The Yale Innovation Summit proudly announces the winners of the 2024 awards across various tracks, recognizing the outstanding contributions and innovative projects that have emerged from this year's competition. The event showcased exceptional talent in the fields of Arts, Biotech, Climate, Health, and Tech, celebrating groundbreaking ideas and creative solutions.

ePoster Awards

Presented by Wiggins and Dana, the ePoster Awards highlight the innovative research and projects presented through electronic posters. The winners in each category are:

• Arts ePoster Award Winner: Poem Renovation
• Biotech ePoster Award Winner: Ciedon Therapeutics
• Climate ePoster Award Winner: Matcha Labs
• Health ePoster Award Winner: Intellihealth
• Tech ePoster Award Winner: LeanCon

Golden Ticket Awards

The Golden Ticket Awards, courtesy of BioLabs New Haven, Climate Haven, and District New Haven, provide the winners with valuable resources to further develop their projects. The recipients are:

• One Year Free Bench Space at BioLabs New Haven: Genesist
• One Year Free Incubator Space at Climate Haven: Windloop
• One Year Free Office Space at District New Haven: EpiTET Therapeutics

Pitch Awards

Presented by Connecticut Innovations, the Pitch Awards recognize the best pitches across different tracks, with winners demonstrating exceptional potential and creativity. The winners are:

Tech Pitch Awards

• Best in Showcase: Tubee
• 3rd Place: Visionairy
• 2nd Place: Guideli
• 1st Place: TranscribeGlass

Climate Pitch Awards

• Best in Showcase: itselectric
• 3rd Place: Oxylus Energy
• 2nd Place: ANDROS
• 1st Place: Prospect Growth

Arts Pitch Awards

• Business Model Innovation Audience Choice: Makerstate
• Business Model Innovation Overall: STAGETIME
• Creative Innovation Audience Choice: God, Sex & Rich People
• Creative Innovation Overall: Becoming BFA

Health Pitch Awards

• Best in Showcase: TM Nutrition
• Blavatnik Accelerator Awardee: Berna Sozen, PhD - Implantoid Technology: Pioneering cures for female infertility and uterine pathologies
• Blavatnik Accelerator Awardee: Madhav Menon, MBBS, MD - Aurine-based liquid "biopsy" for diagnosis and prognostication of FSGS and progressive kidney disease
• Blavatnik Accelerator Awardee: Richa Sharma, MD, MPH - Stroke Classifier
• Blavatnik Accelerator Awardee: Mohini Ranganathan, MBBS - Simulated Psychedelic Immersive Experience: Healthcare Intervention for Depression (Si-PHI)

Biotech Pitch Awards

• Best in Showcase: Manuel Mohr, PhD - D2B3 - Drug Delivery across the Blood-Brain Barrier
• Blavatnik Accelerator Awardee: Christopher Bunick, MD, PhD - Small molecule vimentin inhibitor for treatment of hypertrophic and keloid scars
• Blavatnik Accelerator Awardee: Richard Kibbey, MD, PhD - Biolamp therapeutics: small molecule incretin amplifiers
• Blavatnik Accelerator Awardee: Seth Herzon, PhD - DNA SAWs
• Blavatnik Accelerator Awardee: Markus Müschen, MD, PhD - Rational design of a novel class of selective GSK3B inhibitors for refractory B-cell malignancies

Celebrating Innovation

Congratulations to all the winners for their exceptional achievements and contributions to their respective fields. The Yale Innovation Summit continues to be a platform for fostering innovation, encouraging collaboration, and supporting the next generation of leaders and innovators. We look forward to seeing the incredible advancements and positive impacts these projects will bring to the world.