Announcements

January 14, 2022

XTC is Hiring! Strategic Program Manager

As the Strategic Program Manager, you are a strategic thinker and operational doer. Critical to your success is the ability to flex across initiatives and build effective bridges/alignment through strong partnerships, decision-making, and communication.
December 22, 2021

Revolutionizing Tech for the Disabled: the Future of Inclusion

This episode of the Extreme Tech Innovators podcast series features a conversation with Eric Ju Yoon Kim, CEO and Founder of the 2021 Co-Winner of Extreme Tech Challenge, DOT Incorporated of Korea.
December 22, 2021

Canadian Startup Turns Food Waste into Useful Materials

This episode of the Extreme Tech Innovators podcast series features a conversation with Luna Yu, CEO and Founder of the 2020 Global Winner of Extreme Tech Challenge, Genecis Bioindustries of Canada.
December 21, 2021

2021: A Fantastic Year, Wrapped!

Thanks to our startup founders, partners, sponsors and friends, we've completed another successful year together. Check out some of our highlights!
December 18, 2021

Insurance Coverage for Climate Change: Thank Hillridge Technology for that!

The new “Extreme Tech Innovators” podcast series includes a conversation with Dale Schilling, CEO and Founder of the 2021 Co-Winner of Extreme Tech Challenge,  Hillridge Technology of Australia.
December 3, 2021

5 Extreme Tech Challenge Startups Solving the Climate Crisis

Sustainability and innovation are at the heart of everything we do at the Extreme Tech Challenge, and our startups live by the same values. Check out just a few of our incredible companies making the world a better place.
November 23, 2021

Extreme Tech Challenge Continues Expansion With Key Partners and Launches a New Regional Competition in Switzerland

Innovation has no borders, making it crucial for the Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) to expand its community internationally, but we can’t do it alone. We recognize the importance of creating a global platform that entrepreneurs can tap into for critical resources to fuel their success.
November 16, 2021

XTC Startups solving the climate crisis through innovation and international partnerships

COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland gathered the world’s top leaders, activists, companies and more to meet, plan and implement real change in their countries to address the climate crisis. Startups are key creators of innovative and climate-friendly solutions like carbon sequestering, bioplastics and more.
November 1, 2021

The Extreme Tech Challenge joins the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s World Food Forum to transform agri-food systems with the power of youth and innovation

Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC), in partnership with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s World Food Forum (WFF), is pleased to announce the Winners of the first WFF Startup Innovation Awards.
October 21, 2021

Full focus on ‘Tech for Good’ and ‘ecosystem intelligence’ in Extreme Tech Challenge

Dutch and Belgian impact-driven tech startups now have their own dedicated support community for the Extreme Tech Challenge, the world's largest ecosystem and competition for purpose-driven technology. The contest is inspired by the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
October 17, 2021

Clean our Air – Earshot Prize – Takachar

Globally, we generate $120 billion of agricultural waste every year. What farmers cannot sell, they often burn, with catastrophic consequences for human health and the environment. The burning of agricultural waste causes air pollution that in some areas has reduced life expectancy by a decade.
October 17, 2021

Technion – EIT-Food

October 15, 2021

2021 World Food Day

Under the World Food Day 2021 theme “Our actions are our future”, the New York-based virtual event will showcase innovative solutions and calls to action to ensure that our agri-food systems deliver enough affordable, nutritious and safe food for all. World Food Day stands to raise awareness of the need to support the transformation to MORE efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agri-food systems for better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life, leaving no one behind.
October 5, 2021

Vibrant youth gathering sparks ideas and actions to shape the future of our agri-food systems

Youth send out message on food as a basic right at first World Food Forum
August 17, 2021

Alumni Feature: GENECIS BIOINDUSTRIES

The second season of XTC's worldwide competition of startups addressing the major challenges outlined in the UN Sustainable Development Goals just completed last month at the XTC 2021 Global Finals presented by TechCrunch.

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