Breaking Boundaries with the Advanced Materials Competition 2024 Winners
INAM is pleased to announce the winners of the Advanced Materials Competition (AdMaCom) 2024, a specialised accelerator initiative dedicated to accelerating deep tech startups in Materials Science.
The program commenced on 8 April, 2024, marking the beginning of a transformative journey for 10 groundbreaking startups. Over three weeks, they benefited from resources, mentorship, and expert connections to elevate their startups.
The program reached its pinnacle with an impressive Demo Day on 26 April, 2024. Here, the 10 startups showcased their innovations to an engaged audience of potential investors and industry leaders. Following careful deliberation, the winners of this year's competition emerged. These visionary startups demonstrated exceptional promise, innovation, and the potential for significant growth.
Meet the winners
Overall winner
Incaptek (Switzerland) produces Ultra-low-k dielectric materials for next-gen electronics, supercomputing & next-G wireless systems.
Mentor's choice
SCALE Advanced Biocomposites(France) Decarbonises advanced composites by creating bio-based materials that can enhance or replace carbon fiber.
Crowd favourite
Serino (Germany) Develops semiconductor inks to print & manufacture optical sensors.
We're equally excited to applaud the exceptional accomplishments of every participant from the Advanced Materials Scale and Advanced Materials Competition 2024 Cohort. This year’s participants demonstrated breakthrough innovations across a wide range of industries.
The startups:
BioHalo (Denmark) Develops bio-based materials that serve as eco-friendly, high performance replacements for harmful PFAS.
Depo (Poland) Next-generation amorphous carbon electrodes.
Elementag (Italy) Nanomarkers for traceability and anti-counterfeiting.
FastCast Ceramics (Germany) Builds complex porous ceramics from water-based slurries.
Nanoedge GmbH (Germany) High-performance nano-coatings to enable revolutionary and innovative products.
ParaStruct (Austria) Harnesses 3D printing to transform unusable mineral & biogenic wastes into circular building materials.
Re-Fresh Global(Germany and Israel) Eliminating textile waste with a patented method that proceses 98% of collected waste.
Chris Daubney, Project Manager INAM, shares his enthusiasm for the program's success.
“We were delighted to work with another strong batch of deep tech startups during the 3-week AdMaCom 2024 program. The first two weeks were held completely online and saw the startups put through their paces in workshops and 1-on-1 expert mentoring sessions. In week 3 we were pleased to welcome all 10 teams to Berlin for an intense schedule of further in-person training and mentoring sessions, as well as a field trip to Hannover Messe and, of course, the showpiece Demo Day at EINS. Over the three weeks it was a pleasure getting to know the startups, their technologies, and to help them make meaningful connections within INAM's Berlin and international ecosystem. I'd like to thank the startup teams for their professionalism and engagement, as well as our mentors and trainers for their time, effort and dedication in supporting the startups. The INAM Team looks forward to further supporting the AdMaCom Class of '24 on their journeys in the coming years.”
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