Techarena 2026 Announces TOP46 Finalists

Techarena 2026 has announced its TOP46 finalists, a selected group of startups and scaleups building technology to solve real and pressing global challenges across healthcare, climate, energy, AI, robotics, food systems, industrial technology, and more.

The 46 companies that will pitch on stage represent 16 countries, ranging from the US to France, Spain, Ukraine, Switzerland, and more.

The pitches will take place on Founder Stage on February 11. Out of the 46 companies, five will go on to the main final at Arena Stage on the 12th in the afternoon.

Following in the footsteps of previous nominees and winners such as Legora, BrainZell, Tandem Health, and Vesiro, the TOP46 finalists represent a new generation of companies building technology that matters and solutions designed for the real world.

TOP46 Finalists

Ainostics
AINOSTICS builds AI-powered software that turns routine MRI scans into comprehensive neurological diagnostics. Its flagship platform, BR[AI]N, enables earlier, faster, and more accurate detection of dementia and other major brain disorders. It is the only solution with an FDA Breakthrough designation for predicting dementia years before clinical diagnosis.

ÄIO
ÄIO develops sustainable fats and oils using precision fermentation. By converting low-value agricultural, food, and forestry side streams through yeast fermentation into high-performance lipid ingredients, ÄIO replaces environmentally intensive fats used in food, cosmetics, and household chemicals with traceable, scalable, and climate-resilient alternatives.

Bewelab SA
Bewe is a neuroscience-based digital intervention that rewires the brain’s reward system to reduce cravings and overconsumption. Clinically proven in four randomized controlled trials to cut unhealthy intake by 28 percent and early diet failure by 50 percent, it offers a scalable, non-pharmacological solution for metabolic health.

Blue Ocean Closures
Blue Ocean Closures builds high-performance fibre-based closures that offer sustainable, low-carbon alternatives to fossil plastic across packaging and industrial applications. Its deep-forming technology delivers equivalent strength and functionality at competitive cost.

BrainLink
BrainLink is transforming brain treatment by building the world’s first remote and truly wireless brain pressure monitoring system. Its patented solution targets a growing population of 12 million elderly and 7 million children living with hydrocephalus.

Braive
Braive transforms mental healthcare with an AI-driven, research-based treatment platform that expands access and empowers users. Proven with more than 100,000 patients, Braive delivers four times the capacity, 80 percent recovery, and 60 percent cost savings.

CHRP
CHRP turns music listening into performance intelligence. Using AI to understand passive music engagement, CHRP predicts emotional readiness before high-stakes moments. Elite athletes, operators, and leaders use CHRP to stay in peak condition longer without surveys or wearables.

Clinicgram
Clinicgram is a software-only platform that turns smartphones into spectral intelligence for chronic wound care. It helps clinicians detect risk earlier, standardize assessments, and track healing over time, improving outcomes while reducing cost.

CRUXO
CRUXO provides a proprietary retail media platform that helps leading retailers monetize traffic, engage supplier brands, and increase basket value. The technology delivers results supported by deep retail expertise.

Cytidel
Cytidel helps enterprises cut through vulnerability noise by identifying which security flaws are actively exploited and pose real business risk. The platform combines real-time vulnerability intelligence, threat actor context, and AI automation.

DREV AB
DREV is a cleantech hardware company that safely and efficiently collects critical metals currently wasted in advanced manufacturing facilities, supporting employee safety, production efficiency, and circular value chains.

eAgronom
eAgronom works with 3,500 farmers managing 2.5 million hectares across Europe. It operates one of Europe’s largest agricultural data networks, powering carbon and sustainability programs with credits issued under Verra VM0042.

Easyrain
Easyrain designs next-generation vehicle safety systems that enable safe autonomous driving in challenging conditions such as wet roads, snow, ice, and low-grip surfaces.

Emulate
Emulate builds the control layer for the electrified home. Its software aggregates EVs, heat pumps, solar, and home batteries into virtual battery utilities that help manage grid congestion and unlock flexibility markets.

Epiminds
Epiminds is an operating system for marketing powered by multi-agent AI teams. Its platform orchestrates autonomous agents across data, creative, and strategy to optimize marketing at scale.

In Parallel
In Parallel replaces fragmented plans and status meetings with a living execution layer that captures decisions, updates priorities, and keeps teams aligned in real time.

Interhuman AI
Interhuman AI builds social intelligence infrastructure for AI systems. Its API detects and interprets human behavioral signals across voice, facial expressions, body language, and language.

Ivy
Ivy is an AI-powered, open-source .NET framework that generates production-ready C# code for enterprise tools. Developers own the code, avoid vendor lock-in, and accelerate development up to ten times.

LEIA
LEIA is building parental workforce infrastructure that connects AI-driven workforce orchestration with parental health intelligence to improve retention, productivity, and equity.

LifesaverSIM
LifesaverSIM is a mobile, game-based simulator that turns complex first aid and trauma care protocols into immersive training for emergency services.

Lumit
Lumit enables customers to order food directly from a restaurant’s own website through a white-label solution without third-party delivery apps.

Lumoo Studio
Lumoo Studio is a unified content creation platform for fashion and sports brands, managing content from product sketch to e-commerce.

Melticare AB
Melticare’s TRUST is a new-generation jet nebulizer that enables treatment in seated, reclined, and supine positions without bulky equipment, improving care for critically ill patients.

NewsCatcher
NewsCatcher transforms high-signal web sources into structured, real-time data feeds for AI systems. Its pipeline delivers machine-readable insights used by governments, large enterprises, and AI companies.

NitroVolt
NitroVolt produces ammonia on demand at ambient conditions directly at customer sites, cutting CO2 emissions by up to 90 percent and strengthening supply chains.

Nordic Salt Cycle
Nordic Salt Cycle uses molten salt technology to enable sustainable domestic production of critical minerals and reduce Europe’s dependence on imports.

Normain
Normain enables consultants to extract structured, source-referenced insights from uploaded documents. The platform is already used by two of the Big Four firms.

Ochy
Ochy delivers lab-grade biomechanics analysis using a single smartphone camera, helping reduce injury risk and improve performance without hardware or labs.

Opper AI
Opper AI provides a scalable enterprise API for generative AI.

Optise
Optise is an AI-powered B2B website optimization platform that continuously improves technical performance and conversion without manual updates or agencies.

Physical Robotics AS
Physical Robotics is developing a highly capable half-body humanoid with advanced tactile sensing, enabling real physical intelligence for industrial automation.

PowerUP Energy Technologies
PowerUP develops hydrogen fuel cell generators and proton exchange membrane fuel cells to support clean and resilient energy systems.

Propstreet
Propstreet is building an AI-native dealmaking platform for commercial real estate, enabling better discovery, relationships, and deal execution.

QA.tech
QA.tech automates software testing with AI to remove QA bottlenecks and increase development velocity.

QTPIE
QTPIE is building a global driving evaluation platform, starting with smartphone-based automated road tests approved by governments.

Relox Robotics
Relox Robotics builds autonomous robots that take over repetitive and hazardous work, starting with robotic golf ball collection.

Repass
Repass connects compliance, traceability, sustainability, and customer experience in one platform — giving every product a digital identity, a story, and a future.

RiACT ApS
RiACT delivers a unified software infrastructure that simplifies industrial automation across its full lifecycle.

Selftalk
Selftalk designs self-therapy and self-coaching systems that address team misalignment at the identity level.

Sharp Vision
Sharp Vision builds AI-powered regulatory platforms that give governments real-time oversight of digital ecosystems.

Spryt
Spryt is building an AI receptionist that helps patients book, pay, and access healthcare while reducing administrative burden for providers.

Superintelligence Computing Systems
Superintelligence Computing Systems develops physical AGI for industrial robots that can learn, reason, and operate in unstructured environments.

SweGreen
SweGreen delivers AI-driven on-site farming systems for retail and hospitality, producing fresh greens where they are consumed.

TioTech AS
TioTech develops advanced battery materials that enable fast charging, long lifetime, and safe operation using abundant raw materials.

TrialMe AB
TrialMe connects women to clinical trials through a digital platform that addresses barriers to participation and improves research outcomes.

Volare
Volare replaces unsustainable protein and oil ingredients by upcycling industrial food waste using insect-based processing and fossil-free technology.