The Selection Event
A fast-paced evening of pitches, networking, dinner & awards | Special Venue at the Kunsthaus Ballroom
2 Startup Teams funded | 2 Forge teams competing
Congratulations to Winners at the Selection Event
Startup Track
6 Teams pitched their startup idea in biotech, competing for the grand prize of a CHF 25,000 Grant (non-dilutive funding) & admission into the BioIncubate Build Phase, which grants lab access and mentorship.
1st Place: UNOMR
CHF 25,000 funded
Unomr is an early-stage biotech research project from ETH developing an interface nanopore sensor platform and AI-based data analysis for next-generation single-molecule proteomics.
Team Members: Til Schlotter, Julia Wagner, Julian Hengsteler
Runner-Up: Fempatch
CHF 5000 funded
Fempatch is aspiring to help women & offer next-generation personalized medicine through modelling the female hormone cycle via aptamer-based patch.
Team Members: Damla Ortac, Salma Azer, Yassine Massoud, Kapil JAIN
Forge Track
6 Teams pitched their solutions to Lonza’s Challenge in Biomanufacturing. The top 2 teams were admitted into the Build Phase, where they will receive CHF 10,000 lab budget + lab access to prototype their proposal over 5months. In May 2024, the 2 teams will pitch their work, competing for the Grand Prize of CHF 30,000 Cash.
Team SensiCell
Proposing a novel solution to microbial contaminant detection using a reporter cell system.
Team Members: Irina Ferapontova, Ekaterina Maevskaia, Nathan Breuillard, Alisdair Stevenson, Paolo Fischer
Team Parallelized Microfluidics
Proposing a novel solution leveraging high-throughput microfluidics & droplet-based detection methods.
Team Members: Kathryn Petersen & Christian Metzner
Witness the Forge & Startup Track teams pitch & compete for the BioIncubate Build phase admission.
Startup Track: 1 team will be awarded the CHF 25,000 Grant at this event.
Forge Track: 2 teams will be selected to partake in “Build” phase for 5months, competing towards the grand prize of CHF 30,000 cash
The event commenced with a welcome drink and introduction to the expert judging panel. Then the night kicked off with pitches. Teams from both the Forge & Startup tracks pitched their ideas.
Dinner was provided & an Apero with dessert at the end of the night.
