Startups of Tomorrow

SDG 1 | Poverty

Zamba tackles rural poverty by connecting fragmented agricultural supply chains through an integrated digital platform. By providing smallholder farmers with essential tools for crop planning, education, and logistics, Zamba improves market access and yields, empowering vulnerable communities to build resilient, profitable livelihoods.

SDG 2 | Sustainable agriculture

Odd.Bot tackles agricultural labor shortages and herbicide bans by replacing manual and chemical weeding with autonomous, AI-driven robots. By mechanically removing weeds with millimeter-level precision, it provides farmers with a cost-effective, chemical-free solution that protects crop yields and drives sustainable farming practices.

SDG 3 | Health & wellbeing

Alaia addresses the gender health gap by empowering the 1 in 10 women living with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) to navigate their healthcare journey. By providing evidence-based tools for diagnosis and daily condition management, it ensures women's symptoms are taken seriously, improving access to proper care and overall wellbeing.

SDG 4 | Quality education

Automatus supports quality education by making invisible math gaps visible and actionable for teachers. By mapping each student's progress on a "math wall" and automatically generating targeted exercises, it enables instant, personalized instruction. This eliminates guesswork and generic coursework, ensuring every student receives the exact support they need to build confidence and succeed.

SDG 5 | Gender equality

Health.be empowers women through crucial life phases—like fertility, pregnancy, and menopause—by combining continuous data tracking with evidence-based coaching. This holistic platform equips healthcare professionals to deliver personalized, preventive care, helping women make sustainable lifestyle changes and actively closing the gender health gap.

SDG 6 | Clean water & sanitation

Virenti tackles the environmental impact of electronics by replacing polluting, fossil-based printed circuit boards with a sustainable, bio-based alternative. By offering manufacturers a cost-competitive solution that significantly reduces toxic industrial waste and carbon emissions, it protects water ecosystems and drives the tech sector toward cleaner, more resilient production.

SDG 7 | Clean & affordable energy

Gridual accelerates the energy transition by unlocking the untapped local value of battery storage. While traditional algorithms focus solely on broad portfolio optimization, Gridual’s localized approach maximizes battery efficiency where it is needed most, stabilizing the grid and making clean energy more reliable and cost-effective.

SDG 8 | Decent work & economic growth
Goodshift drives the growth of the impact economy by connecting ambitious talent with companies solving urgent climate, health, and social challenges. Through a curated marketplace that matches candidates based on values, skills, and culture, it enables professionals to find meaningful, decent work while helping purpose-driven businesses secure the vital talent they need to scale their positive global impact.

SDG 9 | Industry, innovation, infrastructure
BIOFIBIX accelerates sustainable manufacturing by replacing synthetic composites with high-performance flax fabrics. Through an innovative fiber treatment and cost-effective production, it delivers lightweight, CO₂-capturing natural materials to the automotive and construction sectors, driving industrial innovation and circularity.

SDG 10 | Reduce inequality
NUL reduces communication friction for neurodivergent individuals by translating invisible social context into clear, actionable insights. Using privacy-first AI to decode tone, intent, and non-verbal cues during live interactions, it bridges communication gaps to foster inclusivity and empower neurodivergent minds to navigate society equally.

SDG 11 | Sustainable communities/cities
Waste-end helps communities become more sustainable by transforming food waste into a localized resource via on-site, plug-and-play biodigesters. By converting organic waste directly into renewable energy, it cuts disposal costs and CO₂ emissions while eliminating heavy waste transport, driving circular resilience at the local level.

SDG 12 | Responsible consumption/production
Compack tackles plastic waste and deforestation by transforming agricultural byproducts into sustainable packaging. By repurposing leftover mushroom substrate into a natural alternative to traditional packaging materials, it cuts CO₂ emissions and eliminates harmful waste, driving a truly circular and responsible production model.

SDG 13 | Climate action (CO2 reduction)
Trosort accelerates climate action by equipping textile sorting centers with the infrastructure needed to scale global fashion recycling. By maximizing value capture from discarded clothing and expanding sorting capacity, it prevents massive volumes of textile waste from reaching landfills and incinerators, significantly cutting the fashion industry's carbon footprint.

SDG 14 | Life in water
Go Ocean protects marine ecosystems by connecting private capital with the world's most promising ocean restoration projects. By turning marine recovery into a viable, long-term investment and raising awareness through storytelling, it bridges the funding gap to restore threatened underwater habitats at scale.

SDG 15 | Life on land (biodiversity, population etc.)
BIO INX protects terrestrial life by developing advanced bio-ink cartridges that 3D print human cells and tissues. By enabling the creation of personalized tissue models and organic body parts, this technology advances regenerative medicine while significantly reducing the scientific reliance on animal testing, driving a more ethical and sustainable approach to medical innovation.

SDG 16 | Peace, justice & strong institutions
Cofamly reduces communication conflict between separated parents by providing a structured platform for planning, expense splitting, and professional alignment. By connecting families with mediators, lawyers, and counselors, it transforms a daily coordination tool into a full support ecosystem that protects children from emotional distress and actively eases the burden on overwhelmed family courts.

SDG 17 | Partnerships for the goals
Subalta accelerates cross-border collaboration by unlocking access to billions in European public funding. By unifying scattered grant opportunities and automating consortium building, the platform connects industrial groups and innovation clusters with the ideal partners in weeks rather than months. This turns complex public-private funding into a streamlined, strategic lever for building impactful, sustainable partnerships.