Emerging Technologies Competition 2025

About the competition

The Emerging Technologies Competition identifies and supports UK-based chemistry-led technologies.

This exciting annual event provides a valuable platform for early-stage start-ups, spinouts, and academic entrepreneurs to showcase their innovations and gain exposure to enhance their visibility and attract potential customers, partners, and investors.

Find out how to enter and meet the sponsors, partners and judges.

The 2024 competition

We announced the 24 innovative companies that pitched their technologies to the competition’s panel of judges at the final on 4 July 2024. 

The finalists were selected from a competitive application round where their technologies were judged on:

• The problem that their technology is addressing
• The market opportunities and potential impact of their technology
• Their planned approach to commercialisation

The judging panel, comprised of experienced deep tech chemistry innovators and leaders, selected one winner from each of the competition's categories; Enabling Technologies, Energy, Environment and Health. Each winner took away a share of the £100,000 prize pot to help advance their technologies.