European Innovation Council

FaradaIC Sensors focuses on developing miniaturized gas sensors aimed at enhancing dioxygen detection capabilities for electronic devices. By employing standard microfabrication techniques, the company effectively reduces both the size and power consumption of its sensors, leading to lower production costs. This innovative approach allows for the commoditization of gas sensors, making them accessible and affordable for a variety of Internet of Things applications. FaradaIC Sensors is positioned to capitalize on the growing demand for flexible and cost-effective gas sensing solutions in the expanding IoT market.

QuantWare is the global leader in quantum hardware, specializing in scalable quantum processors. It offers a unique 3D chip architecture that enables clients to build powerful quantum computers capable of tackling real-world challenges in fields like climate and life sciences.

Aldoria specializes in space situational awareness services. It collects, processes, and uses data on space debris, satellites, and derelicts to monitor potential hazards and enable operators to adjust orbital routes, ensuring safety and sustainability in space.

Upmem develops innovative Processing-In-Memory (PIM) solutions for datacenters, accelerating data-intensive applications by up to 10 times. Their technology reduces off-chip data movements, enhancing efficiency and reducing energy consumption.

Upmem develops innovative Processing-In-Memory (PIM) solutions for datacenters, accelerating data-intensive applications by up to 10 times. Their technology reduces off-chip data movements, enhancing efficiency and reducing energy consumption.

Sensoneo is a global provider of enterprise‑grade smart waste management solutions that help cities and businesses reduce costs and environmental impact. The company combines in‑house ultrasonic sensors—Single, Double, Quatro, and patent‑pending Micro‑sensors—with advanced software that delivers real‑time monitoring, analytics, route planning, and vehicle load optimization. By enabling data‑driven decisions, Sensoneo’s platform can cut waste‑collection costs by at least 30 % and lower carbon emissions by up to 60 %. Its solutions are deployed in numerous locations across Europe, North America, South America, the Middle East, Australia, and New Zealand, and include incentive programs that encourage waste reduction and streamline the entire waste lifecycle.

VCG.AI develops AI-powered software to accelerate the circular economy by turning industrial by-products and waste into valuable resources. Its platform, including the Value Chain Generator, analyzes thousands of data points to identify, evaluate, and implement circular business models and resource reuse strategies. It integrates real-time data analytics, technology readiness assessments, patent landscape analysis, supplier mapping, and value-chain tracking to shorten development cycles and improve resource efficiency. The solution supports organizations, cities, and regions in valorising by-products, sourcing circular materials, and enhancing circularity across supply chains. VCG.AI maintains a library of validated circular solutions and technologies and operates across Europe, helping customers accelerate market entry and create more sustainable, resilient operations.

nyris is a visual search platform provider that enables users to find products and objects in images and videos using AI and neural networks. The platform serves multiple industries, including retail and e-commerce, industrial and manufacturing, media and entertainment, and financial services, by delivering fast, unified search results and improved discovery. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Berlin with a second location in Düsseldorf, nyris serves customers across more than 50 countries.

Transmetrics is a software-as-a-service artificial intelligence-powered logistics platform for cargo companies. The platform provides data cleansing, demand forecasting and network optimization using machine learning and predictive analytics to improve operational efficiency, reduce transport costs, and enhance fleet utilization while maintaining service levels. It combines AI with domain expertise in transport and logistics to analyze and predict transport flows with high accuracy, helping logistics providers optimize planning and reduce environmental impact.

FaradaIC Sensors focuses on developing miniaturized gas sensors aimed at enhancing dioxygen detection capabilities for electronic devices. By employing standard microfabrication techniques, the company effectively reduces both the size and power consumption of its sensors, leading to lower production costs. This innovative approach allows for the commoditization of gas sensors, making them accessible and affordable for a variety of Internet of Things applications. FaradaIC Sensors is positioned to capitalize on the growing demand for flexible and cost-effective gas sensing solutions in the expanding IoT market.

FaradaIC Sensors focuses on developing miniaturized gas sensors aimed at enhancing dioxygen detection capabilities for electronic devices. By employing standard microfabrication techniques, the company effectively reduces both the size and power consumption of its sensors, leading to lower production costs. This innovative approach allows for the commoditization of gas sensors, making them accessible and affordable for a variety of Internet of Things applications. FaradaIC Sensors is positioned to capitalize on the growing demand for flexible and cost-effective gas sensing solutions in the expanding IoT market.

Abzu is a company that develops a scientific artificial intelligence platform aimed at accelerating drug discovery and bringing pharmaceuticals to market more efficiently. Founded in January 2018, with offices in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Barcelona, Spain, Abzu challenges traditional, opaque AI methods by utilizing its pioneering technology, the QLattice. This platform provides transparent and explainable models that enable data scientists to approach their work with a scientific mindset. By unlocking new disease mechanisms, discovering novel biomarkers, and designing improved drugs, Abzu empowers pharmaceutical and biotech companies to validate multiple targets simultaneously, thereby enhancing their research capabilities and reducing development costs.

Neuron Soundware specializes in AI-driven machine diagnostics. It uses ultra-precise audio analysis and other physical parameter assessments to optimize industrial equipment performance, reduce operating costs, enhance maintenance efficiency, minimize environmental impact, and facilitate sustainable manufacturing.

Stream Analyze develops an analytics platform and real-time processing engine designed for efficiency and performance in handling large data volumes and detecting anomalies. Its technology enables real-time responses to data-flow anomalies and supports CPU-intensive operations. The platform is built for distributed edge environments, providing infrastructure and tools to create, deploy, execute, and monitor artificial intelligence models across large fleets of autonomous systems, with the goal of improving decision-making speed, reducing costs, and enhancing product and service performance.

Neuron Soundware specializes in AI-driven machine diagnostics. It uses ultra-precise audio analysis and other physical parameter assessments to optimize industrial equipment performance, reduce operating costs, enhance maintenance efficiency, minimize environmental impact, and facilitate sustainable manufacturing.

Xelera develops a big data analytics platform that facilitates the integration of advanced accelerator technology, such as FPGAs and GPUs, into commercial applications for data centers and cloud services. As businesses face increasing data volumes and the demand for real-time analytics, Xelera's platform offers tools to assess performance improvements and cost efficiencies when migrating applications to accelerator technology. The company specializes in accelerating complex data analytics and machine learning processes while efficiently managing large-scale IoT infrastructure at the network edge. By enhancing energy efficiency and reducing total cost of ownership for data center servers, Xelera positions itself as a key player in empowering businesses to build robust accelerated data processing capabilities.

QuantWare is the global leader in quantum hardware, specializing in scalable quantum processors. It offers a unique 3D chip architecture that enables clients to build powerful quantum computers capable of tackling real-world challenges in fields like climate and life sciences.

Founded in 2016, SAALG Geomechanics specializes in real-time ground analysis software for civil works and building projects. It offers machine learning-driven solutions to anticipate ground movement issues, along with numerical models calibrations, soil parameter characterization, and geotechnical consulting services.

Constellr provides space-based imaging and sensing solutions to evaluate soil health, vegetation, and environmental conditions for agriculture and infrastructure monitoring. Leveraging proprietary space infrastructure, it measures water, temperature, and carbon to derive models of evapotranspiration, water stress, and crop yield, enabling precise insights for farming, agronomy, and industrial operations. The company serves farmers, agricultural companies, infrastructure managers, power plants, and logistics providers across multiple markets, supporting decision making that improves crop production, resource management, and climate-change accountability.

Founded in 2016, SAALG Geomechanics specializes in real-time ground analysis software for civil works and building projects. It offers machine learning-driven solutions to anticipate ground movement issues, along with numerical models calibrations, soil parameter characterization, and geotechnical consulting services.

Carto is a location intelligence platform that turns spatial data into actionable insights for logistics, marketing, and site optimization. The cloud-based mapping, analysis, and visualization engine enables data scientists, developers, and analysts to treat location as an active analytical dimension, solving spatial problems, optimizing business processes, and predicting outcomes. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York City, Carto operates with offices in Madrid, Seville, and Washington, DC, and serves thousands of customers worldwide, including Mastercard, Vodafone, Bain & Company, and Coca-Cola, with hundreds of thousands of users. The company is backed by leading venture investors Accel Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Earlybird Ventures, and Kibo Ventures, underscoring its position in location intelligence.

Sensoneo is a global provider of enterprise‑grade smart waste management solutions that help cities and businesses reduce costs and environmental impact. The company combines in‑house ultrasonic sensors—Single, Double, Quatro, and patent‑pending Micro‑sensors—with advanced software that delivers real‑time monitoring, analytics, route planning, and vehicle load optimization. By enabling data‑driven decisions, Sensoneo’s platform can cut waste‑collection costs by at least 30 % and lower carbon emissions by up to 60 %. Its solutions are deployed in numerous locations across Europe, North America, South America, the Middle East, Australia, and New Zealand, and include incentive programs that encourage waste reduction and streamline the entire waste lifecycle.

Orbem operates an AI-driven sensor system that uses magnetic resonance imaging to analyze biological samples. This innovative approach optimizes breeding processes, enhances food production efficiency to meet global demand, and enables customers to improve processing lines for cost savings and high-quality outputs.

Upmem develops innovative Processing-In-Memory (PIM) solutions for datacenters, accelerating data-intensive applications by up to 10 times. Their technology reduces off-chip data movements, enhancing efficiency and reducing energy consumption.

nyris is a visual search platform provider that enables users to find products and objects in images and videos using AI and neural networks. The platform serves multiple industries, including retail and e-commerce, industrial and manufacturing, media and entertainment, and financial services, by delivering fast, unified search results and improved discovery. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Berlin with a second location in Düsseldorf, nyris serves customers across more than 50 countries.

Swiss Vault designs and builds economical data storage systems with a vision to disrupt the economics of data management and enable organizations to save and access every piece of data forever, with high privacy. Its technology emphasizes low power consumption, lightweight design, quiet operation, and a long service life, complemented by hardware-embedded security to protect information, enabling economical, resilient, and environmentally sustainable data management throughout the product's lifecycle.

Sensoneo is a global provider of enterprise‑grade smart waste management solutions that help cities and businesses reduce costs and environmental impact. The company combines in‑house ultrasonic sensors—Single, Double, Quatro, and patent‑pending Micro‑sensors—with advanced software that delivers real‑time monitoring, analytics, route planning, and vehicle load optimization. By enabling data‑driven decisions, Sensoneo’s platform can cut waste‑collection costs by at least 30 % and lower carbon emissions by up to 60 %. Its solutions are deployed in numerous locations across Europe, North America, South America, the Middle East, Australia, and New Zealand, and include incentive programs that encourage waste reduction and streamline the entire waste lifecycle.

Altaroad specializes in smart road infrastructure management. It uses patented nano-sensors embedded in roads and advanced algorithms to provide real-time data analysis. This enables traffic control optimization, predictive maintenance of infrastructure, and quick detection of hazardous situations like icy pavements or unsafe driving.

Altaroad specializes in smart road infrastructure management. It uses patented nano-sensors embedded in roads and advanced algorithms to provide real-time data analysis. This enables traffic control optimization, predictive maintenance of infrastructure, and quick detection of hazardous situations like icy pavements or unsafe driving.

Sensoneo is a global provider of enterprise‑grade smart waste management solutions that help cities and businesses reduce costs and environmental impact. The company combines in‑house ultrasonic sensors—Single, Double, Quatro, and patent‑pending Micro‑sensors—with advanced software that delivers real‑time monitoring, analytics, route planning, and vehicle load optimization. By enabling data‑driven decisions, Sensoneo’s platform can cut waste‑collection costs by at least 30 % and lower carbon emissions by up to 60 %. Its solutions are deployed in numerous locations across Europe, North America, South America, the Middle East, Australia, and New Zealand, and include incentive programs that encourage waste reduction and streamline the entire waste lifecycle.

Carto is a location intelligence platform that turns spatial data into actionable insights for logistics, marketing, and site optimization. The cloud-based mapping, analysis, and visualization engine enables data scientists, developers, and analysts to treat location as an active analytical dimension, solving spatial problems, optimizing business processes, and predicting outcomes. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York City, Carto operates with offices in Madrid, Seville, and Washington, DC, and serves thousands of customers worldwide, including Mastercard, Vodafone, Bain & Company, and Coca-Cola, with hundreds of thousands of users. The company is backed by leading venture investors Accel Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Earlybird Ventures, and Kibo Ventures, underscoring its position in location intelligence.

Biome Makers Inc. is a biotechnology company based in San Francisco, California, specializing in the identification and understanding of microbiomes, particularly in agricultural contexts. Founded in 2015, the company employs advanced DNA sequencing technologies and proprietary Intelligent Computing systems to deliver detailed, crop-specific insights and recommendations. This innovative approach enables growers and manufacturers to analyze soil ecosystems effectively, enhancing agricultural production and product quality through data-driven insights. By simplifying complex microbiome data, Biome Makers supports its customers in optimizing their agricultural practices and improving overall outcomes.

AEInnova develops autonomous industrial monitoring devices for predictive maintenance. Its flagship device InduEye is battery-free, self-powered, and capable of edge computing for real-time vibration, thermal, and steam-trap monitoring, powered by waste heat with optional solar or wind energy. It uses LoRaWAN or NB-IoT/LTE-CAT M for communications and streams data to cloud dashboards with analytics, alarms, and environmental impact analysis. The system aims to reduce downtime and maintenance costs through non-invasive, self-sustaining monitoring. Certifications include CE and ATEX/IECEX, with FCC ongoing. The technology is deployed across sectors such as oil and gas, aluminium, steel, paper, rubber, water treatment, and energy, with customers including Repsol, Cepsa, ArcelorMittal, Enel, and others. AEInnova has been recognized as a leading EU scale-up with multiple awards and EC funding, and participates in EU R&D initiatives related to energy harvesting and high-temperature IoT.

AEInnova develops autonomous industrial monitoring devices for predictive maintenance. Its flagship device InduEye is battery-free, self-powered, and capable of edge computing for real-time vibration, thermal, and steam-trap monitoring, powered by waste heat with optional solar or wind energy. It uses LoRaWAN or NB-IoT/LTE-CAT M for communications and streams data to cloud dashboards with analytics, alarms, and environmental impact analysis. The system aims to reduce downtime and maintenance costs through non-invasive, self-sustaining monitoring. Certifications include CE and ATEX/IECEX, with FCC ongoing. The technology is deployed across sectors such as oil and gas, aluminium, steel, paper, rubber, water treatment, and energy, with customers including Repsol, Cepsa, ArcelorMittal, Enel, and others. AEInnova has been recognized as a leading EU scale-up with multiple awards and EC funding, and participates in EU R&D initiatives related to energy harvesting and high-temperature IoT.

Ophiomics S.A. is a clinical-stage biotech company based in Lisbon, Portugal, focused on developing innovative diagnostic products and services for liver cancer. Established in 2015, Ophiomics integrates bioinformatics, genomics, and artificial intelligence to enhance the diagnostic and prognostic capabilities in oncology. The company specializes in creating biomarker-based diagnostic devices that utilize molecular signatures combined with clinical parameters in predictive algorithms, facilitating early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma. With a commitment to quality, Ophiomics holds ISO 13485 and ISO 9001 certifications and boasts a diverse pipeline of products at various stages of development, from pre-clinical programs to those undergoing clinical validation.

Ophiomics S.A. is a clinical-stage biotech company based in Lisbon, Portugal, focused on developing innovative diagnostic products and services for liver cancer. Established in 2015, Ophiomics integrates bioinformatics, genomics, and artificial intelligence to enhance the diagnostic and prognostic capabilities in oncology. The company specializes in creating biomarker-based diagnostic devices that utilize molecular signatures combined with clinical parameters in predictive algorithms, facilitating early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma. With a commitment to quality, Ophiomics holds ISO 13485 and ISO 9001 certifications and boasts a diverse pipeline of products at various stages of development, from pre-clinical programs to those undergoing clinical validation.

AEInnova develops autonomous industrial monitoring devices for predictive maintenance. Its flagship device InduEye is battery-free, self-powered, and capable of edge computing for real-time vibration, thermal, and steam-trap monitoring, powered by waste heat with optional solar or wind energy. It uses LoRaWAN or NB-IoT/LTE-CAT M for communications and streams data to cloud dashboards with analytics, alarms, and environmental impact analysis. The system aims to reduce downtime and maintenance costs through non-invasive, self-sustaining monitoring. Certifications include CE and ATEX/IECEX, with FCC ongoing. The technology is deployed across sectors such as oil and gas, aluminium, steel, paper, rubber, water treatment, and energy, with customers including Repsol, Cepsa, ArcelorMittal, Enel, and others. AEInnova has been recognized as a leading EU scale-up with multiple awards and EC funding, and participates in EU R&D initiatives related to energy harvesting and high-temperature IoT.