A Look Back at 2024 Programs, Events, & Partnerships
Shaping a Sustainable Future Through Innovation in Climate Tech
Las Vegas, NV, USA
At CESยฎ 2024, XTC spotlighted innovation and collaboration at a networking reception which featured a keynote address by Lars Reger, a fireside chat with Dr. Vanessa Chan, and the Deep Tech Climate Innovations Startup Challenge pitch session with a welcome from Nicole Johnson of Cadence Giving Foundation, our sponsoring partner.
๐ Winner: EarthEn
๐ Startup Finalists: 7Analytics, Barrow Green, BioEsol, Dynamic Air Cooling (DAC), EarthEn, EH Group, SeaO2, and Water Warriors
๐ฅWatch the Videos: Fireside, Pitches, Interview with the Winner
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Technology Has No Borders
Tokyo, Japan
In its 5th year, XTC Japanโs expanded programming included:
- A panel discussion with Deep Tech VCs from around the world including Young Sohn, Kay Lin, Hideki Nagasaka, and Shinya Kasuga;
- A panel discussion on startups going abroad with Kengo Horiuchi, Jong Myong Kim, Yuji Suzuki, and Atsushi Mizushima;
- The startup pitch competition
๐Winner: Inopase
โ Runner-up: WHERE
๐ Finalists: mediVR Inc., Ai6, Inc., Ellie Inc., Linda Pesa Limited, SITESENSING, Inopase, andperiod Inc., Turing Japan, Cloudpick, WHERE
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Innovation and Sustainability Shine at NVIDIA GTC 2024
San Jose, CA, USA
NVIDIA GTC 2024 was a fusion of startups, innovation, technology, and impactful solutions. Central to the excitement was the Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC), which showcased promising ventures through the Sustainable Futures Startup Showcase and the Climate AI Startup Demo at AI Nations and Sustainable Futures Day.
Programming included a fireside chat with XTC Co-founder Bill Tai and insightful discussions with notable speakers including Keith Strier, Frederik Blachetta, Navrina Singh, Dr. Hoang Anh Tuan, Lene Oddershede, and Amit Chaturvedy
๐ Startup Showcase: Bug Mars, WindBorne Systems and FortyGuard
๐ Sustainable Futures initiative startups: Bug Mars, ClimaSens, and north.io
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๐ย Audio interviews with Jay Sadiq and Natalie Duncan
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Connecting, Collaborating and Nurturing Indian Technology Startups
Noida, India
The 4th year of NXPโs startup competition presented with Startup India, held in partnership with XTC. Winners advanced to our global community. Supported by XTC Board Member and NXP EVP and CTO Lars Reger who joined this yearโs Grand Finale as distinguished Guest of Honor.
๐ Winners: Glovatrix, IoTReady, Muse Diagnostics, Reflex Driveย ๐
XTC at the Nexus of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Impact at TNW 2024
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
At TNW 2024, our inaugural collaboration centered on strengthening the deep tech ecosystem, sharing insights on semiconductor and AI innovation, and showcasing the next generation of transformative deep-tech startups poised to shape the future.
Program included:
- A Fireside Chat โDeep Tech Trends: What We Can Expect by 2030โย hosted by Christina Criddle, with Lars Reger and Young Sohn;
- A panel discussion on The State of European Deep Tech Panel with Cyril Vanฤura, Thomas Oehl, and Harm de Vries;
- The final pitching round of the Global Deep Tech Startup Competition.
ย ๐ Winner: QurieGen
ย ๐ Finalists: Calectra, Matrix Health & Care, Parrots, QurieGen, and REBLADE
๐ฅ Watch the Videos: Leader Panel, Panel, Pitches, Interview with Winner
๐ Full Event Recap
Extreme Tech Challenge joins the U.S. Department of State Coalition for Climate Entrepreneurship public-private partnership
July 2, 2024
In an agreement aimed at driving innovative climate solutions, the U.S. Department of State and Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), announced July 2, for XTC to join the Coalition for Climate Entrepreneurship (CCE) public-private partnership designed to catalyze climate innovation in developing economies by nurturing emerging and market-viable climate solutions. The U.S. Department of State works together with CCE partners, including academia, accelerators, investors, nonprofits, and corporations to support climate-focused startups and bolster sustainable investment to confront climate change and advance economic security. The first initiative under this new partnership is the Extreme Tech Challenge Startup Cup for Semiconductor and AI Innovations. This startup competition will accelerate technologies that foster a sustainable and environmentally friendly future.
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Peace, Justice & Inclusive Society Startup Competition
UN Headquarters – New York City
Produced with the Republic of Korea Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the UN Development Programme and seeking to align technological innovation with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with a focus on SDG 16 to promote peaceful and inclusive societies, provide access to justice for all, and build effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions at all levels.ย Focus on tech solutions which โ enhance access to trusted and verified information, uphold AI ethics, ensure data protection, privacy and integrity, build and strengthen inclusive, responsive and accountable institutions.
๐ Winner: AIDONIC
๐ Finalists: AIDONIC, Alatpres Technologies, Digizen, Indexa Law, SimpleProof, TOMi.Digital
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UN Food & Agriculture Organization World Food Forum Startup Innovation Challenge
UN Food & Agriculture Organization Headquarters – Rome, Italy
The 4th year of our partnership with UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)’2, World Food Forum (WFF) to support and showcase innovators and entrepreneurs who are harnessing the power of technology to drive the sustainable transformation of agrifood systems in support of ending global hunger and achieving SDGs, this year in 4 startup categories:
- Digital Innovation in Food Processing โข Empowering Women in Agriculture
- Reducing Food Loss โข Good Food for All Today and Tomorrow
We were joined this year by sponsoring partners ADM, Kilburn & Strode, Next Tech Food Factories, Smart Sensors 4 Agri Food, High Five consortium, Qing Engineering and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Innovation Lab.
Program included:
- Fireside Chat on โHow Deep Tech Innovations are Solving World Hungerโ hosted by XTC Executive Managing Director Victoria Slivkoff with Nicolas Autret of Walden Catalyst Ventures along with the Better Environment Winner of the 2023 WFF Startup Challenge โ Matthew Mitchell CTO and co-Founder of Organicin Scientific and
- Final pitching round among the Top 2 Finalists in each category.
ย Innovation the Year: Altered Carbon
๐ Winners: AgrowSure, Altered Carbon, BettaF!sh, Safi
๐ Finalists: AgrowSure, Altered Carbon, BettaF!sh, Duhqa, Energy Assured, PoultrySync, Safi, SenzAgro Solutions
๐ฅ Watch the Full Event Video
๐ Interview with the Innovation of the Year
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Semiconductors & AI Innovation Startup Cup Competition
Innovation Forum, San Francisco, CA | Competition Finals, CES 2025, Las Vegas
A new program with sponsoring partners Arm and Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn), to solicit exciting and unique startups in two pivotal areas of our times:
- Semiconductors and Ecosystem – innovations from chip design, manufacturing, materials, to the broader ecosystem of software, integration, and applications.ย ย
- AI and Data Infrastructure – innovations in AI itself as well as infrastructure crucial for efficiently processing, training and deploying AI; with a special award for the greatest impact on datacenter efficiency.
At our October 28 Innovation Forum sponsored also by Foley & Lardner LLP and CBRE we presented
- Keynotes with Young Sohn and Bill Tai
- A Fireside Chat chat between Young Sohn and Dede Goldschmidt on Innovation Opportunities and Challenges ahead of Sustainable AI
โข Panel on AI Chips and Infrastructure with Fabrizio Del Maffeo, Davor Capalija, and Santosh Raghavan, moderated by Jonathan Charles and - Panel on Interconnect and Packaging Technologies for Sustainable AI with Alan Liu, and Syrus Ziai, moderated by Francis Ho
๐ Finalists: Ambient Scientific, Applied Brain Research, Atlant3D, JMEM Technology Co., Ltd., Literal Labs, Phanofi, Terecircuits, UncovAIย ย ๐
๐ฅ Watch the Videos
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