European Commission
Innovation Radar Prize 2023 Overall Winner
Zymvol
Zymvol, a biotech company based in Barcelona, is specialised in the design, development, and application of molecular modelling software to design and discover in a sustainable way new enzymes for the food, personal care and pharmaceutical industry.
The 12 finalists chosen among the numerous applicants for the three categories pitched their project in front of a Jury panel comprised of investors. This year, in addition to the overall Prize, awards were attributed to these three categories:
- ‘Female-Led Innovations’ for innovations stemming from women-led projects,
- ‘Sustainable Tech’ for innovations that combine cutting-edge technology with enhanced sustainability,
- ‘AI & Smart Devices’ for projects incorporating artificial intelligence and IoT in their innovations.
Female-Led Innovation
mjn
mjn from Spain won the Female-Led Innovation award for their wearable device designed to alert individuals living with drug-resistant epilepsy and their caregivers of a seizure from 1 to 3 minutes before it happens.
Sustainability Tech
Carbon Waters
The Sustainability Tech award was assigned to Carbon Waters, a tech company from France, for developing high-quality graphene-based liquid additives with enhanced performance, efficiency, and sustainability.
AI & Smart Devices
InSilico Trials
InSilicoTrials Technologies from Italy won the AI & Smart Devices award for developing a computational modeling and simulation platform based on Digital Twins and Biosimulation to optimize clinical trials in the pharma industry.
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 BioNtech, TomTom and Skype, all of whom received EU funding in their early days.
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