9th BioRiver Boost! and the winner is…

On Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, the finals of our start-up competition, the Bioriver Boost! took place. The eight outstanding finalists selected by experts pitched in Hilden at Qiagen. The winners are…

1st Lumatix Biotech: produces light-driven affinity matrices as a superior alternative to protein A chromatography for antibody purification.
Garching near Munich; Andreas Reichert, Ingmar Polte.

2nd BioThrust: develops innovative systems that take bioreactor aeration to a new level.
Aachen; Patrick Bongartz, Konstantin Kurz

3rd Vivalyx: saves and improves the lives of people suffering from organ failure worldwide by increasing organ viability and the number of organs available for transplantation without using donor blood.
Altenkirchen; René Tolba, Benedict Doorschodt

Congratulations on the win!

Other startups featured as finalists: Bicomer, Nium, Athenata GmbH, X-ZELL, Modiblast.

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