Our winners

We are delighted to announce this year's winners. Explore the page to find out more about these groundbreaking technologies. 
 

 

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From a competitive application round, our interdisciplinary judging panel - made up of of scientists, industry specialists, entrepreneurs and investors - select the finalists to pitch at the final in Burlington House, London. Our winners are crowned from each of the competition categories and take home a share in the prize pot, plus support, feedback, and opportunities for profile.

Take a look at this year’s leading tech innovators who are developing chemistry-led technologies that:

  • enable the creation or improvement of products and services across a wide product scope, potentially in combination with other complementary technologies. 
  • are new processes and products that deliver significant energy generation, efficiency, or storage improvements, supporting sustainable energy as part of the transition to NetZero. 
  • conserve resources, monitor, and reduce the impact on the environment and support the move to a circular economy.
  • ensure healthier lives and well-being for all, at all ages, including global healthcare challenges.




 

Our first place winners

Demeter Bio Limited

Bio-based water and oil repellent coating for textiles

Environment

AguaShield is a biodegradable and bio-based coating that replaces toxic "forever chemicals" (PFAS) used to make textiles water- and oil-resistant. Made from biopolymers, it matches the performance of conventional coatings without harming the environment, and works with existing manufacturing equipment.

https://www.demeter-bio.com/


 

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Lancaster University

OSPC: the new carbon material for safer, longer-lasting lithium-ion batteries

Energy
LinkedIn

OSPC is a newly discovered porous carbon material that improves the safety and durability of lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles and renewable energy storage. When added in small amounts to graphite anodes, it suppresses lithium dendrite formation, reducing fire risk while remaining compatible with existing battery manufacturing processes.


 

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University of Manchester

DEUTEROSE: enabling research and diagnostics with clean cheap isotopic sugars

Enabling Technologies

Deuterose is a new biotechnology for clean manufacture of speciality isotopically labelled sugars. These sugars are essential for a range of research and medical applications, but their high cost makes them prohibitively expensive. Deuterose reduces costs by an order of magnitude - enabling frontier bioscience research and cutting edge diagnostic techniques.

https://www.deuterose.co.uk/


 

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University of Bath

Drugs for undruggable proteins using intracellular peptide discovery

Health

Revolver Therapeutics develops peptide drugs against “undruggable” proteins such as transcription factors. Our platform generates and tests drug candidates directly inside living cells, ensuring they are functional and cell-active. This enables new treatments for cancer and neurodegenerative diseases where conventional drug approaches have failed.

https://www.revolvertherapeutics.com/


 

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Our runners-up

Imperial College London

Electro-recycling of spent batteries for sustainable critical materials supply chain

Energy

We have developed a sustainable electro-recycling technology that selectively recovers high-value materials from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries. Using electricity instead of harmful chemicals, the process produces battery-grade materials for reuse, addressing critical mineral supply shortages, reducing carbon emissions, and enabling a circular battery supply chain to support net-zero goals.

https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/xiaochu.wei16


 

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CDotBio

Sugar-based delivery platform enabling next-generation crop protection

Enabling Technologies
LinkedIn

We have developed a sugar-based delivery platform that helps crop protection products work more effectively at lower doses. It improves uptake, stability, and performance of both biological and chemical solutions, enabling more sustainable, precise, and scalable agriculture without changing how farmers apply products.

https://www.cdotbio.co.uk/


 

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R3V Tech

Green solvent from biodiesel waste— 50× value uplift.

Environment
LinkedIn

R3V Tech developed a green process technology that enable undesired crude glycerol from biodiesel process to be converted into green solvent and high-value chemicals in a single step through electrochemical transformation, increasing 50 times its market value, reducing waste management burdens and creating circular economy opportunities for biodiesel producers.

www.r3vtech.com


 

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AlphaVectors Biotech

Fridge-free nanoparticles for global RNA-based vaccines and therapeutics delivery

Health
LinkedIn

We have developed virus-inspired nanoparticles that deliver RNA-based vaccines and therapeutics without refrigeration. By mimicking how viruses naturally protect and deliver genetic material, our platform achieves room-temperature stability and lower doses, eliminating cold-chain dependence and making next-generation RNA medicines accessible to patients worldwide, including in low-resource settings.


 

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Our Change Makers Spotlight winner

Brilliant Dyes

Low-energy, closed-loop algae dyes extraction and sustainable fixation in textiles

Environment

We have developed two patent pending technologies: a continuous low-energy, closed loop natural dyes extraction process and a sustainable dyes fixation using green chemicals. Together, it reduces energy use over 80%, cut water pollution in textile dyeing by 90% and saves the costs by 50% over other natural dyes.

https://www.brilliantdyes.com/


 

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Hear from our winners at the live finals and find out what it means to be an Emerging Technologies Competition winner. 

Want to learn more about our previous winners?

Explore the types of technologies that take home the prize below, or get in contact  if you would like to register you interest to apply for next year's competition or taking part as a judge, sponsor or partner. 

   Our previous winners