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BioTools Innovator Announces the 2025 Grand Prize and Best Video Winners at the Annual Capstone Event
BioTools Innovator, the first-ever accelerator focused on life science tools, today announced the 2025 BioTools Innovator Grand Prize Winner in San Diego, Calif., during its annual Capstone Event. Eukarÿs was awarded the $250,000 Grand Prize, selected in real-time by a live audience of industry leaders following pitches from the five finalists. The other finalists, Diagnostic Biochips, Likarda, Novilytic, and VisiCELL Medical, each received $10,000.
By BioTools Innovator · Via Business Wire · November 19, 2025
BioTools Innovator Begins VANGUARD Program with Inaugural Accelerator Track Cohort and Nearly $1M in Funding Awards
BioTools Innovator (BTI) VANGUARD has selected five companies for up to $200,000 in non-dilutive funding contracts and 10 companies for the 2025 Accelerator Track. Through the two arms of the program, BTI VANGUARD aims to support the development and commercialization of innovative enabling technologies that could be readily deployed as medical countermeasures in the event of a health emergency.
By BioTools Innovator · Via Business Wire · August 14, 2025
BioTools Innovator 2025 Cohort Includes Top 31 Life Sciences Tools and Diagnostics Companies
BioTools Innovator (BTI), the first accelerator focused exclusively on life science tools and diagnostics startups, has selected 31 companies for its 2025 Accelerator program. These startups will participate in a four-month program offering in-depth, personalized mentorship from senior industry leaders, access to funding opportunities, and meaningful engagement with peers and expert advisors. Chosen from a highly competitive pool of more than 400 applicants, the selected companies represent the top 7% of applicants. At the end of the program, participants will compete for $300,000 in cash prizes.
By BioTools Innovator · Via Business Wire · June 10, 2025
BioTools Innovator Announces EmGenisys the 2024 Winner of $250,000 Grand Prize at Capstone Event
BioTools Innovator, the first-ever accelerator focused on life science tools, today announced the 2024 BioTools Innovator Grand Prize Winner. EmGenisys was awarded the $250,000 non-dilutive Grand Prize at the accelerator’s Capstone Event on September 26 in Boston during Biotech Week Boston. EmGenisys received the most audience votes from among four finalists, who each presented on stage in a live pitch event. The other finalists, Nyctea Technologies (Gothenburg, Sweden), Redbud Labs (Chapel Hill, NC), and Syenex (Chicago), each received a $10,000 cash prize.
By BioTools Innovator · Via Business Wire · October 1, 2024
Top 20 Life Sciences Companies Named to BioTools Innovator 2024 Cohort
BioTools Innovator, the first accelerator dedicated to supporting life science tools and diagnostics startups, announced today that 20 companies have been selected to participate in its annual BioTools Innovator Accelerator, a four-month program providing in-depth, customized mentorship from senior industry leaders, funding opportunities, and engagement with peers and advisors.
By BioTools Innovator · Via Business Wire · May 29, 2024
BioTools Innovator Names Limula 2023 Winner
BioTools Innovator, the first-ever accelerator focused on life science tools companies, announced today that Limula (Lausanne, Switzerland) is the grand prize winner of the BioTools Innovator 2023 Final competition. The winning company was determined by a live audience vote Oct. 12 at the BioTools Innovator Capstone Event in Carlsbad, Calif.
By BioTools Innovator · Via Business Wire · October 13, 2023
BioTools Innovator Announces Top 19 Life Sciences Companies Named to the 2023 Cohort
BioTools Innovator, the first accelerator focused on life science tools and diagnostics to advance cutting-edge research and improve human health, announced today that 19 companies have been selected to participate in its annual program. The BioTools Innovator Accelerator is a four-month virtual program providing startups with in-depth, customized mentorship and support from senior industry leaders, funding opportunities, and engagement with peers and advisors.
By BioTools Innovator · Via Business Wire · June 6, 2023
BioTools Innovator Names GenNext Technologies The 2022 Winner
BioTools Innovator, the first-ever accelerator focused on life science tools companies, announced today that GenNext Technologies is the grand prize winner of the BioTools Innovator 2022 Final competition. The winning company was determined by a live audience vote on Thursday, October 13 at the BioTools Innovator Capstone Event in Carlsbad, Calif.
By BioTools Innovator · Via Business Wire · October 24, 2022
BioTools Innovator Names Machine Bio as Inaugural Grand Prize Winner
BioTools Innovator, a new program focused on accelerating life science tools and diagnostics, today announced Machine Bio as the grand prize winner of the first BioTools Innovator program final competition. The winning company was determined by a live audience vote on Oct. 14 at the BioTools Innovator Capstone Event in Carlsbad, Calif.
By BioTools Innovator · Via Business Wire · October 15, 2021
BioTools Innovator Selects Ten Leading Life Science Startups for Inaugural Accelerator
BioTools Innovator, a new program focused on accelerating life science tools and diagnostics, today announced the ten companies selected to participate in the organization’s inaugural three-month virtual mentorship-focused Accelerator program. With in-depth, customized mentorship and support from senior industry leaders, finalists will compete for up to $200,000 in non-dilutive cash prizes during the final competition on October 15 in Carlsbad, Calif.
By BioTools Innovator · Via Business Wire · July 29, 2021