XTC Startups

Startups come from almost 100 countries for the chance to pitch at XTC. Although they have different homes and backgrounds, there is one thing in common: their innovations could make the world a better place.

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AgrowSure Products
South Asia Ag/Food Tech 2024

AgrowSure Products

Affordable, innovative and ease to use gender friendly farm machinery Empowering women farmers in India by...

Single machines with multiple attachments help women farmers perform various activities in the field at lower cost.

AIDONIC
Europe Digital Infrastructure 2024

AIDONIC

AI/Blockchain payments and data management platform for humanitarian aid. A payment aggregation platform for humanitarian and...

A payment aggregation platform for humanitarian and development aid agencies using AI and Blockchain transactionware to secure, expedite and audit both donation and delivery of aid to populations most in need whether by cash...

Altered Carbon
Europe Ag/Food Tech 2024

Altered Carbon

Cost-effective smart scent-detection technology for mobile devices Building graphene-based sensors to detect organic stress indicators and...

models to learn the significance of each signal will enable precision detection and early intervention to reduce food spoilage and other biological problems.

Ambient Scientific
North America Chips & Fab 2025

Ambient Scientific

  Ambient Scientific is a semiconductor company pioneering ultra-low power AI processors for edge and on-device...

We created our breakthrough Digital Analog Compute technology called DigAn® to leverage the scalability of digital and efficiency of analog compute, harnessing the best of both worlds.

Amperesand
East Asia Energy for AI 2025

Amperesand

Electricity Transformed   Infrastructure solutions, powered by novel solid state transformer technology enables efficient, intelligent, flexible...

a global scale.

ANAFLASH Inc.
North America Chips & Fab 2025

ANAFLASH Inc.

Low power low latency RCUs for edge AI devices ANAFLASH provides an always-on intelligent near-sensor reflex...

(RCU) for low power and low latency smart sensors featuring nonvolatile AI computing technology coupled with FLASH memory.

Applied Brain Research
North America Chips & Fab 2025

Applied Brain Research

  Single chip solutions for speech recognition, text-to-speech and natural language processing for edge IoT devices....

Proprietary state space network models, full stack training and deployment toolchain coupled with purpose-built processors.

Atlant3D
Europe Chips & Fab 2025

Atlant3D

  We developed an atomic layer advanced manufacturing technology which enables on-demand micro- and nano-electronics manufacturing...

Our technology has unique capabilities opening a number of applications in Advanced Materials, MEMS and sensors, optics and photonics, displays and RF devices, smart glasses and power electronics.

BettaF!sh
Europe Ag/Food Tech 2024

BettaF!sh

Tasty, affordable, plant-based canned tuna made from restorative seaweed. We are building a new food industry...

We are building a new food industry around seaweed cultivation, pioneering large scale use for nutrient dense and affordable foods with the aim of responsibly and supportively having seaweed cultivation replace harvesting of fish.

BugMars
North America Ag/Food Tech 2024

BugMars

Automating farming of edible insects through machine learning and computer vision Insect-based alternative protein is a...

Hexapod is an end-to-end IoT solution that integrates ML, CVPR and environmental sensing that tracks real-time performance metrics, provides predictive analytics, ensures traceability, and provides recommendations and real-time threat alerts, thereby increasing their yield...

CalWave
North America Energy for AI 2025

CalWave

Unlocking the power of the ocean – power and cooling CalWave’s proprietary, fully submerged wave energy...

Our high-performance systems operate even in extreme conditions. Product lines include: 1) power generator only, 2) power and data center cooling, and 3) data center hosting and cooling only. We are unlocking the largest...

ClimaSens
Australia & New Zealand EnviroSensing 2024

ClimaSens

The next generation of AI-enhanced climate models to enhance the granularity of insights at a global...

We not only provide a detailed view of the risk today, but also forecast risk up to 10 days and project risk 60 years in the future

EH Group
Europe Energy for AI 2025

EH Group

High-performance fuel cell stacks at radically lower cost EH Group powers the future of AI and...

Our breakthrough fuel cell stacks deliver zero-emission, cost-effective solutions for data centers, aviation, and marine propulsion—bringing unmatched efficiency and scalability to the soaring energy demands of the AI era.

FortyGuard
MENA EnviroSensing 2024

FortyGuard

Urban heat analysis with superior resolution and data processing for actionable insights We leverage machine learning...

While traditional satellite solutions are expensive, feature limited granularity at three kilometers, and only update once per day, FortyGuard provides an alternative solution that is 100 times cheaper, offers up to 10-meter granularity, and...

Gahan AI
South Asia Robotics/Mobility 2024

Gahan AI

AI-powered cameras, sensors and radar for 3D situational awareness ADAS, ARAS and Drive-by-Wire systems based on...

occupancy maps of the surrounding environment giving real-time insights designed to unique traffic challenges while engineered to ensure smooth integration into vehicles.

Glovatrix
South Asia BioMed 2024

Glovatrix

Real-time sign language translation for the deaf Innovative proprietary wearable device that uses AI to translate...

into speech in real-time plus an effective, accessible, and scalable education platform for sign language training and assessment.

Grapheal
Europe Chips & Fab 2024

Grapheal

  We develop and manufacture true monolayer graphene on flexible substrates & films, enabling next-generation sustainable...

Grapheal owns the entire value chain from graphene synthesis to complete sensor integration down to wireless connectivity, data acquisition and analysis.

HyperAccel Co., Ltd.
East Asia Chips & Fab 2025

HyperAccel Co., Ltd.

LLM Processing unit providing batched inference at 1/10 coast and 1/3 power Our LLM Processing Unit...

Our Streamlined Dataflow Architecture achieves unprecedented tokens-per-TFLOPS maximizing bandwidth and logic utilization across every stage of inference. Our SDK intelligently orchestrates multi-LPU systems for performance and developer usability, fully compatible with frameworks like vLLM...

Inchfab
North America Chips & Fab 2024

Inchfab

  Ultra-low-cost fabrication for next generation IoT sensing chips. InchFab has a novel fab platform that...

InchFab has a novel fab platform that costs 1000x lower than its closest competitor while maintaining the same process capabilities.

Innatera
Europe Chips & Fab 2025

Innatera

Ultra-low power neuromorphic processors for intelligent sensing Innatera makes sensors intelligent. A semiconductor spin-off from the...

A semiconductor spin-off from the TU Delft, it develops energy-efficient microprocessors that closely mimic the brain's mechanisms for sensory perception. Using a radical continuous-time processing architecture, Innatera's chips allow sensor data to be processed...

Inopase
East Asia BioMed 2024

Inopase

Neuromodulation for treatment of chronic neurological conditions Developing wireless powered, closed loop implantable neuromodulation. Currently, applied...

Currently, applied as closed loop sacral neuromodulation for treatment of overactive bladder as well as closed loop brain neuromodulation for treatment of epilepsy.

IONATE
Europe Energy for AI 2025

IONATE

Hybrid Intelligent Transformer for smart power systems We’re building the HW-SW backbone for the smart grid....

Our Hybrid Intelligent Transformer does what SSTs promise without compromising cost, efficiency, or footprint. Coordinated by our AI-enabled software, a network of these devices will enable systemic efficiencies in grids, microgrids and data centers...

IoTReady
South Asia Digital Infrastructure 2024

IoTReady

Bridging the gap between operations and ERPs with IoT and mobile. Our integrated IoT devices and...

Our integrated IoT devices and mobile app improve quality & reduce wastage across asset tracking, inventory management, productivity monitoring and preventative maintenance by integrating operations and ERPs.

JMEM-TEK
East Asia Chips & Fab 2025

JMEM-TEK

  Hardware security IP and chip design services. Traditional HW security risks being compromised by the...

Traditional HW security risks being compromised by the rapid computational speed of quantum computers. Jmem Tek's patented technology is based on Physical Unclonable Function (PUF) for Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) modules, utilizing the most complex...

Lark AI
South Asia BioMed 2024

Lark AI

AI detection of cardiology issues We are dedicated to improving the lives of people by using...

Our mission is to make this critical diagnostic process more accessible, affordable, and accurate, so that patients can receive prompt and life-saving treatments.

Literal Labs
Europe AI Models/Tools 2025

Literal Labs

Fast, Efficient and Explainable AI Algorithms Pioneering Logic-Based Networks (LBNs), a new class of AI architecture...

Built with customers’ own datasets crafting solutions precise to their domain and application, these models deliver a combination of speed, efficiency, and explainability, while reducing deployment costs by eliminating the need for power-hungry GPUs...

Lumai
Europe Chips & Fab 2025

Lumai

Using optical beams for ultra-fast & energy-efficient AI processing Our technology processes AI’s core arithmetic operations...

By utilizing low-cost optical components, the PCIe form factor-based product cuts AI processing costs and energy use by 90% while delivering 50x performance enabling cost-effective, high-performance AI inference.

Morphing Machines
South Asia Chips & Fab 2024

Morphing Machines

  We are a fabless chip startup from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). The company’s...

The company’s patent protected, many-core processor REDEFINE™ can concurrently accelerate heterogenous workloads, on a homogenous fabric of processing cores, as dynamically instantiated Domain Specific Accelerators. REDEFINE™ customers benefit from performance and power improvements, with...

mSense
South Asia Industrial 2024

mSense

AI-powered digital eyes and ears for smart defect detection in manufacturing mSense enables smart inspection in...

It?s ASDL platform enables rapid inspection solution development and deployment for manufacturing use cases. Digital Eyes based VisionDL is used for non-contact visual inspection whereas Digital Ears based AcousticDL is used for inspection using...

Muse Diagnostics
South Asia Industrial 2024

Muse Diagnostics

Digital stethoscope for remote patient monitoring A digital stethoscope designed to read heart rhythms. The TAAL...

The TAAL device captures a patient's body sounds in high definition and then filters, stores, analyzes, and shares them through a healthcare cloud mobile application eMURMUR® which provides local recording and database tools, enabling...

nanoLambda
East Asia Chips & Fab 2024

nanoLambda

  Spectroscopy is powerful tool, but spectrometers are too big, expensive and hard-to-use. We revolutionize the...

We revolutionize the 300 year old spectrometer tech with a novel digital nano tech, making the world smallest spectrometer, less than 0.1% of conventional solution’s size and cost, opening up new opportunities; on-site, real-time,...

Nayan AI
South Asia EnviroSensing 2024

Nayan AI

AI-vision democratizing visual data collection and data insights sharing NAYAN provides on demand city wide supervision,...

We use Computer Vision on crowd sourced data to identify data and provide our clients with Actionable Intelligence through customized dashboards and Mobile applications thereby making the road infrastructure safer, faster and smarter through...

north.io
Europe EnviroSensing 2024

north.io

Specialized management and analysis of geospatial data north.io is a software company specializing in the management...

The geospatial data platform facilitates the handling, sharing, and visualization of large-scale geo-referenced data, enabling more effective decision-making and project management in various sectors, including marine data for offshore wind farms.

NSS Water Enhancement Technology
Europe Chips & Fab 2024

NSS Water Enhancement Technology

  In semiconductor manufacturing ultra-pure water (UPW) is used as a cleaning agent and therefore supply...

UPW should be without any dissolved pollutants or particles that may precipitate and cause microchip failure. Upgrading to our “nano-pure water” (NPW), guarantees that no contaminations above a certain level exist, which will significantly...

Oriole Networks
Europe Chips & Fab 2025

Oriole Networks

A full-photonic network for AI and HPC Oriole Networks is building the world’s first full-photonic network...

Branded PRISM (Photonic Routing Infrastructure for Scalable Models), Oriole’s system replaces layers of electrical packet switches with a pure photonic core, removing the bandwidth, latency, and power bottlenecks that throttle today’s GPU clusters.

Parrots
North America BioMed 2024

Parrots

AI-enhanced assistive platform for people with neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s. The product features • Predictive...

The product features • Predictive Analytics with advanced AI • Customized care plans that adapt to each patient condition and progress • Easily integrates with existing healthcare systems without disruption. • Intuitive UI. •...

Phanofi
Europe Chips & Fab 2025

Phanofi

  Advanced transceiver technologies for data centers with innovative encoding/decoding schemes that provide high-speed, scalable, and...

solutions for AI workloads, achieving lower power consumption without compromising high speed performance, contributing to environmental sustainability and substantial cost savings for our customers.

QurieGen
Europe BioMed 2024

QurieGen

Decoding Cellular Responses to Accelerate Drug Discovery QuRIE-Seq combines transcriptomic, proteomic, and phosphoproteomic data to map...

The high-throughput capability and single-cell resolution uncover cellular heterogeneity, which is crucial for identifying resistance or toxicity origins.

Rebellions.ai
East Asia Chips & Fab 2025

Rebellions.ai

Korea’s AI chip national champion Delivering unmatched TPS/W with HBM- and chiplet-optimized dataflow architecture

Reflex Drive
South Asia Robotics/Mobility 2024

Reflex Drive

Advanced propulsion and traction solutions for drones and e-mobility. Innovative, proprietary designs for Brushless DC Motor...

Innovative, proprietary designs for Brushless DC Motor Controls, Electronic Speed Controllers, and drives for e-bicycles and drones used in agriculture and industrial application which deliver high performance, reliability, and efficiency to meet the needs...

Revterra
North America Energy for AI 2025

Revterra

Kinetic Stabilizer for power protection of datacenters and grid Our Kinetic Stabilizer is engineered to handle...

Our battery-free technology provides a stable bridge between grid and loads with a physically instantaneous, passive response—no power electronics required—with unmatched cost-effectiveness per-kW and free from the constraints of chemical storage. It offers true...

SAFI
North America Ag/Food Tech 2024

SAFI

Creating the tools for a safe & transparent East African dairy supply chain The world’s first,...

Additionally, at the core of the product is a digital tracking system that remotely records milk pasteurization data and centralizes production information for regulators and governments, making safe milk accessible to everyone.

Sizable Energy
Europe Energy for AI 2025

Sizable Energy

Gigawatt-scale ocean energy storage by offshore pumped-brine Sizable Energy is developing gigawatt-scale ocean energy storage. Founded...

Founded by a team of nuclear, mechanical, energy and maritime engineers, the company is committed to delivering long-duration energy storage (LDES) for a more reliable, resilient, and economically robust energy grid. Sizable Energy's solution...

Terecircuits
North America Chips & Fab 2025

Terecircuits

  Our intelligent direct-to-chip liquid cooling system is capable of reducing power consumption by 70%, based...

Can be placed on-chip to replace the aluminum heat sinks in air cooling or incorporated inside the microchip itself and allows up to 70% lower electrical energy used in the cooling process, heat extraction...

UncovAI
Europe AI Models/Tools 2025

UncovAI

  An efficient and ecological method for detecting generative content. Instead of relying on Deep Learning...

Instead of relying on Deep Learning as all our competitors, we developed an in-house model for detecting GenAI content such as text, image and soon video, and able to distinguish between GPT-like and human-made.

UniSCool
Europe Chips & Fab 2024

UniSCool

  Our intelligent direct-to-chip liquid cooling system is capable of reducing power consumption by 70%, based...

Can be placed on-chip to replace the aluminum heat sinks in air cooling or incorporated inside the microchip itself and allows up to 70% lower electrical energy used in the cooling process, heat extraction...

Virtus Solis Space Solar Power
North America Energy for AI 2025

Virtus Solis Space Solar Power

Commercializing effective solar power from space Virtus Solis (VS) is the only scalable, baseload power platform...

Our system provides 24/7 energy via a phased array solar satellite constellation in Molniya orbit with 10GHz power transfer. VS is the first and only organization to demonstrate end-to-end RF wireless power transfer suitable...

WHERE
East Asia EnviroSensing 2024

WHERE

100x faster real-estate identification with satellite image AI Developing a prop-tech platform intended to identify specific...

It streamlines property processes, and offers data-driven insights, enabling real estate professionals to access and analyze data quickly and accurately, enhancing decision-making and optimizing workflows.

WindBorne Systems
North America EnviroSensing 2024

WindBorne Systems

Global sensing constellation creating the #1 AI weather forecasting model. The most comprehensive constellation of a...

The most comprehensive constellation of a new kind of smart weather balloon constellation on the planet that can collect 10x more data per dollar over land, 100x more data per dollar over ocean compared...