The Spinoff Prize
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2021 Winner
HighT-Tech, established by researchers from the University of Maryland and John Hopkins University, invented a disruptive high-temperature shock technique and opens a new material space of multielement high entropy alloy catalysts, which exhibit significantly higher performance and stability than few-element catalysts. The HEA nanoparticles mix multiple elements with less or no noble metals to create high-performance, low-cost catalysts for chemical and energy industries, such as fuel cells, ammonia synthesis and oxidation. The 2021 winner was announced at the 2021 Future Insight Days on 12th July 2021.
Our judges felt that "HighT-Tech is a company with world-class scientific foundations, upon which a next-generation discovery platform is being built to address an important technical bottleneck in industrial catalyst development. The platform nature of the approach significantly reduces the risk of technological or commercial failure, given the opportunity to develop catalysts for a broad range of applications and thus potential to make a significant impact across a large and important sector."
2021 Finalists
The path from university research to start-up company is an essential part of the innovation economy. The Spinoff Prize Outlook 2021 presents some star spin-offs that took root after seeds of scientific insight fell on fertile commercial soil.
2020 Winner
Steve Xu and the team at Sibel Health are seeking to address many unmet needs through their technology. To eliminate the scarring that occurs to the fragile skin of newborns connected to monitoring systems via harsh adhesives, to enable medical procedures to take place unhindered and to provide lower cost access to ICU monitoring. But perhaps the greatest unmet need that Sibel is addressing is fundamentally a human one, to enable a new born child to be held and comforted by their loved ones during their moment of greatest need.
Sibel Health: designing vital-sign sensors for delicate skin
2020 Finalists
The application of science to real-world problems drives economies and improves lives. Nature is shining a spotlight on some of the brightest entrepreneurial ventures by profiling the 12 finalists of The Spinoff Prize 2020 – showcasing start-ups originating in academic labs.
