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Confocal.nl wins top ten list of most groundbreaking innovations in science

Confocal.nl is one of the ten winners of the Academic Startup Competition. This was announced by a professional jury in Amsterdam in the presence of State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate, Mona Keijzer.

Winnaars Academic

As a result of the selection, Confocal.nl will be able to pitch at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) and will be offered a trip to Silicon Valley by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Change. The GES will give Confocal.nl the opportunity to learn how to scale up their innovation faster and take the step from startup to scale-up.

See the summary of the day:

Confocal.nl, a spinoff from the University of Amsterdam, develops microscope upgrade module based on the re-scan invention. The upgrade module of Confocal.nl turns any wide-field microscope into a confocal microscope with 40% improved resolution and increased sensitivity as compared to other confocal systems. 

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Academic Startup Competition

The Academic Startup Competition is an initiative of VSNU, the Netherlands Academy of Technology and Innovation (AcTI) and StartupDelta. The competition put knowledge transfer and academic spin-offs in the international spotlight.

Mona Keijzer, State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate: “Academic startups are extremely important for the Netherlands because it’s often innovative breakthrough technologies that have an international impact. The 10 winners show that Dutch universities are at the global forefront when it comes to knowledge transfer.”

Pieter Duisenberg, chairman VSNU “This top ten list proves that Dutch Academic Startups are leading the way in creating the most groundbreaking innovations in science. They are living proof that Dutch universities are at the heart of our society. Now is the time to continue and keep up the pace by making the knowledge transfer process in the Netherlands even more professional”.

10 ASC winners

Visit the website: academicstartupcompetition.nl for more information about the competition, the jury and the 10 winning startups.

 

For more information about this press release, please contact us at
info@confocal.nl

 

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