Deep Tech Climate Innovations Challenge: Finalists Announced 🎉
📣 Congratulations to the Top 8 Finalists of the Deep Tech Climate Innovations Challenge, presented by Cadence Foundation by Cadence Design Systems.
This challenge focuses on pioneering technologies that can serve as the bedrock of reducing global emissions. They have the potential to shape a sustainable future in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
This challenge isn’t just about disrupting industries but rewriting the future. Eight finalists will take the stage to pitch their transformative innovations … and one will take home the winner title.
🥁Drumroll, please, for our Top 8 Finalists …
🌎 7Analytics: Real time water monitoring. FloodCube Realtime is based on highly detailed satellite data combined with machine learning models for land use, roads, sub-basins, drainage capacity, and more. Based in Norway.
🌎 Barrow Green is developing an elastocaloric cooling technology invented at the Army Research Laboratory (ARL), which does not utilize hydrofluorocarbons as a refrigerant, and which has the potential to be highly energy efficient. Based in the U.S.
🌎 BioEsol is a manufacturer of an AI-driven energy storage system intended to be efficient and sustainable and save on energy costs through a monthly subscription. Based in Mexico.
🌎 Dynamic Air Cooling (DAC) is a new, environmentally friendly air conditioning and refrigeration technology that uses no synthetic HFC coolants* and features no thermal emissions. It’s ideal for commercial, industrial and residential applications. Based in Poland.
🌎 EarthEn develops novel flexible thermo-mechanical energy storage solutions that use CO2 in a closed loop to store 4-100+ hours of energy at a low cost, highly scalable and safe manner with over a 30-year LTV. Based in the U.S.
🌎 EH Group: High performance hydrogen fuel cell technology for a decarbonized future. Based in Switzerland.
🌎 SeaO2’s solution is Direct Ocean Capture, which relies solely on renewable electricity and seawater as inputs to extract CO2 from the atmosphere through the ocean. The process uses electrochemistry and vacuum to alter the carbonate equilibrium of water to enable CO2 extraction in gas form, resulting in two outputs: decarbonized water and a pure stream of CO2. Based in the Netherlands.
🌎 Water Warriors Poseidon high-capacity water treatment pellets, a patented innovation from Water Warriors, adsorbs phosphorus and ammonia at an impressive rate. The process is brilliantly simple — water flows through the pellets and leaves the phosphorus behind. Once the pellets reach nutrient capacity they can be used as fertilizer, returning the phosphorus to the land, creating responsible re-use of a diminishing resource. Based in the U.S.
👑 Thanks to our finals judges, who will attend the event and decide who will claim the crown:
Jaswinder Ahuja, Corporate VP, Cadence Design Systems
Dr. Vanessa Chan, U.S. Department of Energy, Chief Commercialization Officer, Office of Technology Transitions
Shankar Chandran, Partner, Walden Catalyst Ventures
Adrian Hernandez, Director of Strategy, CTO Integrated Solutions, NXP Semiconductors
Francis Ho, Partner, Walden Catalyst Ventures
Nicole Johnson, Global Director of Social Impact, Cadence Design Systems
Andy Kau, Partner, Walden Catalyst Ventures
And a big round of applause and heartfelt gratitude for our Evaluators for their invaluable expertise and support! 👏👏
Sarvesh Agrawal, Director Corporate Strategy, Lifestyle Technology, HARMAN International
Jimmy Cheng, Chief of Staff, Synopsis
Fabian Faul, Strategy Analyst, NXP Semiconductors
Martin Gruber, VP Corporate Strategy, NXP Semiconductors
Evelyn Heinbach, Sr. Dir. Strategy, Lifestyle Division, HARMAN International
Clare Hunter, HARMAN International
Gorm Jørgensen Senior Director, Innovation, EPIC, Car Audio, HARMAN Automotive
Sean Kapoor, Global VP, Revenue Growth, Sales & Marketing, HARMAN International
Mark van den Kieboom, Strategy Analyst, NXP Semiconductors
Siddhant Patil, Software Engineer II, Cadence Design Systems
Fiona Riggall, Director of Sustainability & Climate Impact, Arm
Trevor Smith, Senior Director, Field Applications Engineering, NXP Semiconductors
Florian Urbanek, Strategy Analyst, NXP Semiconductors
Rama Venkatasubramanian, Sr. Group Director, Tensilica IP, Cadence Design Systems
Tenika Versey Walker, Global Head of Sustainable Futures Program, NVIDIA Inception, NVIDIA
Lynn Wright, Sr. Engineering Operations Group Director, Global Operations Manager, Quality and Solutions, Cadence Design Systems
Finalists will pitch at a showcase on the evening of January 10, 2024, in the vibrant city of Las Vegas, Nevada, amidst the backdrop of CES®, the world’s largest tech expo and global stage of innovation. 🚀
Following the final pitch round, we’ll hold an exclusive networking reception. Amidst all the buzz of CES 2024, we’re carving out a space where corporate execs, startup founders, legendary VCs and ecosystem builders come together for an evening that promises not just premium networking but a celebration of climate innovation itself.
The Deep Tech Climate Innovations Challenge winner will be announced on January 11 at the Eureka Park Stage during the final event at 3:00.
We’re excited to kick off 2024 with a bang! 🧨