Announcing the Finalists of the 2020 Katerva Awards

It is our great pleasure to announce the 2020 Finalists - the first cohort with our new awards categories. As always, our Finalists come from all corners of the world, winnowed from a large pool of submissions through a combination of machine learning and human interaction.

Join us in congratulating the Finalists for having made is this far!

Cities & Mobility

AggreBind	USA	Soil stabilization for road construction, block & brick production and dust control in an environmentally friendly, cost effective way.
Algenesis	USA	Algae-based alternative to petrochemical foam
ECOncrete	Israel	Environmentally sensitive concrete solutions
Energy from sewage	Spain	From sewage to clean energy
G5 - Plastic Asphalt	USA	New roadsurface from recycled plastic bottles and chewed up asphalt
Glasir	USA	Community-based, urban farming
iMeter	Nigeria	IOT device to measure electricity
Indus	UK	Algae-infused tiles that can extract toxic dyes from polluted water
Made of Air	Germany	Carbon-negative building products made of atmospheric CO2
Sun Exchange	South Africa	Online Market place making solar affordable

Education & Human Resources

Choco4Peace	Colombia	A multi-institutional movement that uses cacao and blockchain in peacebuilding
Free the Mind Co	USA	Tools to enhance the conscious development of children, youth adults
Hendershot Effect Research Center (HERC)	Poland	Open sourced research and development on Lester Hendershot's legacy
Livox	Brasil	Artificial Intelligence Communication App giving voice to people with disabilities
MyMachine	Belgium	Entrepreneurial learning through collaboration across all educational levels
Project Artemis	USA	Detecting sexual predators in online multiplayer games

Energy & Environment

Coral Vita	Grand Bahama	Growing resistant corals to restore reefs
Icebrick	Israel	Energy storage: water instead of lithium-ion batteries
Kelpn BioPlastic	New Zealand	Growing cleaner oceans for future generations
LAM'On	USA	100% biodegradable laminating film for print
Piñatex	UK	Innovative natural textile made from pineapple leaf ﬁbres
Prikcly Cactus Plastic	Mexico	Bioplastic made from prickly pear cactus
Reefball	USA	Reef Ball modules designed to mimic natural reefs
SolarGaps	Ukraine	Window blinds that generate energy while keeping you cool
SoluBag	Chile	Eliminating single use plastic bags
Syntoil	Poland	driving a circular economy for the rubber industry

Food & Water

Desert Control	Norway	Turning desert into fertile soil
Gotek Smart Fridge Sterilizer	USA	Keeping your food in the fridge fresh for longer
Ingelia	Spain	From organic waste to high value bioproducts
MetaKura	USA	Health & weight management based on your metabolism
Nakhla For Agricultural services and Production	Iran	Around the season professional care for palm trees
Orre	Poland	Attractice kitchen composter
Seawater Greenhouse	UK	Using sunlight and sea water to grow crops in hot, arid regions
Seedballs Kenya	Kenya	Growing trees by throwing seedballs
The Flow Partnership	UK	Rejuvenating desertified and flooded lands through community collaboration
Thrive Agric	Nigeria	Building an Africa that feeds the world and Itself

Health & Wellbeing

Amparo Confidence Socket	Germany	Technology that completely changes how prosthetic sockets are made.
AusAir	Australia	Nex gen pollution & viral filtration mask with botanicals
Cervical Cancer Test	UK	DIY home urine test to detect risk of cervical cancer
DOT Glasses	Poland	A radical new concept for prescription eye glasses
Eniware	USA	Portable, power-free sterilization unit for surgical care
Lazarus 3D	USA	Human tissues, body parts that mimic real body mechanical properties
LifeBank	Nigeria	Delivering medical products across Africa
NitroPep	UK	Antimicrobial agent that could circumvent antimicrobial resistance
Sumo Diaper	Germany	Reusable baby diaper
Uganics	Uganda	Organic soap to help reducing malaria

The next step is the identification of our five Category Winners, which is a job that falls to our Experts Panels; we will have the results of their evaluations by mid May.

Exciting times!

PS ... and even thought we have just finished one round, the doors are already open for the next intake! So, if you know about an exciting sustainable disruptive innovation, one that has the potential to improve the state of our world, submit them here, any time. Just to manage your (and their) expectations, please note though that we will only start inviting our Nominee Candidates to engage from November onwards.

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