ET Startup Awards 2022: Nominees for Top Innovator
The award will recognise innovations that launch a business or give it a big boost. It should be an original idea that is core to the business or one that provides the differentiation that sets it apart from competition.
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The award will recognise innovations that launch a business or give it a big boost. It should be an original idea that is core to the business or one that provides the differentiation that sets it apart from competition.
Company name: Eyestem Dr Jogin Desai, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Eyestem Founded in: 2015
Founders: Jogin Desai, Dhruv Sareen, Rajarshi Pal, Rajani Batu
What it does: Eyestem is a cell therapy company aiming to build a platform to help treat people with seemingly incurable diseases, and enable access to newer technologies for the bottom 95% of the population. Its lead product, Eyecyte-RPE, treats age-related macular degeneration, which causes blindness in people aged over 60.
What it does: Haber aims to provide accessible automated solutions to optimise operations in process manufacturing industries. Haber’s SaaS products leverage data to facilitate strategic production-related decision-making. Its flagship product eLIXA automates the tedious manual process of sample collection, measurement, analysis and intervention at factories on a real-time basis.
Company Name: Eeki Foods L-R Abhay Singh, Amit Singh, Eeki Foods Founded In: 2018
Founders: Amit Kumar and Abhay SIngh
Based In: Kota
Key Investors: General Catalyst Partners, AngelList, Avaana Capital Advisors, GSF
What it Does: Eeki Foods has set up climate-proof farms that use IoT-powered chambers to grow a variety of residue-free Indian staple vegetables without manual labour. The firm cultivates 12 different crops, including tomato and cucumber, without any growing media such as soil or coco peat.
What it Does: Exponent Energy offers lithium-ion cell battery packs and chargers, which it claims can be charged in 15 minutes, for a range of 80-85 km. It offers a 3,000 cycle life warranty on battery packs charged at Exponent Energy e-pumps. The company says it is building the world’s fastest-charging, three-wheeler EV with OEM Altigreen.
Company Name: Astrogate Labs Nitish Kumar Singh, cofounder, Astrogate Founded In: 2017
What it Does: Astrogate Labs is among a dozen companies worldwide building satellite laser communication systems. The company started out offering end-to-end laser communication services to satellite operators. It has built the system indigenously, including the microrad-level precision pointing and tracking system required for laser communications.
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