AWARDS

We’re on a mission to find, evaluate, and help accelerate purpose-driven entrepreneurs working with frontier technologies that fundamentally improve the way we live and the planet we live on (or even beyond it).

Called “the Nobel Prize for Sustainability” by Reuters, Katerva has been identifying and  accelerating disruptive innovations since 2011.
Of the 71 for-profit tech winners of the Katerva Prize, 28% have become unicorns. These companies raised $52B and generated over $320Bn in enterprise value.

Powering this unprecedented unicorn-conversion rate is an AI-augmented global expert network that includes thousands of entrepreneurs, innovators, academics, researchers, business and thought leaders, policymakers, NGOs and investors. These relationships are strategically placed close to where innovation is happening, providing Katerva with the widest and earliest access to the breakthroughs that pull the future forward.

Called “the Nobel Prize for Sustainability” by Reuters, Katerva has been identifying and  accelerating disruptive innovations since 2011.
Of the 71 for-profit tech winners of the Katerva Prize, 28% have become unicorns. These companies raised $52B and generated over $320Bn in enterprise value.

Powering this unprecedented unicorn-conversion rate is an AI-augmented global expert network that includes thousands of entrepreneurs, innovators, academics, researchers, business and thought leaders, policymakers, NGOs and investors. These relationships are strategically placed close to where innovation is happening, providing Katerva with the widest and earliest access to the breakthroughs that pull the future forward.

THE AWARDS PROCESS

Discover


  • We ask each of our global network of ‘spotters’ to send us information on the top two most disruptive technologies they have seen in the past 12 months. This activity is supplemented by our internal research team – who over the years have developed a detailed understanding of where to look for ideas and technologies that leap efficiency, lifestyle, and create action that is years ahead of current thinking.

Underwrite


  • Nominees are put through three different filters. Filters one and two are questionnaires – the second more detailed than the first. Filter three is an interview performed by a panel of domain experts. The top 10 are presented to our Awards Council who conduct a more detailed interview before providing us with their final ranking.

Add Value


  • We talk to our ‘category winners’ to get a sense of what their greatest needs and then follow-up accordingly. For example, if they’re cash-rich but visibility-poor we introduce them to our media contacts. If it’s the other way around, we introduce them to select, relevant investors. Value is added via introductions to prospective advisors, mentors, investors, media and / or strategic alliance partners, etc.

PRIOR FINALISTS AND WINNERS

From climate change to sustainable energy sources, improved health and well-being for everyone, job creation and human productivity, education, food systems, broad financial empowerment, gender equality or space exploration and utilisation, we’re excited about the future.

Please see below to get a sense of some of the organizations that have caught our attention over the years (and have, in many instances, gone on to become billion-dollar enterprises).

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