During two exciting days on 13-14 March, you’ll have the opportunity to discover pioneering technologies, connect with visionary entrepreneurs, and engage with top investors and industry leaders shaping the future.
Step into the Deep Tech Pioneers Exhibition space, where science-driven innovation is transforming industries and tackling the world’s biggest challenges. From breakthrough biotech and AI-driven advancements to cutting-edge sustainable energy solutions, this exclusive showcase features the most promising startups from our Deep Tech Pioneers community.
Here’s the first look at the line up of deep tech startups from our community who will be present:
Advanced Computing & Electronics startups
Utilizes AI-driven, agent-based network assessments to deliver comprehensive evaluations. Their agents perform “what-if” testing on digital twins to identify potential vulnerabilities and systematically explore the network. The assessments also analyse the impact of mitigation measures on users. Digital twin construction is fully automated, ensuring efficient and consistent results.
Gvanim
Transforming standard CMOS cameras into high-performance hyperspectral imaging systems, Gvanim overcomes traditional limitations in frame rate and spectral detail, ensuring seamless integration across applications.
Delft Circuits has developed Cri/oFlex®, a patented, flexible cable technology enabling the scalable control and readout of quantum devices at cryogenic temperatures, facilitating the expansion of quantum computing.
A cutting-edge technology reducing power usage effectiveness (PUE) while ensuring zero water consumption, no greenhouse gas emissions, fire risk, or noise pollution. Its compact design extends component lifespan and enhances efficiency.
Utilizes AI-driven, agent-based network assessments to deliver comprehensive evaluations. Their agents perform “what-if” testing on digital twins to identify potential vulnerabilities and systematically explore the network. The assessments also analyse the impact of mitigation measures on users. Digital twin construction is fully automated, ensuring efficient and consistent results.
SandGrain offers a robust cybersecurity solution that is comprehensive, seamlessly integratable, and virtually impossible to hack, ensuring enhanced safety and trust for connected systems.
Creating safe, recyclable quantum material-based energy storage devices, minimising reliance on critical materials for sustainable battery solutions.
Qruise develops solutions for quantum technology advancement, focusing on quantum computation. Its methodology is also applied to quantum sensing, MRI, silicon photonics, and other fields.
Providing real-time animal tracking and behaviour analysis with IoT-powered sensors for precision farming and research.
Integrating photonics and electronics on a single wafer using graphene to redefine chip connectivity and computing power.
Delivering an atomic-layer manufacturing platform for sustainable, high-precision microelectronics fabrication on Earth and in space.
Aerospace Startups
Revolutionising carbon fibre composite testing with an automated, 10x faster non-destructive solution, reducing airline costs and improving sustainability.
Digital Health & Medical Devices Startups
Utilising flickering light stimulation, Syntropic Medical activates the brain’s immune cells, fostering the formation of new synaptic connections. This breakthrough significantly improves depressive symptoms without side effects.
Creator of NIMBLEeva, an advanced device assessing skin elasticity, offering instant skin health mapping through a specialised database.
The first instrumentation replicating spine physiology with a unique carbon composite rod system, enhancing flexibility and strength over conventional metallic implants.
Tulipon is the first of a series of Fem-Wearable devices developed by Gals Bio. It provides menstruators with easy access to new biomarkers within their monthly bleeding, enabling personalized, early health monitoring and screening from home with lab-level accuracy. Additionally, Tulipon offers worry-free, holistic monthly bleeding management.
Developing Gecko Hand, an AI-powered prosthetic with neural interfaces, enabling intuitive control and seamless interaction with digital and physical environments.
Leveraging Real-World Evidence (RWE) to deliver real-time clinical insights, enabling personalised treatments and improved health outcomes.
Providing a waterless, portable home dialysis system with patented dialysate recycling, expanding treatment accessibility and reducing patient burden.
TheraSonic is revolutionising the treatment of neurological diseases with brain-targeted drug delivery. Using non-invasive focused ultrasound on intravenously injected gas microbubbles, they temporarily and safely disrupt the blood-brain barrier to improve drug delivery.
Developing the first salivary diagnostic wearable, integrating biosensors into dental devices for continuous health monitoring.
Energy Startups
Developing innovative solar thermal systems and compact biodiesel mini-plants, Mondi Energy simplifies local fuel production, enhancing efficiency while reducing infrastructure needs. Their scalable solutions empower industries, agriculture, and transport to transition to sustainable energy.
Pioneering eco-friendly conductive polymers, N-Link enhances electric vehicle battery performance and polymer capacitors. Their technology aligns with upcoming bans on harmful ‘forever chemicals’, providing a sustainable alternative.
Alteva is advancing ultralight lithium-sulphur batteries for electric flight and long-haul trucking. Their batteries are up to three times lighter, safer, and more sustainable than conventional alternatives, using no heavy metals and relying solely on European-sourced materials.
Advancing fusion energy by deploying tokamaks, the most efficient and proven fusion devices, to accelerate the development of scalable fusion power plants.
Introducing cost-effective, swappable hydrogen storage tanks to simplify distribution, cutting fuel costs by 50% and enabling a competitive hydrogen-based energy economy.
Halide Energy (Formerly CuRen)
Developing copper flow batteries for cost-effective, long-duration energy storage, ideal for industrial and grid-scale applications requiring fast-response flexibility.
Deploying autonomous robots for pipeline maintenance, applying an advanced MIT-developed aluminium-oxide barrier coating resistant to carbonic acid and hydrogen.
Pioneering sustainable energy storage without lithium or rare metals, Pioniq Technologies harnesses abundant materials to create next-generation batteries that are safer, cleaner, and more accessible.
Found Energy is providing an affordable, safe, and ethical alternative to fossil fuels by using abundant and energy-dense aluminium metal as a carbon-free fuel capable of generating high-temperature heat or hydrogen for industrial applications.
Building a power plant that transforms nuclear waste into carbon-free energy. Thorizon is developing a molten salt reactor that reduces long-lived waste, inherently “walk-away” safe, and produces electricity and heat at competitive costs due to its modular design.
Innovating compact, modular hydrogen fuel cells and solid hydrogen cartridges, offering four times the energy density of lithium-ion batteries.
Developing vanadium solid-state batteries with unlimited cycles, ultra-fast charging, high safety, and 20x cost reduction versus conventional batteries.
Producing bio-based eCOphite™, a high-performance carbon anode material for safer, faster-charging, and locally manufactured batteries.
Advancing DLE-R, a water- and chemical-free lithium extraction and refining method powered entirely by renewable energy.
Converting landfill waste into sustainable fuels like bio-methanol and hydrogen using MIHG gasification technology.
Environment & Biodiversity Startups
Creating customisable chemisorptive filters for highly efficient pollutant removal, enabling industries to reclaim resources while balancing cost and sustainability.
Capturing and repurposing post-combustion CO₂ emissions into high-value industrial materials, supporting net-zero goals with over 95% efficiency.
Developing ultra-compact electric POD motors for boats, offering 10x smaller, highly efficient, zero-emission propulsion with reduced CO₂ and material use.
Food & Agriculture Startups
Designing closed-loop aquaculture systems that optimise fish farming efficiency while minimising environmental impact.
Introducing a zero-emission nitrogen fixation technology that disrupts fossil-based fertiliser production and enhances local supply chains.
An alcohol-free instant beverage enriched with premium wine polyphenols and dietary fibres, supporting heart health and reducing glucose spikes. Crafted from wine and its byproducts, it offers a rich, wine-like taste while promoting daily wellness.
Leveraging a proprietary AI model, AI Bobby accelerates the discovery of protein functionalities in texture, taste, and nutrition—transforming the food industry in the same way AI revolutionised pharmaceuticals.
Upcycling 100% of planting wastewater into nutrient solutions via AIoT-powered electrocatalytic technology, reducing costs and emissions while optimising plant growth.
Transforming aquafaba into an egg substitute powder through patented drying technology, replacing 130,000 eggs per tonne while reducing food waste and emissions.
Industrial Biotech & New Materials Startups
Producing sustainable, forestry-derived raw materials for industries replacing fossil-based components in chemicals and personal care.
Offering next-generation cryopreservation solutions, Cell Tereo ensures the long-term integrity of biological samples through advanced radiation shielding and detection technologies, critical for research and clinical applications.
Licensing BioBlocks™ fermentation technology to convert agricultural byproducts into high-value bio-based materials and food ingredients, driving industrial-scale bioeconomy solutions.
Producing high-purity, sulphur-free lignin from waste biomass, enabling the development of bio-based materials across diverse applications.
Innovating biodegradable superabsorbents from Antarctic bacteria-derived polymers, offering a sustainable, cost-effective alternative to petrochemical-based materials.
Producing fully biodegradable PHBV polymers from marine biomass, eliminating recycling needs and extracting valuable bio-based by-products.
Engineering lysins, nature-inspired proteins that selectively eliminate harmful bacteria, demonstrating unmatched precision for skincare applications.
Innovating biotechnology-driven, nature-identical fragrances with enhanced purity, sustainability, and cost-efficiency for the fragrance industry.
Retein is developing separation membranes that efficiently recover waterborne resources with molecular precision for circular use.
Commercialising Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for large-scale, low-energy CO₂ capture, reducing industrial emissions with a cost-effective solution.
Industry & Machines Startups
Advancing high-speed, high-resolution DGLD™ glass 3D printing, eliminating the need for cleanroom infrastructure.
Developer of PHYre®, a patented chemical recycling process for carbon fibre composites, recovering fibres with 98% of their original strength while significantly lowering environmental impact.
Revolutionising rotating machinery with frictionless magnetic bearings, increasing efficiency and reducing maintenance costs.
Delivering high-efficiency GaN transistors for power electronics, outperforming silicon carbide in EVs, HVAC, and renewable energy applications.
WCB Robotics revolutionises facade cleaning with E.L.M.O., a lightweight, Automating facade cleaning with E.L.M.O., a lightweight robotic system that improves efficiency and reduces labour costs.
Medical Biotech & Pharmaceuticals Startups
Cellect Laboratories
Providing a nanotechnology-enhanced, non-invasive diagnostic solution embedded in menstrual products for high-accuracy HPV testing and reproductive health screening.
Uncovering a novel cancer pathway, THERANOVIR has developed a monoclonal antibody (NOV2) targeting a cancer-specific form of NRP-1. This innovation offers a promising therapeutic avenue for late-stage cancers.
SoundCell revolutionises antibiotic testing by monitoring the mechanical movement of individual pathogen cells. By introducing antibiotics and tracking cellular motion, it delivers rapid, real-time results within an hour.
Introducing dielectrophoresis-based concentration technology into detection systems, NANOTIS provides ultra-sensitive, rapid diagnostic solutions using saliva, paving the way for advanced infectious disease testing and biological particle analysis.
Automating cell therapy manufacturing with a scalable, precision-engineered platform, reducing costs and unlocking new commercial opportunities.
Developing a rapid, AI-powered point-of-care troponin test, delivering lab-accurate results in just eight minutes to support real-time clinical decisions.
Aptah Bio has developed RNA Widespread Correction (RNA WiCo™), a pioneering RNA rejuvenation platform that enables the rational design of synthetic molecules to edit, modulate, and control the expression of multiple RNAs.
Portal Biotechnologies is enabling next-generation cell engineering with a proprietary mechanical delivery system that can deliver diverse cargo types to a broad range of cell types using a compact silicon chip.
Cellectric provides rapid, automated, and selective isolation of pathogens from complex biological samples like blood. This technology greatly accelerates sepsis diagnosis, enhancing the efficiency and precision of existing diagnostic methods, and potentially saving millions of lives annually.
ALMA lens integrates embedded electronics and adaptive optics. Designed with flexible technologies, it delivers fully autonomous dynamic vision correction. The lens enhances vision, monitors eye health, and ensures seamless, personalized care.
Sustainable Construction & Infrastructure Startups
Revolutionising data storage with DNA-based technology, offering a million times the capacity of traditional drives while ensuring millennia-long preservation with minimal energy consumption.
UnBoxed uses recycled PETG and glass fiber to create 3D-printed, prefabricated blocks. This achieves net-zero standards, reduces landfill waste, improves insulation, and cuts construction costs and time by over 50%, ensuring equitable, sustainable housing solutions.
Transforming water management with self-powered sensors, enabling real-time leak detection and network optimisation for improved efficiency.
Pioneering a self-insulating, perlite-based dry-stack construction system that speeds up assembly, reduces waste, and lowers water and carbon footprints.
AeroShield Materials is an MIT spin-out making the world’s most thermally insulating transparent inserts for windows. Just four millimeters of our material inside a double-pane window creates a product that is 65% more energy efficient, saving homeowners money and saving the environment.
Developing a resource-free recycling process for concrete and other construction materials, promoting a circular economy in building.
About the Deep Tech Pioneers community
The Deep Tech Pioneers community at Hello Tomorrow is a global network of the most promising startups using cutting-edge science and technology to tackle the world’s biggest challenges. Selected from thousands of applicants, these visionary entrepreneurs gain exclusive access to funding opportunities, industry leaders, and tailored support to accelerate their growth. As part of this thriving ecosystem, they connect with investors, corporates, and fellow pioneers pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.
