INAM’s Managing Director, Oliver Hasse, shared his excitement about this year’s cohort: "After a record number of applications from around the world to this year’s AdMaCom with a very high level of quality, we are very excited to welcome the finalist startups to the programme and later on to Berlin for the final week. The selection committee had a really difficult task and discussions during the meeting were intense. We are of course happy to share some feedback with those that did not make it in due course."

The Startup Finalists:

Algreen (London, United Kingdom) provides sustainable and biodegradable solutions for the production of polyurethanes, a widely used plastic, to reduce carbon emissions and waste.

Smart Materials (Qormi, Malta) is revolutionising the polyurethane foam market with one-shot production of auxetic foam, outperforming competitors at a lower cost.

Vitropep (Paris, France) creates stable, painless, wasteless injections using a new peptide formulation that allows them to mould peptides into microneedles for intradermal delivery.

Solaga (Berlin, Germany) develops algae biofilms for sustainable energy, water treatment, and air purification. They have a range of products for residential and commercial customers.

N&E Innovations (Singapore) developed Vikang99, a plant-based, sustainable, and non-toxic antimicrobial derived from food waste. Their products include Vi-Mask and C2Plus disinfectants with up to six months‘ efficacy against coronaviruses.

Acoerela (Singapore) drives chemical innovation in optical probes for research and clinical diagnostics. They focus on life science applications, specifically in exosome detection, with a new, water-soluble organic dye that solves current pain points in lipid nanoparticle research.

3D Architech (Cambridge, USA) is revolutionising metal manufacturing with affordable, high-resolution, and sustainable gel-based 3D printing technology. They solve fundamental metal manufacturing limitations by 3D printing gels first and then transforming them into metals.

Berlin Catalysts (Berlin, Germany) produces customizable supported catalysts for a more sustainable future, offering unprecedented control over materials.

Applied Bioplastics (Austin, USA) is decarbonizing durable plastics using plant fibres, reducing carbon footprint without sacrificing functionality or cost.Biowerkz (Karlsruhe, Germany) provides sustainable, biobased, and circular materials as an alternative to wood and engineered wood products for construction and furniture industries. Their patent-pending material, NEWood, is developed using only organic waste and mushroom mycelium as a natural binder.

Phantafield (California, USA) is a trailblazing startup that has developed a patented MOCVD system for growing 2D semiconductors (WS2, WSe2) under CMOS backend temperatures (