biotech, it enables scar-reducing wound care and more efficient drug discovery.
NEXTGEN TECH
Denmark, https://atlant3d.com/
Maksym Plakhotnyuk, CEO
The ATLANT 3D Nanofabricator™ LITE is an advanced R&D tool for RTOs, institutes, and universities. Powered by DALP technology, it offers unparalleled speed and flexibility for direct atomic layer processing, enabling rapid prototyping with reduced costs, dependencies, and design iterations.
Serbia, https://dunavnet.eu/
Srdjan Krco, CEO
DST is an AI-powered, multimodal digital agronomy consultant with a customizable face, voice, and memory of past conversations. Seamlessly integrated with farm management systems, it delivers personalized advice through messaging apps, helping farmers boost sustainable success.
Slovenia, https://origintrail.io/
Tomaz Levak, Founder & Managing Director
OriginTrail’s Trusted AI Ecosystem leverages the Decentralized Knowledge Graph to create scalable, tamper-proof knowledge bases from proprietary and public data, helping companies improve sustainability by connecting trusted Knowledge Assets for better insights and decision-making
Spain, www.qilimanjaro.tech
Marta Estarellas, CEO
Qilimanjaro is a full-stack quantum computing company that provides Quantum Application Specific Solutions (QASICs) to bring quantum benefits now.
SUSTAINABILITY TECH
Spain, www.aeinnova.com
Raul Aragonês, Chairman & CSO
AEInnova has developed a patent inspired by space tech. Thanks to 7 EU R&D grants, we manufacture a new generation of NETZERO heat-powered batteryless maintenance-free & long-range wireless IoT that transforms the industry 4.0 into more digital with the least environmental impact.
Portugal, https://cascatachuva.eu
Svitlana Lyubchyk, COO
Cascatachuva developed a revolutionary technological solution for producing electrical energy through direct conversion of the humidity adsorption energy by elaborating a highly innovative “atmospheric Humidity to Electricity” Converter Device with the registered trademark SKYQB.
Norway, www.kitemill.com
Asgeir Løno, CFO
Kitemill develops an Airborne Wind Energy (AWE) system that harnesses higher altitude winds to generate electricity at lower costs and with a smaller environmental footprint. The system can handle the same forces using only 1/10 of the material, a significant technology leap.
Poland, https://technovator.co/
Ruslana Dovzhyk, Co-founder & COO
TechNovator invented a new method of energy transfer based on energy quantization. Technology is able to charge low, medium, high-power devices simultaneously at a distance with high efficiency up to 95% without cables or battery replacement in various environments.
More about the Innovation Radar
The Innovation Radar is a European Commission initiative to identify high potential innovations and innovators in EU-funded research and innovation projects. Its goal is to allow every citizen, public official, professional and businessperson to discover the outputs of EU innovation funding and give them a chance to seek out innovators who could follow in the footsteps of companies such as Skype, TomTom, ARM Holdings, all of whom received EU funding in their early days.
To learn more about the Innovation Radar, visit https://www.innoradar.eu/
More about Dealflow.eu
Supported by the European Commission, Dealflow.eu discovers and supports the most promising EU-funded startups and connects them with relevant investors and corporates. The initiative was launched to help groundbreaking innovations secure the funding needed for their future commercialisation by offering them tailored support and matchmaking services.
To learn more about Dealflow.eu, visit https://dealflow.eu