PAST WINNERS
YES Winner 2023
Kanga-Care from Mbarara University
Kanga-Care is an affordable, locally knitted double layered premature carrier that embraces the Kangaroo skin to skin mother care technique of generating and maintaining warmth. The position in which a baby is held in the carrier improves on its breathing patterns, stimulates breastmilk production and promotes mother to child bonding.
YES Winner 2022
Decap Research & Development from McGill University
DECAP Research & Development Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Vancouver, Canada, and Tel Aviv/Jerusalem, Israel. DECAP has created a suite of devices that will prevent needlestick injuries and potentially save lives. DECAP devices reduce needlestick injury risk, improve workflow and ergonomic performance for healthcare, research, and veterinary workers performing injections on patients and animals.
YES Winner 2021
Liqid Medical from Stellenbosch University and University of Capetown
LIQID Medical is pioneering a new class of ocular implants designed to be the most clinically effective, cost-saving, and quality of life-improving solution for glaucoma. LIQID Medical is developing two new devices, the OptiShunt, and the iPortVR, which use an innovative solution to revolutionize the treatment of glaucoma.
YES Winner 2020
Custom Surgical from TU Munich
They developed a mobile platform that allows the screening of diabetic retinopathy with the use of a smartphone and their patented optical system. They created a device that enables the capture of high-quality images of the retina; and an app which provides a diagnostic report of the disease based on the images taken.
YES Winner 2019
Products for Autistic Lifestyle - PAL from Northwestern University
PAL is a startup that focuses on creating ways to improve the life of those with autism. They have developed a portable technology that uses biometric data to identify stress symptoms at an early stage and then passes this information on to an app. This way, relatives are alerted to an imminent problem.
YES Winner 2018
MyCornea from Cambridge University
MyCornea aims to quickly produce bio fabricated corneas for keratoplasty patients in a process ensuring both fast delivery times and the best visual performance in the market.
YES Winner 2017
Hyre from Carleton University
Hyre is a comprehensive HR platform that helps businesses across different industries manage their shift-based workforce.
YES Winner 2016
InGlove from Free University of Tbilisi and Agricultural University of Georgia
InGlove is a cutting-edge Virtual Reality product which allows the user to feel temperatures and shapes of unreal objects by wearing an interactive glove.
YES Winner 2015
Kingii from WHU (Otto Beisheim School of Management)
Kingii is a small wearable that provides you with an extra level of safety while being in or around the water.