Like every month, Start-Up Chile held its monthly pitch event, where the 10 best startups in the biotechnology and health industry exposed their businesses in front of judges and guests related to the field. The winners received a giftcard from Transbank and the recognition of “Bull of the month” by Viña Requingua.
In the sixth Tech Evening of 2017 10 startups exposed the best in terms of biotech, advances in medicine and research in the e-health field.
Based on its business model, impact and scalability, the company that took the first place in this opportunity was NovaCold presented by Juan Rozas, who along with his team discovered and developed a new enzyme pectinase and phytase, highly efficient at low temperatures, for agro-industrial application (specifically in the wine and salmon industry).
The project has been brewing since 2011 where the NovaCold team made expeditions to virgin areas of the Chilean Antarctic territory to study the existence of extremophilic microorganisms and their enzymes.
The Founder, Juan Rozas, was awarded a Gift Card of Transbank for around 500 dollars and gifts from Toro de Piedra wine. He was also highlighted as “Bull of the Month”, award for the most outstanding entrepreneur of the day by Viña Requingua.
The second place was obtained by Biocellix, a biotechnology company dedicated to the development of products that help the regeneration of tissues and in particular, the treatment of chronic wounds.
The third place was for Diagnochip, which designs, develops and sells kits for antibiograms allowing the results of the identification of antibiotic sensitivity of the patient in only 8 hours.
The second and third places also won prizes from Transbank, Banco BCI and Viña Requingua.
The Tech Evenings are monthly events with different themes where 10 startups present. With this, Start-Up Chile seeks to highlight the visibility of high-impact startups in front of large companies, so that solutions to their corporate problems come from the entrepreneurial world.
The event also culminated with a cocktail to promote networking thanks to Banco BCI and was broadcast live via Streaming thanks to the support of Microsoft.
The next Tech Evening will be on October 3rd and will invite startups from the Energy and Engineering industries. Entrepreneurs will show their businesses and technological solutions in the matter. In addition, the event will take place in the new co-work of Start-Up Chile located in Monjitas and can be watched live that day from 5:30pm at www.startupchile.org/live and on Start- Up Chile’s Facebook.
Mario Soto de Diagnochip, obtuvo el tercer lugar en la premiación de Biotecnología y Salud de @startupchile #TechEvening, @premios_avonni pic.twitter.com/fxnE0CjzRB
— Diagnochip (@Diagnochip) 29 de agosto de 2017
.@BancoBci con #bcinace apoyando a los emprendedores de #salud y #biotecnologia en el #TechEvening de hoy. pic.twitter.com/0CjQARcrfA
— Start-Up Chile (@startupchile) 24 de agosto de 2017
@TRANSBANK entregando el primer lugar en el #techevening en @startupchile https://t.co/W0HJwzpAZt
— Matias Fontecilla (@matiasfonte) 24 de agosto de 2017
Ahora disfrutando del coctél y #networking siempre gracias al mejor vino de @VinaRequingua #torodepiedra #eltoromaspremiado #TechEvening pic.twitter.com/HR2OzarIQF
— Start-Up Chile (@startupchile) 24 de agosto de 2017
Qué grande el #Techevening muy bueno! Saludos desde #Colombia pic.twitter.com/zbLNBgbPNk
— Sebastián Díaz Mesa (@Cba_Diaz) 24 de agosto de 2017
Felicitaciones a los ganadores de la 6ta versión #TechEvening Salud y Bientestar ? pic.twitter.com/k1je0cBKbQ
— Banco Bci (@BancoBci) 24 de agosto de 2017
EduardoBitran: RT MarcelaAnguloG: Estamos en #TechEvening de startupchile con Paola Cañón pcanong presentando la i… pic.twitter.com/LljuVFeJJO
— Néstor Salinas (@nsalinascabello) 25 de agosto de 2017
Paola Cañon explica el potencial del desarrollo biotecnológico en Chile y la iniciativa de biotecnología de @Corfo #techevening pic.twitter.com/y6HgxAWRRL
— Start-Up Chile (@startupchile) 24 de agosto de 2017
Saludos de Alberto Rodriguez de @LevitaMagnetics al #TechEvening de @startupchile Entre las 10 compañías más innovadoras 2017 @FastCompany pic.twitter.com/gTgzdSPdlu
— Marcela Angulo (@MarcelaAnguloG) 24 de agosto de 2017
Participando del jurado del #TechEvening de Biotecnología y Salud – lleno total!
— Camilo Erazo Leiva (@CamiloErazoL) 24 de agosto de 2017