Leiden-based Concord Neonatal, a startup that helps caregivers provide lifesaving care right after birth while the umbilical cord is still attached, has been crowned the 19th KVK Innovation Top 100 winner.
“Greet Prins, Chair of the Board of Directors of the KVK, says, “The Concord Birth Flow is a very nice innovation. The product directly touches on a sense of importance and urgency. The main jury unanimously chose this innovation as the overall winner.”
Concord Neonatal seeks to improve maternity care with the Concord Birth Flow, which enables the stabilisation and resuscitation of newborns with an intact umbilical cord, keeping them close to their mothers.
100 innovations from SMEs
Every year, KVK publishes a list of 100 innovations from small and medium-sized enterprises.
A panel of innovation experts selected 100 finalists from over 225 entries based on impact, originality, availability, realised turnover, and growth potential.
The finalists were divided into five categories:
- Circular economy
- Energy transition
- Labor market and society
- Food, water, and infrastructure
- Health and care
After the experts’ assessment, the public voted to determine the top three in each category.
The top three winners in each category
Health and Care
- Concord Neonatal: Technology for stabilisation of newborn babies
- Juvoly: Speech technology for summarising conversations with patients in a medical report.
- PharmaSwap: Platform for supply and demand of medicines
Professional jury member and publisher of healthcare magazines Pierre de Winter about the winner says, “A great concept. On to standard presence in every hospital.”
Circular economy
- FashionPower: Recycled dope-dyed coffee yarn
- No Waste Army: A platform and community against food waste
- Solinatra Europe: Biomaterial that replaces single-use plastics
Professional jury member Mark Suurbier, the owner of the sustainable cooking brand Combekk, says, “As soon as sustainability becomes marketing, we are on the right track”
Labor Market and Society
- HackShield Future Cyber Heroes: Game that teaches children and (grand)parents how to be safe online.
- ATsence: Ezwayz app supports navigation for the visually impaired
- Rental price assistance: Legal services for enforcing rental law
Energy transition
- Newton Energy Solutions: NEStore heat battery with low energy loss and high storage capacity
- Solar plan: Solar plan Nexus home battery with AI control
- Lobster Robotics: High-resolution optical seafloor mapping
Sustainable entrepreneur and professional jury member Guido Dalessi is impressed by the category winner Newton Energy Solutions, and says, “The loss of 1 per cent per day is impressive for a system with a relatively high volume system.”
Food, Water, and Infrastructure
- SnackFuture: Sustainable and healthy snacks
- Colsen: Nitrogen extraction from manure or sewage water
- Prince: Certified clamp ring for tensile couplings for PVC and PE pipes.
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