After intense jury deliberation teams CupHub and Strela Instruments were announced the category winners of the TU Delft Impact Contest 2024. They received the Ideation and Advanced Award, respectively TakeCafe stole the hearts of the public and won the Audience Award.
Over the past months, participants of the TU Delft Impact Contest across more than 50 teams embarked on a journey to launch their own start-up. They followed workshops and coaching sessions, and took part in the Speed Date Event with experts from the partner network in order to take their innovation to the next level. The 14 most promising teams were selected to present their business idea in the Grand Finale, on June 6th, hosted in the brand new NEXT Delft accelerator building on TU Delft Campus, where the participants were offered a true stage to present their inspirational ideas.
It was an afternoon full of unforgettable pitches, an exciting showdown with the Expert Jury, and a festive Award Ceremony. In both categories, the top two teams were selected by the Jury to take part in the final battle during the Showdown. From innovative ideas in medtech, to revolutionary carbon capture technologies, the finalists impressed the panel of experts as well as the audience.
Congratulations to the winners of all the eight amazing awards. We want to thank Delft Enterprises for awarding Strela Instruments with the Delft Enterprises Award and the V.O. Patents and Trademarks for awarding Studio Catch with the Idea Activation Award. Zeal MD and Finditout, will represent TU Delft at the Slush Festival at the end of this year, because they were awarded the 4TU Impact Challenge Wildcards. And last but not least, thank you ASML for awarding team Zeal MD with the ASML Makers Award and thanks to Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam for awarding team LogiCarbon with the Energy Transition Award. Winning these awards will greatly help the teams to take the next step and keep working on their ideas.
Are you curious which innovations led them to win the TU Delft Impact Contest? Check our website: www.tudelftcontest.nl/candidates. Follow the TU Delft Impact Contest on Instagram and LinkedIn for more interesting content. We encourage all interested students or companies to visit www.tudelftcontest.nl for more information about the TU Delft Impact Contest 2025, which will kick-off in March 2025.
