Zurich – Eleven deeptech start-ups have been shortlisted for the ZKB Pioneer Award Technopark 2024. The prize, endowed with 100,000 Swiss francs, will be awarded on May 7 at Technopark Zurich.
The ZKB Pioneer Award Technopark 2024 will be presented on May 7 at Technopark Zurich. An eight-member jury shortlisted eleven start-ups from 45 applications. According to the press release , almost half of the nominees deal with technology solutions in the medtech environment, while two thirds are spin-offs from the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology in Zurich(ETH) and Lausanne(EPFL). The prize is awarded by Zürcher Kantonalbank(ZKB) and Technopark Zurich
The selected start-ups are: 4QT in Zurich, which has developed a new environmentally friendly twin-rotor drive for heavy construction machinery. Decentriq in Zurich offers a platform that enables companies to work together on confidential data without sharing the raw data. Deepjudge, also based in Zurich, offers an artificial intelligence (AI)-based knowledge search engine for law firms and legal experts.
With its innovative Breath Aerosol Collector , Avelo in Schlieren uses existing PCR tests to enable simple and rapid diagnosis of lower respiratory tract pathogens. Eightinks in Schlieren has developed a new manufacturing process for more powerful next-generation lithium-ion batteries. NexMR, also based in Schlieren, is improving the magnetic resonance method for imaging and diagnosing patients and for analyzing chemical substances in drug development.
Flybotix improves aerial drone inspection with a propulsion system that doubles the flight time. Haya Therapeutics is developing treatments to reprogram disease-related cellular conditions associated with tissue scarring (fibrosis), which is responsible for 45 percent of deaths worldwide. Limula is developing a bioreactor for cell and gene therapies (CGT) that offers hope for patients with previously incurable cancers. Flybotix, Haya Therapeutics and Limula are based in Lausanne.
Stimit in Zurich uses its innovation to stimulate diaphragmatic function in artificially ventilated patients. The Zurich-based start-up Unisers has developed a contamination analysis system that detects dirt particles in the production of computer chips and thus improves semiconductor production. ce/gba