Berlin-Brandenburg Honors Tech Innovators
The winners of the Berlin-Brandenburg 2024 Innovation Award - © Agentur Medienlabor | Stefan Schubert
In a stunning showcase of technological prowess, the Berlin-Brandenburg Innovation Award 2024 has highlighted five exceptional companies pushing the boundaries of innovation across multiple sectors.
Selected from 125 submissions, the award-winning companies represent a diverse range of groundbreaking technologies.
AKmira optronics developed an ultra-miniaturized 3D camera module using digital holographic technology, enabling advanced imaging in medical, augmented reality, and drone applications.
AudioCure Pharma presented a breakthrough pharmaceutical approach, creating AC102, an innovative treatment for sudden hearing loss that outperforms standard steroid therapies in laboratory tests. Currently undergoing European Phase 2 clinical trials, the drug offers hope for patients with previously untreatable hearing conditions.
Cambrium leveraged AI-powered protein design to create sustainable material building blocks, with NovaCollTM—a vegan micro-molecular collagen—as their flagship product. Using machine learning models, they develop proteins for diverse industrial applications.
Infrastructure innovation came from LAT, which deployed a robotic dog named "Spot" to accelerate railway infrastructure development. Equipped with advanced sensors, the robot collects real-time data on cable networks, humidity, and temperature.
WeldNova revolutionized wind turbine manufacturing with their WeldMagnet technology, reducing welding time from 95 to 11 hours and cutting CO₂ emissions by a factor of 16.
Other notable nominees included BDS Digital Health Solutions, DeepFile, Form Follows You,Lutz Spring, and Spark e-Fuels, each contributing unique technological solutions across healthcare, data management, urban planning, energy, and sustainable fuel production.
