KPMG Private Enterprise Global Tech Innovator competition

enspired has pioneered automated energy trading and cross-market battery storage optimization across Europe. Its advanced Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) technical infrastructure runs on billions of data points, AI, machine learning and reinforcement learning. The platform is operated in-house, making it highly flexible in adapting to new markets and changing market conditions.

As the first – and only – BESS optimizer with published portfolio performance, enspired is tackling the lack of monetary transparency in the industry by granting insight into real, independently confirmed revenues.

ÄIO is a biotech startup that uses precision fermentation to consume sugars from industrial by-products, such as sawdust and agricultural residues to produce fats and oils. Palm oil and many traditional oils are linked to deforestation, high land and water use, greenhouse gas emissions. ÄIO’s model has the potential to reduce those impacts significantly, and help industries (such as food and cosmetics) to meet increasing sustainability and regulatory requirements.

Flow Computing is rethinking how CPUs work. By boosting their speed and efficiency with the development of a Parallel Processing Unit (PPU), many kinds of computing – especially parallel work such as AI, cloud and edge computing – can run much faster.

The company’s PPU is a licensable IP block that integrates directly into a CPU chip that is compatible with all existing architectures and enables the next generation of CPUs to deliver significant gains in managing time, energy consumption and costs.

traceless® materials develops and produces innovative, plastic-free biomaterials from agricultural waste, providing fully bio-based home compostable products that are sustainable alternatives to plastics.

traceless® materials will never become plastic waste, and are guaranteed not to contribute to plastic pollution. Instead, they can be composted and turned into nutrients for new plants to grow in a closed biological cycle, helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, avoid potentially harmful chemicals and prevent deforestation. The company’s patented, scalable technology significantly reduces environmental impact, with a lifecycle assessment showing 91% lower carbon emissions and 80% less fossil energy use compared to conventional plastics.

Akara is a vertically integrated automated platform that helps hospitals to boost operating room productivity – often one of the most expensive and under-utilized hospital resources. By combining advanced sensing, AI and robotics, the company’s end-to-end technology platform enables hospitals to reclaim operating room time, reduce staff burdens and increase surgical throughput with minimal disruption.

The platform is built on two patented core technologies: 1) AI-powered thermal sensors that collect real-time workflow data without cameras, enabling privacy-compliant, automated documentation, saving hours of administrative time ; and 2) the first autonomous, clinical-grade UV robot that autonomously disinfects operating rooms, cutting staff turnover time and allowing extended after-hours cleaning.

The Selection Lab is on a mission to use software and technology to make hiring more fair, objective and efficient – and with less bias. The company specializes in AI-powered, scientifically validated assessments designed to objectively measure candidates' soft skills, cognitive abilities and cultural fit.

The Selection Lab platform helps to streamline the hiring process by offering tools that are user-friendly and easily integrated with existing HR software. An AI assistant analyzes candidate profiles and compares them against benchmarks, enabling recruiters to identify patterns and predict long-term success.

Ethiack combines agentic penetration testing supported by human insight to continuously uncover, validate and prioritize real risks, act fast and reduce exposure, 24/7. By conducting authorized, simulated cyberattacks to identify vulnerabilities in computer systems, networks, and applications before malicious attackers can exploit them.

Rebaba helps buildings and industries lower energy costs, increase efficiency in daily operations and unlock new revenue streams by balancing renewable energy with circular battery systems made from EV batteries. This saves tons of CO2, enables more renewables and eases the strain on the planet’s resources.

Electric vehicle batteries are upcycled into high-quality battery systems and engineered for a second life. Every system is powered by rigorous testing , leading edge cooling technology and local, reliable expertise.

Inicio AI is a Fintech B2B software platform with a specially trained virtual agent that guides consumers and their financial advisors through detailed affordability assessments using conversational AI.​

A virtual agent named “Budgie” guides consumers through the income and expenditure process, making it less stressful, faster, more accurate, compliant, and more private (because users don’t need to speak with human agents for much of the process). For consumers, it reduces the emotional and psychological burden of dealing with finances and debt in a private, guided process. For organizations, it increases operational efficiency and cost savings by automating the income and expenditure data collection process.

StepOut is a sports performance analysis and digital ecosystem startup. It helps players and teams to improve their performance and identify talent through data and video analysis.​ It also helps coaches unlock player potential and give teams a competitive edge by turning every match into actionable insights from grassroots to the elite level.

Traditional match and performance analysis is manual, time-consuming and error-prone, with coaches, clubs and analysts often spending hours to produce useful insights. As a result, players often don’t get good feedback or data about their current and past performance. StepOut helps identify talent early, improves scouting and identifies development opportunities for players.

Zendawa is a pioneering Kenyan Healthtech startup aiming to transform access to healthcare by digitizing neighbourhood pharmacies across Africa. They provide tools for online sales, stock/finance management, and tele-pharmacy services. Utilizing AI for credit scoring and supply chain solutions, Zendawa helps small pharmacies access working capital and improve operations. Their platform offers a patient marketplace for medicine orders, a digital suite for pharmacy management, and embedded financial services.

In partnership with Microsoft and tech‑firm Flapmax, Zendawa has launched AI‑powered solutions which link orders to nearby pharmacies, optimise supply‑chain forecasting and help pharmacies unlock capital via their performance data. As of mid‑2024, the company serves around 520 pharmacies and aims to reach 10,000 by the end of the year, underscoring ambitious scale objectives.

NanoPalm specializes in the development nanoparticle-based drug delivery platforms for nanomedicines to target a wide range of diseases, including therapies for rare genetic diseases, with the aim of also making treatments more accessible by lowering costs and simplifying administration.​

The company has developed Ensalix, an AI platform that leverages machine learning to optimize gene delivery formulations with safer, more effective lipid nanoparticle (LNP) compositions for gene therapy drawn from a library of 800,000 nanoparticles.

Altify is a regulated alternative investment platform that makes investing in tokenized private market opportunities as easy as buying shares. Its goal is to democratize access to alternative investments such as cryptocurrency, private credit, real estate and collectibles – without the conventional high-minimum requirements or complexity.

Many of these investments are generally available only to high-net-worth individuals or institutions. But Altify wants to open them up to everyday investors who can participate with relatively limited capital, lowering the exclusion of people with modest means. The company is currently serving over 80,000 investors across the EU and South Africa.

Werover is a technology company specializing in AI-driven health monitoring systems for wind turbines, helping energy operators reduce maintenance costs and maximize uptime. Its flagship product, Windrover, uses acoustic IoT sensors and advanced machine learning algorithms to continuously detect and predict blade damages with high accuracy.​

Founded in 2018, Werover operates across Türkiye, Germany, Qatar, and the UK, serving major energy companies and partners across Europe and the Middle East. By combining data intelligence with renewable energy expertise, Werover aims to make wind energy production more reliable, cost-effective, and sustainable.

Electrogenos is revolutionizing green hydrogen production by addressing three major barriers: cost, deployment speed and supply chain resilience. The company’s high-performance, cost-effective electrolyser stacks integrate seamlessly into broader hydrogen systems, achieving over 98 percent efficiency and a 30–50 percent reduction in the cost of green hydrogen production – making it less costly than fossil-based alternatives.

The heart of the Electrogenos technology is a proprietary catalyst that delivers 2X the activity of platinum and 4-6X the activity of Raney nickel, at only 1/50th the cost of platinum. This breakthrough unlocks green hydrogen for applications across hard-to-abate sectors including cement and steel, agriculture via green ammonia, heavy transport and energy storage.

Rhinoflux is helping to redefine the future of power generation by unlocking the world’s biomass – an abundant and reliable clean energy source, limited by the high cost of traditional electricity generation methods. Through proprietary chemical reactions, the Rhinoflux breakthrough technology generates electricity from biomass at less than half the cost of current approaches.

The process also produces 99.9 percent pure biogenic CO₂, transforming a byproduct into a valuable new revenue stream. The core innovation is rooted in advanced reaction engineering based on groundbreaking research at Kyoto University, one of Japan's top universities.

Betterteem AI® collects and digests millions of employee sentiments and data to help leaders improve the employee experience and increase retention. With actionable insights into what drives employee resignations and the likelihood of employees leaving their jobs, employers are able to take proactive steps to mitigate unwanted employee resignations.

Betterteem AI® helps employers to examine employee feedback and other unstructured data and gain valuable insights into employee perceptions of their organization. By monitoring changes in employees’ experiences, they are able to assess the potential risk of unwanted employee resignations.