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Winners Amsterdam Science & Innovation Award 2025
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The Amsterdam Science & Innovation Awards 2025 were presented at the NEMO Science Museum in Amsterdam. Readler: a revolution in speech therapy for children received the Award in the Society category, LightUp: a pill-sized camera for the early detection of esophageal cancer received the award in the Health category, and BOR-LYTE: Environmentally Friendly Borate Electrolytes won in the Environment and Climate category. The winners each receive €10,000 to further develop their idea and bring it to market.
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MycoFarming named one of the top 10 academic startups in the Netherlands
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MycoFarming – a VU-born startup proudly supported by Demonstrator Lab – is one of the ten finalists in the Academic Startup Competition 2025. Their solution uses fungal mycelium to naturally reduce nitrogen pollution in agriculture.
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Capsule Photonics wins NWO's Venture Challenge with LightUP
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Capsule Photonics, a VU Amsterdam spin-off, has won the Venture Challenge Winter 2024/2025 with LightUP — a swallowable capsule for early detection of esophageal cancer.
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Winners of Demonstrator Lab’s Summer Pitch Event 2025
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Winners of Demonstrator Lab’s Summer Pitch Event 2025: new app for family time, pill-camera for cancer detection and repurposing textile for sustainable fashion
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Humanities Venture Lab recognised as EU best practice
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The Humanities Venture Lab (HVL) at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) has been recognised as an EU best practice for entrepreneurship in the humanities.
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IXA
Why do you want to make impact?
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What’s behind this question? And more importantly who's asking? Jeanine de Bruin and Marieke Hohnen of Hakuna Matata, trainers of the IXA Impact Program, help researchers get to the bottom of their motivation by asking ‘what story do I have to tell?’. What are some of the common insights?
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AmSIA
Impact Awards recipients 2025
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Researchers Erik Sistermans, Joyeeta Gupta, Tessa Roseboom and Jaap Seidell will receive the Impact Award 2025 to honour their meaningful contributions to society. This year there is a special fourth Award as part of the 750th anniversary of the city of Amsterdam, which goes to Jaap Seidell.
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IXA
Amsterdam UMC spin-off Azafaros raises €132M in Oversubscribed Series B to Advance Phase 3 Therapies for Rare Disorders
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Azafaros, a clinical-stage company focused on developing disease-modifying therapeutics to offer new treatment options to patients with rare lysosomal storage disorders, announces the completion of an oversubscribed €132M Series B financing led by Jeito Capital, co-led by Forbion Growth and with additional participation from Seroba, Pictet Group and existing investors Forbion Ventures, Schroders Capital and BioGeneration Ventures (BGV).
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AmSIA
Announcing the finalists of AmSIA 2025
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We are thrilled to announce the finalists of the Amsterdam Science & Innovation Awards 2025! On June 17, these finalists will take the stage to pitch their innovative ideas live.
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IXA
UvA spin-off, Parkinnova Therapeutics, receives funding from Innovation Fund North Holland
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Parkinnova is developing a new therapy for Parkinson's disease, based on an innovative class of PDE inhibitors, that can both alleviate symptoms and potentially slow disease progression.
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IXA
Optics11's new partnership for breakthrough underwater surveillance by Royal Netherlands Navy
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VU spin-off Optics11, partners with Thales to equip Dutch submarines with advanced sonar technology to enhance underwater surveillance capabilities.
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IXA
Innovative Minds: insights from the next generation of scientist-entrepreneurs
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Explore the journeys of UvA Researchers Tijmen Bakker, Olivier Lugier, and Ewelina Weglarz-Tomczak as they transformed their research into impactful startups.
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