>>venture>> award for startup synthesizing MOFs
- D-CHAB
- ICB
Daniel Steitz from the group of Prof. van Bokhoven wins the first prize of the >>venture>> competition for the best business idea. His startup, theMOFcompany, offers a facilitated and scalable synthesis of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for various applications such as hydrogen storage or alternative drug delivery.
Dariusz Burnat and Daniel Steitz of theMOFcompany
external pageNews on www.startupticker.ch (in German)
external pageAward booklet with information about the winners
The prize for the second best business idea goes to another startup from the D-CHAB: hemoTUNE
external pagehemoTUNE is developing a revolutionary therapeutic blood purification platform. They use functionalized magnetic nanoparticles applied in a dialysis-like circuit that allow specific removal of disease-related compounds directly from a patient’s blood in an efficient and mild way.
The hemoTUNE team: Corinne Hofer, Carlos Mora, and Lukas Langenegger