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2025

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Adaptilens

Developing the first and only intraocular lens that responds to the eye's natural signal to focus, thus eliminating the need for eyeglasses or contact lenses.
Adolescent Health Champions

Using peer-to-peer education to train adolescents in India in critical health topics.
Aurie

Building a reusable, intermittent catheter system to improve quality of life and health outcomes for people living with urinary retention.
Base Operations

Aggregating, visualizing, and interpreting threat data to help organizations anticipate disruptions around the world — keeping their people, assets, and operations safe.
Beacon Bio

Improving hearing and healing by restoring eardrums with regenerative grafts.
Beaver Health, Inc.

Engaging older loved ones in stimulating, culturally responsive activities to boost cognition and quality of life.
Broadleaf HEA

Providing evidence-based health and education interventions for children in rural India that produce tangible improvements to participant’s wellbeing.
Chirps Chips

Creating packaged foods made of edible insects as a healthier, more environmentally sustainable alternative to other sources of protein on the market.
Coding it Forward

Empowering the next generation of mission-driven technologists by creating new pathways into public interest technology.
Day Zero Diagnostics

Developing technologies to help control healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), where antibiotic resistant organisms can be especially dangerous.
EndoShunt Medical Inc.

Controlling abdominal bleeding in trauma surgery with an innovative medical device.
GC Therapeutics

Using synthetic biology to program stem cells into any cell type with best-in-class efficiency, speed, and scalability.
JustFix

Building free tools for tenants to exercise their rights to a livable home.
Kinnos

Adding color to disinfectants, visualizing surface coverage for more effective and efficient cleaning in healthcare settings.
Limax Biosciences

Treating internal and external injuries with a stretchable adhesive hydrogel.
Mark43

Empowering communities and their governments with new technologies that improve the safety and quality of life for all.
MDaaS Global

Building and operating modern, tech-enabled diagnostic centers to provide healthcare for Africa's next billion.
PerioSense

Making early diagnosis of gum disease more accessible and efficient while saving time and money for patients and providers.
PIVOTtheWorld

A mobile app revealing what places looked like in the past — showing authenticated histories of locations (from everyday places to popular tourist attractions), through images, videos, and text-audio.
RapidSOS

Securely linking life-saving data from connected devices, apps and sensors to safety agents, 911 and first responders globally.
ReThink

An app that detects online hate and gives users a second chance to reconsider the decision to post or send offensive messages.
Rumi Spice

Bringing flavorful, ethically-sourced, and socially-responsible spices from Afghanistan to customers.
SoWork

Creating a smart virtual office that gives remote teams efficiency, presence, spontaneity, and connection.
SPOUTS OF WATER

Providing clean drinking water, clean air and clean energy to African households.
Stochastic

An enterprise platform for businesses to build, customize, and control their own AI.
SurgiBox

Making surgery safer for both patients and healthcare providers around the world through innovative technology, co-developed with users and centered around patient needs.
TANGapp

An international, peer-to-peer transaction app with a social mission of financial inclusion for emerging markets.
Tolemi

Integrating city data from multiple departments and systems into a single, easy-to-use platform.
Tuverl

An app that makes public transport cheaper and more accessible to millions of commuters across Africa.
Umbulizer

Developing a reliable, low-cost, and portable device that can provide continuous ventilation to patients.
Upsolve

Creating free tools to help people dispute debt, negotiate debt, or file Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
Vacuum-Assisted Wound Therapy Affordable For All (VATARA)

Providing low-cost, negative pressure wound therapy for everyone.
Virtudent

A telehealth solution for dentistry, expanding access to oral-health experts and improving the quality of dental care.
X-COR Therapeutics

Creating the first commercially-available extracorporeal CO2 removal device that uses ultra-low-blood flow to treat patients with hypercarbic respiratory failure.

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