Medtech startup Nuroflux, which has developed a tool to watch mind exercise and blood circulate following a stroke, was chosen as the most effective of seven class winners the inaugural Fishburners Tech for Good Awards.
The awards, held on the Fishburners Sydney startup hub, celebrated startups harnessing know-how to assist clear up the world’s most urgent environmental, financial, and social challenges.
Greater than 250 startups entered the awards spanning seven classes, with the winners giving a 90 second pitch to determine the general excellence award received by Nuroflux, alongside a Individuals’s Alternative award, received by NeedleCalm, and chosen by the greater than 200 company on the awards.
Nuroflux cofounder and CEO Sam van Bohemen was impressed by private expertise to discovered his startup with Dr David Cardoso, He thanked Fishburners, the sponsors and the judges for making it attainable.
“We’re humbled to have had the chance to share what we’re doing at Nuroflux and much more humbled to have received the Higher Well being and Wellbeing Award in addition to the General Excellence Award,” he stated.
“It was very inspiring to study in regards to the superb startups searching for to make the world a greater place, we want them the most effective.”
The winners of the Tech for Good Awards are:
Fishburners Social Impression Award: Humanitix
Local weather Motion Award: FloodMapp
Higher Well being and Wellbeing Award: Nuroflux
Tech for Good Feminine Founder Award, sponsored by Microsoft for Startups: NeedleCalm
Sustainability Award, sponsored by BDO: RecycleSmart
Sustainable Product Award, sponsored by Amazon: Compassion Creamery
The Variety and Inclusion Award, sponsored by Optus: Homeable
General Glorious Award: Nuroflux
Individuals’s Alternative Award: NeedleCalm
The awards emerged out of the launch of the Tech for Good Hub at Fishburners, which noticed 30 sustainability startup founders present participating in a 9-month scholarship program.
Fishburners interim CEO Alan Jones stated Tech for Good is predicated on the concept the easiest way for firms to future-proof themselves is by working to resolve – not contribute to – international issues affecting folks and the planet.
“Startups don’t exist in a bubble. The companies we hope to construct to fulfil our entrepreneurial ambitions rely upon the viability of the society, economic system, and pure ecosystem we exist inside,” he stated.
“The large, intractable issues outlined within the SDGs are additionally probably the most useful alternatives for startups to deal with. We’re delighted to boost consciousness and help the expansion of a gaggle of superior Aussie startups making actual progress towards SDG objectives in our inaugural Tech For Good Awards.
“We’d wish to thank our superb sponsors Funding NSW, Amazon, Optus, BDO, and Microsoft for supporting this initiative in its very first 12 months.”
Adam McCurdie, founder & CEO at Humanitix, Social Impression Award winner, stated there are a wealth of pressing social points that the for-profit sector isn’t dedicating sufficient sources to fixing.
“Humanitix is already making unimaginable inroads at reworking the US$3.7 billion international ticketing business, however that is just the start for us,” he stated.
“There are a whole bunch of for-profit industries that may be disrupted utilizing scalable tech to supply a useful providing whereas additionally reinvesting earnings to social causes. We invite entrepreneurs all over the place to hitch us in following a for-purpose path, to create a world the place all companies, buildings, and methods work to serve the most effective pursuits of our planet and everybody (and every part!) sharing it.
“Nevertheless it takes a village to boost a startup. So we’re grateful for the help we’ve acquired from Fishburners – from utilizing the Humanitix platform for all Fishburner occasions, to offering alternatives to encourage, have interaction, and educate audiences about our distinctive philanthropic mannequin at Pitch Nights and different occasions.”
Juliette Murphy, cofounder & CEO of FloodMapp, the Local weather Motion Award winner, stated her startup’s real-time flood intelligence permits emergency managers to know the affect to particular folks, property, and important infrastructure – earlier than, throughout and after flood occasions.
“This allows them to coordinate focused evacuations and swiftwater rescues, and route visitors round flooded roads,” she stated.
“If all emergency managers and communities had entry to FloodMapp, we may save hundreds of lives, stop billions of {dollars} in harm, and fast-track restoration general from flood occasions.”
The Tech for Good Awards are supported by Funding NSW as a major sponsor, with particular person award sponsors together with Amazon, Optus, BDO, and Microsoft. Every class winner acquired a $5,000 money prize.
Fishburners CEO Alan Jones (left) with the judges and winners of the Tech for Good awards
