{"id":27029,"date":"2020-10-22T14:47:06","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T14:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spain.climate-kic.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=27029"},"modified":"2020-10-22T14:47:15","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T14:47:15","slug":"four-eit-climate-kic-innovators-nominated-for-eit-awards","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/spain.climate-kic.org\/en\/news\/four-eit-climate-kic-innovators-nominated-for-eit-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Climate KIC innovators nominated for EIT Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span class=\"intro\">Four Climate KIC innovators have been nominated to win<a href=\"https:\/\/eit.europa.eu\/eit-awards-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> EIT Awards<\/a>, which recognise the most promising entrepreneurs and start-ups in Europe.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The EIT Awards is an online event happening on 8 and 9 December to promote European innovation and encourage entrepreneurship by highlighting exceptional ventures and teams from the EIT Community. The selected nominees\u201428 innovators from 13 different countries\u2014have created ground-breaking products, services and projects that tackle global challenges in the fields of climate, energy, digitalisation, food, health and raw materials.<\/p>\n<p>The EIT recognises the outstanding achievements of members of its\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/eit.europa.eu\/activities\/innovation-communities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Innovation Communities (KICs)<\/a> through five categories: EIT CHANGE Award, EIT Innovators Awards, EIT Venture Award, EIT Woman Leadership &amp; Entrepreneurship Award and EIT Public (Citizen) Award. Prizes of \u20ac50,000 for the winner, \u20ac20,000 for second place and \u20ac10,000 for third place will each be awarded for the first four categories.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Meet Climate KIC\u2019s nominees<\/h2>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-27019 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/spain.climate-kic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/10\/chari-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spain.climate-kic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/10\/chari-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/spain.climate-kic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/10\/chari-362x362.png 362w, https:\/\/spain.climate-kic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/10\/chari-422x422.png 422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/strong><strong>EIT CHANGE Award<\/strong>: Chaitanya Dhumasker is the Co-founder and CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/monitorfish.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MonitorFish GmbH<\/a>, a German start-up that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and digitalisation to empower fish farmers to feed the world sustainably. Dhumasker attended the EIT Climate KIC Master Label, the Journey, the Greenhouse and the Accelerator programmes.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-27021 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/spain.climate-kic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/10\/xavier-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spain.climate-kic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/10\/xavier-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/spain.climate-kic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/10\/xavier-362x362.png 362w, https:\/\/spain.climate-kic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/10\/xavier-422x422.png 422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>EIT Innovators Awards<\/strong>: Xavier Bengoa of Quantis is the Project Manager for <a href=\"https:\/\/geofootprint.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">geoFootprint<\/a>, an online, public and collaborative tool that fosters the sustainable management of agricultural systems. The geoFootprint project was launched in June 2018 with the support of Climate KIC and a diverse group of agri-food companies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-27025 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/spain.climate-kic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/10\/martyna-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spain.climate-kic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/10\/martyna-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/spain.climate-kic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/10\/martyna-362x362.png 362w, https:\/\/spain.climate-kic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/10\/martyna-422x422.png 422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>EIT Venture Award<\/strong>: Martyna Sztaba is the Co-founder and CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.syntoil.pl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Syntoil<\/a>, a Polish circular economy start-up that transforms contaminated soot into recovered carbon black, thereby limiting the usage of fossil fuels, waste and carbon dioxide emissions in the tire and rubber industries. Syntoil was founded in 2015 with the support of Climate KIC.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-27027 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/spain.climate-kic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/10\/cristina-aleixandri-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spain.climate-kic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/10\/cristina-aleixandri-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/spain.climate-kic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/10\/cristina-aleixandri-362x362.png 362w, https:\/\/spain.climate-kic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/10\/cristina-aleixandri-422x422.png 422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>EIT Woman Leadership &amp; Entrepreneurship Award<\/strong>: Cristina Aleixendri Mu\u00f1oz is the Co-founder and COO of the Spanish start-up <a href=\"https:\/\/bound4blue.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bound4blue<\/a>, a system that helps ship operators save fuel and cut costs\u2014while also reducing emissions\u2014by using wind to drive their engines. In 2019, bound4blue was included in Phase 3 of the Climate KIC Accelerator programme. Mu\u00f1oz has also participated in several Climate KIC events, presenting bound4blue at the Super Lab Ports Corporate Day and in two investment forums both regionally and online (including the Deal Stream show).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eit.europa.eu\/eit-awards-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Join<\/a> online for the live event taking place in Budapest in December to find out who the winners are!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four Climate KIC innovators have been nominated to win EIT Awards, which recognise the most promising entrepreneurs and start-ups in Europe. 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