Startup USA - NRW

Algiax Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage biotechnology company established in 2011.

It is dedicated to the discovery and development of innovative products to treat diseases with a high unmet medical need.

Algiax’ lead candidate AP-325 is a small-molecule GABAA receptor modulator in clinical development as a therapy for neuropathic pain. Algiax is currently preparing clinical study phase IIa for AP-325 which is scheduled to start by the end of the year to demonstrate proof-of-concept.

Next to AP-325 Algiax has discovered novel GABAA receptor modulator compounds called Thioacrylamide (ThAc) derivatives. The company is advancing a selection of ThAcs derivatives from its discovery to preclinical characterization.

BG3000 is Germany’s No. 1 innovation leader in digital training and education for high school students, teachers and young professionals. More than 20,000 students have been trained in “SMART CAMPS” providing digital literacy, creative online skills and entrepreneurial inspiration. Working with sponsors and partners we are able to offer educational sessions free of charge. More than 130 trainers and 30 consultants have been working enthusiastically for BG3000 since 2014 and the company has been skyrocketing ever since.

The Düsseldorf Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) represents the general interest of 85,000 member companies from industry, wholesale, retail, logistics, finance and services in Düsseldorf and the county of Mettmann towards politics, administration and public. It is responsible for several public tasks, is a customer-oriented service provider for the regional business community, and an independent counsellor in all business affairs.

The International Business Division offers various services regarding export, import and foreign investments. By organizing business events, business missions and by participating in international trade fairs, the IHK offers substantial support to its member companies, hence enabling them to explore new markets and strengthen the economic success of the region. IHK Düsseldorf is the main chamber for US-Business within the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

To assist countries and states in transitioning to 100 % renewable energy, we are developing a low-cost, large-scale energy storage system made from industrial waste materials. We will co-locate our units with solar plants, wind farms, and power substations to provide electricity storage services throughout a utility's service area. Our technology can store electricity at a fraction of the cost of current battery systems and keep it for days and even weeks. Ultimately, we aim to replace all fossil fuel power assets with low-cost, reliable, and clean solar & storage options.

Hyperion Energy has offices in Germany and Colorado and is looking to finalize technology development together with partners at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in and the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado. We have a highly motivated team with backgrounds in physics, computer science, marketing, and entrepreneurship and are continually looking for new and exciting opportunities.

InnoME GmbH was founded with the aim of developing and establishing innovative sensor-based products for medical technology, biotechnology and analytics on the market. As a realization partner for measurement technology and sensor technology, we develop smart products by integrating our cost-effective disposable sensors into products. These can be used in healthcare, biotechnology and hygienic monitoring.

InnoME aims to develop and sale smart consumables for the continuous monitoring of processes and procedures in the life science sector. The goal is to become the leading global supplier of smart consumables.

A new world needs new niche networking fashion. We are committed to build a new networking-service generation and encouraging everyone to be a shine creator and share their passion and creative expression through their videos, using our services. After the concept of story became tremendously trendy, social media changed into the new form of personal expression. Now isn't it a good time to change for better, to make story concepts more attractive and more of a business potential form? You say: ”Social media”, I say: “An outlet to express the moments and create best captures out of them in the most attractive form.” There is no need to search or DL many editing apps when you can always use Litzar's unique Editing Kit to access to any trendy creative feature that makes your contents unique.

PerAGraft aims to develop and produce patient individualised implants for cardiovascular applications.

The use of an end-to-end digital process chain in conjunction with an innovative textile manufacturing technology, enable a fast realisation of patient-individualised implants. We use the innovation potential of current research results. As a university spin-off, our goal is to develop marketable products from these results.

Our value statement is: Living innovation – from the idea through research towards clinical application. PerAGraft was founded to create solutions, which improve the patient’s quality of life.

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Skin diseases are often chronic and raise health budgets. Clinical diagnostics mainly rely on visual inspection by dermatologists on-site. Current developments using smartphone cameras still require visual symptoms. Serend-ip's DERMATACT assay stages skin health regardless of visual syptoms using test persons' corneocytes. These are easily collected via adhesive tape strips and sent by regular mail. The analysis is so sensitive, that it is ideally suited for preventive medicine. Fields of application are: 1) Risk staging for newborns to develop atopic dermatitis, 2) Risk staging for outdoor workers prone to actinic keratosis or 3) Cosmetic applications in the managing of dry skin / premature aging.

Novel aspect is nanoscale cell topography being quantitated. Patent granted (US, EU), 10 high level scientific papers, proprietary software. First customers in university clinics.

In a busy world, leisure activities have to adapt to people's lives - not the other way around. For this reason, gym sports have been so successful in the last decades - they cover these needs well. The opposite is true for playful sports: you need to find and book a court, coordinate with a group of people, etc. With playSports, our team (+100 creative awards, +15 programming languages, +10 IPOs) makes each sport as convenient accessible as never before, so that it fits into people's everyday life.

The VesselSens diagnostic system is the first implantable sensor system that renders traditional check-ups obsolete by allowing patients to accurately diagnose vessel clogging in real-time. Unlike conventional stents which require expensive and highly inaccurate clinical check-ups our patented in-stent sensor technology provides highly accurate wireless diagnosis. Follow up examinations are no longer necessary.