The company Altum Sequencing has won the first prize of the tenth edition of Madrid Impacta, worth €12,000. The award recognises its tumour monitoring platform using liquid biopsy.
The company Altum Sequencing has won the first prize of the tenth edition of Madrid Impacta for Altum Atlas, an artificial intelligence-based platform that monitors the evolution of tumour cells through liquid biopsy. The award, worth €12,000, was presented by the councillor for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Ángel Niño.
According to reports from merca2.es, the City of Madrid has distributed €50,000 among 14 companies, recognised with three main prizes and 11 special mentions. The call for applications received 151 entries, a record participation, and rewarded solutions related to health, the environment, accessibility, and opportunity generation.
The second prize, worth €6,500, went to Compostrees SL for Compostree, a material made from recycled, biodegradable, and compostable components that protects newly planted trees and plants as an alternative to plastic protectors. Cooling Photonics SL received the third prize, worth €4,000, for CoolPly, a multilayer product that cools outdoor surfaces through passive radiative cooling, without electricity, fans, or fluids.
The 11 special mentions, worth €2,500 each, recognised projects such as Sanair Global Tech SL for Keepcool, Hack 4 Bounty SL for Secur0, and Ecoherencia S.COOP.AND for Circular River. Other recognitions included Herlmet Chi SL for Seewell Tech, a device for removing rain and fog from motorcycle visor, and Samsarapps SL for Souji, a compound that converts used cooking oil into liquid detergent.
In the social and health sector, Airway Shield SLU received recognition in health and wellbeing for a medical device that facilitates endotracheal intubation, and Hydra Space System SL was awarded in the scientific-technological category for its nanosatellites PocketQube. The winning companies will also receive in-kind contributions from the sponsors of the event, including Fundación Repsol, IBM, Impact Hub Madrid, Onda Madrid, and PwC Spain.
Since its inception in 2017, the Madrid Impacta Prize has had 1,039 participating companies, awarded 84, and distributed a total of €370,000.
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