S3E Start 2024 | Meet the research team: DOPANTS
At this year's S3E Start Open Day, celebrated at the Tivoli BBVA Theatre in Lisbon, we interviewed the participating research teams to find out more about their projects and how they’re planning to implement the knowledge they’ve gained through our program to take their innovation from the lab to the the market.
DOPANTS is one of the 14 teams that was selected to join the 2024 edition of S3E Start, our program of support for deep tech research and entrepreneurship in Southern Europe, coordinated by our South3E partner HiSeedTech. Watch below the full interview to hear all about their work and their experience on Start!
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"Our decision to enrol in the S3E Start program stemmed from our desire to transcend the confines of our laboratory and test our innovations in the real world. We wanted to challenge ourselves to see how we would navigate and thrive in the market environment." — Vasileios Tzatzadakis.
DOPANTS is a project developed by researchers from Hellenic Mediterranean University, including: Minas Stylianakis, Vasileios Tzatzadakis, Anna Mastrogiorgi, Eleftheria Perivola and Marios Fragkioglou. Their focus lies on innovating with polymer nanocomposites to enhance safety and sustainability in medical consumables, such as catheters, ventilators, surgical handles and more; their plan is to produce filaments and masterbatches that combat infections, offer customization via 3D printing and molding, and ensure durability. This technology provides superior passive benefits over competitors, complementing existing sterilization techniques while reducing environmental impact.
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S3E Start 2024 | Meet the research team: UPWIND
At this year's S3E Start Open Day, celebrated at the Tivoli BBVA Theatre in Lisbon, we interviewed the participating research teams to find out more about their projects and how they’re planning to implement the knowledge they’ve gained through our program to take their innovation from the lab to the the market.
UWPIND is one of the 14 teams that was selected to join the 2024 edition of S3E Start, our program of support for deep tech research and entrepreneurship in Southern Europe, coordinated by our South3E partner HiSeedTech. Watch below the full interview to hear all about their work and their experience on Start!
https://youtu.be/sjkZKkXcJwM
"Since our team has reached a key stage or product development and we are planning to spinout into a startup, the S3E Start program has been highly beneficial for us, especially to learn how to articulate our value proposition for potential customers." Luís Tiago.
This project is led by researchers from Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, including: Fernando A C C Fontes, Luís Tiago P., Manuel Matos Fernandes, Sérgio Vinha, Gabriel M. Fernandes and Rui da Costa. Their the team behind ZEPHYRUS, an Airborne Wind Energy (AWE) device that generates clean energy using a tethered kite and a generator on the ground. Thanks to its affordability and deployability, this system has the potential to help remote communities transition into cleaner systems of electricity production, contributing to lessen the use of fuel-based generators.
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S3E Start 2024 | Meet the research team: OncoMets
At this year's S3E Start Open Day, celebrated at the Tivoli BBVA Theatre in Lisbon, we interviewed the participating research teams to find out more about their projects and how they’re planning to implement the knowledge they’ve gained through our program to take their innovation from the lab to the the market.
OncoMets is one of the 14 teams that was selected to join the 2024 edition of S3E Start, our program of support for deep tech research and entrepreneurship in Southern Europe, coordinated by our South3E partner HiSeedTech. Watch below the full interview to hear all about their work and their experience on Start!
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“As a translational research group, we realised that we didn't have the tools to transform our knowledge into a product that could be made available for the clinical community and for the patients. We found the S3E Start program and thought it had the perfect combination of elements we needed to bring our solution to the market." — Ana Ribeiro
This project is led by researchers from i3S - Institute for Research and Innovation in Health, including: Ana Ribeiro, Joana Paredes, Rita Carvalho, Ines Conde, Bruno Freitas and Barbara Macedo. They're the team behind ONCOSECRET, an in vitro diagnostic tool for breast cancer monitoring, driven by a groundbreaking circulating biomarker discovery platform that will enable early detection and reduce mortality rates, thus empowering oncologists to combat breast cancer effectively.
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S3E Start 2024 | Meet the research team: THYMI
At this year's S3E Start Open Day, celebrated at the Tivoli BBVA Theatre in Lisbon, we interviewed the participating research teams to find out more about their projects and how they’re planning to implement the knowledge they’ve gained through our program to take their innovation from the lab to the the market.
THYMI is one of the 14 teams that was selected to join the 2024 edition of S3E Start, our program of support for deep tech research and entrepreneurship in Southern Europe, coordinated by our South3E partner HiSeedTech. Watch below the full interview to hear all about their work and their experience on Start!
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“As scientists, we lacked a lot of the knowledge required to transition an idea from a research setting into a more entrepreneurial setting, and we knew the S3E Start program would help us with everything we needed to turn our project into a viable business." — Pedro Ferreirinha
This project is pioneered by researchers Rute Pinto and Pedro Ferreirinha from i3S - Institute for Research and Innovation in Health. They've created an innovative solution that offers, for the first time, the possibility to produce in laboratory patient-specific T cells that can be used to supplement patient immunity with no risk of transplanted cell rejection or side-effects.
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S3E Start 2024 | Meet the research team: OncoMagnetoSweep
At this year's S3E Start Open Day, celebrated at the Tivoli BBVA Theatre in Lisbon, we interviewed the participating research teams to find out more about their projects and how they’re planning to implement the knowledge they’ve gained through our program to take their innovation from the lab to the the market.
OncoMagnetoSweep is one of the 14 teams that was selected to join the 2024 edition of S3E Start, our program of support for deep tech research and entrepreneurship in Southern Europe, coordinated by our South3E partner HiSeedTech. Watch below the full interview to hear all about their work and their experience on Start!
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“We enrolled in S3E Start because we wanted to check if our our technology had the potential to be commercialized. Thanks to this program and the expert support we've received from our mentor, we've learned how to turn our idea into a startup and how to introduce it to a wide network of investors." — Marta Laranjeira
This project is pioneered by researchers from i3S - Institute for Research and Innovation in Health and CBQF - Center for Biotechnology and Fine Chemistry, including: Marta Laranjeira, Diana R. Fonseca, Luísa Fialho and Natacha Rosa. This team have developed a magnetic extracorporeal device able to remove circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from whole blood to improve metastatic cancer treatment and prevent early metastasis formation for high-risk patients, significantly enhancing prognosis and survival rates.
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S3E Start 2024 | Meet the research team: NemAway
At this year's S3E Start Open Day, celebrated at the Tivoli BBVA Theatre in Lisbon, we interviewed the participating research teams to find out more about their projects and how they’re planning to implement the knowledge they’ve gained through our program to take their innovation from the lab to the the market.
NemAway is one of the 14 teams that was selected to join the 2024 edition of S3E Start, our program of support for deep tech research and entrepreneurship in Southern Europe, coordinated by our South3E partner HiSeedTech. Watch below the full interview to hear all about their work and their experience on Start!
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“We decided to join S3E Start because we needed a push in our transfer of knowledge from academia to industry. It's been a very important experience for us and we've learned a lot from this program — from how to communicate to investors to how to build a business project from scratch." — Cláudia Vicente
This project is pioneered by researchers from University of Évora, including: Cláudia Vicente, Margarida Espada, Pedro Barbosa and Madalena Mendonça. With the aim of developing bio-based and sustainable solutions to combat plant-parasitic nematodes, they've created NemAway, a fast and efficient action bionematicide that helps to protect crops and foster environmentally-friendly practices in agriculture.
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S3E Start 2024 | Meet the research team: GENESIS
At this year's S3E Start Open Day, celebrated at the Tivoli BBVA Theatre in Lisbon, we interviewed the participating research teams to find out more about their projects and how they’re planning to implement the knowledge they’ve gained through our program to take their innovation from the lab to the the market.
GENESIS is one of the 14 teams that was selected to join the 2024 edition of S3E Start, our program of support for deep tech research and entrepreneurship in Southern Europe, coordinated by our South3E partner HiSeedTech. Watch below the full interview to hear all about their work and their experience on Start!
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“It was wonderful to participate in this program! This experience has helped us to jump from the research stage into starting a company." — Diogo Silva
This project is pioneered by researchers the Faculty of Engineering at University of Porto (FEUP) in collaboration INEGI, including: Alexandra Rodrigues Pinto, Diogo Silva, Helder Xavier Nunes and Lucas Marcon. Their main focus is to help the maritime sector reduce their dependency on oil-based fuel engines and in turn adopt greener and environmentally-friendly practices thanks to GENESIS, a safe plug-and-play off-grid production system that assures clean, pure hydrogen and borate with high value.
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S3E Start 2024 | Meet the research team: BreastScreening-AI
At this year's S3E Start Open Day, celebrated at the Tivoli BBVA Theatre in Lisbon, we interviewed the participating research teams to find out more about their projects and how they’re planning to implement the knowledge they’ve gained through our program to take their innovation from the lab to the the market.
BreastScreening-AI is one of the 14 teams that was selected to join the 2024 edition of S3E Start, our program of support for deep tech research and entrepreneurship in Southern Europe, coordinated by our South3E partner HiSeedTech. Watch below the full interview to hear all about their work and their experience on Start!
https://youtu.be/VppWuptBg0I?feature=shared
“We joined S3E Start to help us prepare for the EIC Accelerator and, as we expected, it has been a great opportunity for us to grow. We have developed our project plan to bring our solution into the market, and we now also feel ready to start pitching for funding." — Francisco Maria Calisto
This project is pioneered by researchers from University of Lisbon's Instituto Superior Técnico and University of Coimbra, and it focuses on developing advanced AI-driven diagnostic tools that integrate mammography, ultrasound, and MRI data to enhance breast cancer detection accuracy, and in turn help radiologists reducing diagnostic times and minimizing false positives and negative. The full BreastScreening-AI team includes: Francisco Maria Calisto, Carlos Santiago and André Fadiga.
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S3E Start 2024 | Meet the research team: Blood2Power
At this year's S3E Start Open Day, celebrated at the Tivoli BBVA Theatre in Lisbon, we interviewed the participating research teams to find out more about their projects and how they’re planning to implement the knowledge they’ve gained through our program to take their innovation from the lab to the the market.
Blood2Power is one of the 14 teams that was selected to join the 2024 edition of S3E Start, our program of support for deep tech research and entrepreneurship in Southern Europe, coordinated by our South3E partner HiSeedTech. Watch below the full interview to hear all about their work and their experience on Start!
https://youtu.be/SEaZOKtOs44?feature=shared
“This kind of program is very important for researchers because we get to learn a lot of new things beyond our scientific knowledge; our technology will only be fruitful if it goes to the patient, and thanks to S3E Start we are now closer to achieving that” — Andreia Pereira.
This project is pioneered by researchers from i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, and it revolves around the development of a system that harnesses electrical energy from the movement of blood and other body fluids to power medical devices. The full Blood2Power team includes: Inês Gonçalves, Andreia Trindade Pereira, Daniela Sousa, Herbert Middleton and Salomé Luís.
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S3E Start showcases the innovative deep tech projects from Southern Europe in a magnificent Open Day in Lisbon
On June 18th, the S3E team celebrated a hybrid Open Day in Lisbon to showcase the , the program that provides expert support to research teams and technology transfer officers in Southern Europe.
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The S3E Start Open Day took place at the iconic BBVA Tivoli Theatre with approximately 60 people attending in person. The full 3-hour event was also livestreamed, reaching over 230 participants from across the European deep tech ecosystem who registered to join remotely. The audience included member companies from HiSeedTech (the S3E team who facilitated the event), international investors, business angels, innovation hubs, higher education representatives, corporates, researchers and deep tech enthusiasts.
The event kicked-off with a warm welcome from Mario Freire, President of the Board of HiSeedTech, which is the coordinator of the S3E – Southern European Entrepreneurship Engine project. Freire's introduction was followed by Daniel Gassman, Head of Sector Ecosystems and Prizes at the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA), who joined online to introduce the context where S3E stands, highlighting the main objectives of the New European Agenda and how the S3E project is working towards creating long-lasting impact by supporting deep tech research, innovation and entrepreneurship in Southern Europe.
Pedro Vilarinho, technical coordinator of the S3E initiative, took the stage to provide an overview of the S3E Start program, reflecting on its goals, milestones, and the remarkable progress made during the second cohort of research teams who joined the program in January. In the 2024 edition, S3E Start has supported 14 research teams in total, involving more than 60 researchers and 10 technology transfer officers from 12 different countries. The program also counted on the support of 30 mentors pooled from our community of S3E Experts.
The whole session, hosted by Roger Debo, consisted on 14 pitches from the finalist research teams, alternating onsite and online presentations, where the researchers explained the purpose and progress of their inspiring and significant work. Debo also delivered an inspirational talk on deep tech entrepreneurship.
The S3E Start Open Day showcased the remarkable potential of innovation in deep tech in Southern Europe, marking the culmination of 20 weeks of diligent effort by the 14 research teams participating in the S3E Start program. A huge congratulations to everyone involved for making this such a successful event!
The full recording of the S3E Start Open Day is now available to watch here.