In 2025, first prize (£100,000) was awarded to the Kneu Health, a health-tech app that turns your mobile phone into an FDA-approved device to monitor and manage Alzeihmer's and Parkinson's. Caroline Cake has since raised <£4M as they expand to the UK.

In 2025, second Prize (£50,000) was awarded to a Mimicrete, new type of concrete manufacturing company that has developed a biometric lattice, which can be used to deliver any and all self-healing agents, extending the lifespan of concrete from 6 to 60 years.

In 2025, third Prize (£25,000) was awarded to XRLabs, a company that uses Artifical Intelligence (AI), Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) to help surgeons prepare for real life surgeries and to train. Ali Hadad's technology at XRLabs was named Best Technology of 2025 by Time.

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