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30 startups-winners of the Hackathon “Innovations in Deep Tech”

💥🧑‍💻🦾 After three intense days of intensive work, the Deep Tech Innovations Hackathon, held in the Techstars Startup Weekend format, has come to a successful conclusion! Participants had a unique opportunity to develop their ideas and startups, gain valuable experience and training from 15 leading mentors and industry experts, and take a step towards realizing their ambitions. 🙌

The Hackathon teams presented a variety of ideas and projects, including the development of innovative technologies in the field of artificial intelligence, biotechnology and other areas of deep technology. 🧪🤖🧬

🏆 Now we are moving to a new stage! The best 30 projects have been selected by our experienced jury and are ready to join two acceleration programs: 🔹 Development and Renovation program for pre-seed participants. 🔹 Science Intensive Innovation program for seed participants.

Briefly about the 30 winning startups:

Startups and ideas for education:

  • The Nanit robot is a DeepTech & EdTech solution that increases the level of engineering education by 3 times. 
  • AR Book, an educational VR app, is an interactive assistant in learning the school curriculum, created in collaboration with specialized teachers based on Ukrainian textbooks and free for users.
  • Univera – Univera is a platform that allows students to receive services from their university directly from their smartphone, plan their workload, and look for their first job right from the mobile app.
  • ACG is a platform that generates personalized online courses based on the user’s previous experience and preferences, which adapt to their progress and wishes.
  • ReMnemo is an innovative mobile application for effective self-study that uses an interval repetition approach based on artificial intelligence to adapt learning material to the individual needs of the user.

Startups in the biotech and medtech sectors:

  • ColMatEc – A unique collagen matrix suitable for use in everyday life, clinical medicine and disaster medicine, modified with a specific blood clotting activator.
  • VitalisLacto is a probiotic starter with a pronounced positive effect for children and unique properties in a convenient form for home use.
  • MedUpgrade – a platform for medical professionals and students that provides access to fresh and up-to-date information on the most important events in the field of medicine.
  • NGO WRTYS – biopolymer nanocomposite materials with effective bactericidal action, a proven technology for forming filaments from them for 3D printing, and 3D printed prototypes.
  • HealthHelper – a revolutionary new method for measuring blood velocity and blood pressure, HealthHelper is a device for examining the cardiovascular  system.

Startups and ideas for construction and real estate:

  • 3b – development of mixtures for construction 3D printing, architectural projects, reconstruction of Ukraine and commercial orders (printing of objects), entry into the international market.
  • Hata is a decentralized software system for real estate transactions. The Hata system aims to provide a low-cost, neutral platform for transactions based on smart contracts, based on the principle of a “smart contract”.

Startups and ideas for the agricultural sector:

  • A comprehensive technology for the production and use of substrates based on organosolids and natural sorbents for biological reclamation and remediation of technologically disturbed lands.
  • Parostok is a revolutionary technological installation for pre-sowing seed treatment that increases yields and resistance to climatic conditions using microwave technology.
  • Use of geothermal water for food production – creation of a greenhouse complex for growing vegetables (tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce) using geothermal water to heat greenhouses.
  • BrownC-Rec – liquid sorbent for remediation of soils contaminated with heavy metals and radionuclides.
  • AQUATEC – improvement of the Ukrainian tensiometric system BIONICA (software and hardware IoT solution) for effective crop irrigation management to scale the AQUATEC business.

Startups and ideas for psychological health:

  • Mark is a mobile app that helps people improve their health, prevent misdiagnoses, and enjoy life longer.
  • Jamlix is a mobile application designed to enable people to collaborate and share knowledge to reduce psychological entropy when learning new skills.
  • Dodomu (Soul lab) is a deep tech in the psychological field. Based on the scientifically based approach of “Instrumental Psychodynamic Diagnostics”, they create products for psychologists and team leaders.
  • TheHRAI is a system for automated analysis of candidates’ resumes for compliance with an open vacancy. The system can also ask questions to candidates to clarify their qualifications.
  • Naratta – AI that moderates meetings in real time to prevent conversation dominance
  • AIDeX is the development of an advanced decision support system based on its own innovative technology: a swarm of virtual experts created on the basis of artificial intelligence.

Startups and ideas for manufacturing and industry:

  • RASort is a robotic, automated sorting system for logistics warehouses, premises, etc.
  • Handrex Mobility – a motion control controller for electric vehicles based on complex mathematics and a controlled gearbox for it.

Startups in the green technology sector:

  • GRION Electro-dissociative battery is an eco-friendly source of electricity that generates electricity by electrolytic dissociation using solutions of soil salts that are divided into ions.
  • Up-Cycle is a project that involves the production of recycled plastic panels and products.
  • MeGoElectric – production of lightweight and electric vintage cars, development of cars for people in wheelchairs, including war veterans.
  • MechLab 3D – a complete solution for environmentally friendly and affordable 3D printing – a 3D printer and PET plastic recycling plant that allows you to create printable rods from ordinary plastic water bottles.
  • SolarInt – A solar flat-top high-temperature concentrator and a corresponding heat storage device to provide heat and electricity to a house at the right time of day or season.

🤩 And today, on March 11, 2024, we are launching our activities aimed at actively supporting and developing selected startups.

We thank all participants, mentors, judges and partners for this exciting experience. Together we will do incredible things! 🇺🇦⚡️

📹 Also, watch the video report from the three days of the Hackathon “Innovations in Deep Tech”:

The acceleration programs Science Intensive Innovation and Development and Renovation are implemented by Vacuum Deep Tech Acceleration with the support of the USAID Competitive Economy Program in Ukraine, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, and the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine in cooperation with the Kyiv Academic University, Ukrainian Startup Fund, and YEP Accelerator.