Finals of the Arqus International Innovators Award 2023
Vote for a Start-up of Leipzig University!
The final of the "Arqus International Innovators Award 2023" is here. Cast your vote from 20 to 26 June! Everyone can vote. Seven start-ups proposed by Arqus universities are up for selection.
Voting period: 20 to 26 June 2023
The "Arqus International Innovators Award" aims to discover and promote university-based start-ups planning to internationalise (Born Global Start-ups) at an early stage. The award offers a platform for the start-ups to present their international business models. They gain more visibility and can network on a European level for the implementation of international projects.
One of them is EST3R Biotech, a start-up from Leipzig University that optimises plastic-degrading enzymes for the molecular recycling of plastic waste. For this, the team is developing a high-throughput electronic platform to track the biodegradation of plastics in real time and in a highly parallelised manner. This technology allows them to continuously develop the enzymes via artificial evolution and adapt them to the desired process parameters for industrial scale.
Besides EST3R Biotech, the finalists are:
- Quimify
An app to make chemistry easy.
University of Granada - EVHACS
Infrastructure for heat pumps and charging electric vehicles.
Maynooth University - Karion Therapeutics
New therapies for cancer.
University of Minho - Airall
A new AirMobility through eVTOLs.
University of Padua - SeqVision
Rapid plasmid sequencing service.
Vilnius University - Integral Solution
Psychobiotics to enhance your performance.
University of Wroclaw
You can find video introductions of all teams on the Arqus website.
The award ceremony will be announced live on 27 June during the Born Global Start-up Festivals (BGSF) in Leipzig! The BGSF is a three-day event designed to give international founders the opportunity to establish start-ups in Germany.
The "Arqus International Innovators Award 2023" is the 4th edition of the competition previously known as the "Arqus Virtual Company Creation Challenge".