VivaTech 2025: Top 30 Startups Competing for Innovation Award
▼ Summary
– The Innovation of the Year Award at VivaTech 2025 honors visionary startups pushing boundaries in their industries, judged on Innovation & Creativity, Market Disruption, and Scalability.
– From hundreds of applicants, 30 startups were shortlisted, with the top five pitching live on June 11 and the winner announced on June 12.
– The winner receives a pitch slot at the ceremony, a free Startup Corner at VivaTech 2026, and a spot in TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200.
– This year’s shortlisted startups showcase breakthrough innovations like self-driving guide dog glasses, photonic chips, and microrobot swarms for space exploration.
– The top 30 startups span diverse fields such as health, energy, AI, and mobility, with notable examples including Chipiron, Virtuosis AI, and .lumen.
VivaTech 2025 is set to showcase groundbreaking startups competing for the prestigious Innovation of the Year Award, recognizing disruptive ideas with global impact. This year’s shortlist features 30 trailblazing companies selected from hundreds of applicants, each demonstrating exceptional creativity, market potential, and scalability. The finalists span industries from healthcare to energy, proving that transformative innovation knows no borders.
The competition culminates in a live pitch event on June 11, where the top five startups will present their visionary solutions. The ultimate winner, announced at the VivaTech Global Awards Ceremony on June 12, will secure a prime pitch slot, a free Startup Corner at VivaTech 2026, and entry into TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield 200. Beyond accolades, the award celebrates teams turning bold concepts into tangible advancements.
This year’s entries have redefined what’s possible. Imagine glasses that function as autonomous guide dogs, photonic chips revolutionizing computing, or mining waste transformed into carbon-capture solutions. The shortlist includes microrobot swarms for space exploration, mind-reading AI for device control, and bioelectronic implants targeting brain cancer. These startups aren’t just iterating—they’re rewriting the rules.
Sustainability, human-machine interfaces, and accessible healthcare dominate the trends, with many finalists merging cutting-edge science with real-world applications. Narrowing down to five finalists will be a challenge—every company on this list has already proven its potential to reshape industries.
Here’s the full lineup of VivaTech 2025’s top 30 innovators, curated in collaboration with TechCrunch:
- Chipiron (France, health)
- Virtuosis AI (Switzerland, information technologies)
- Enerdrape SA (Switzerland, energy)
- snap DISCOVERY (Germany, deep tech/BCI)
- NunoX Technologies (Taiwan, software/cloud services)
- Phigi (France, industry)
- Noxon (Germany, health)
- .lumen (Romania, mobility/transportation)
- HUA TEC International (Taiwan, health)
- Video Analytics for Safety (Singapore, information technologies)
- Geolinks Services (France, energy)
- Moonlite Labs (Canada, media/entertainment)
- Stellaria (France, energy)
- Mendo (France, software/cloud services)
- NeuralTeks (France, health)
- Vita325 (Ukraine, health)
- Blue Skies Minerals GmbH (Canada, industry)
- Anivance AI (Taiwan, health)
- La Touche Musicale (France, media/entertainment)
- InSimili (Italy, health)
- Nellow (France, information technologies)
- Oncoelectronics (France, health)
- Zeeh Africa (Nigeria, finance/legal)
- LumiSync (France, telecom)
- Onkos Molecular Diagnostics (Spain, health)
- Wisp Solutions (France, mobility)
- Werover (UK, energy)
- BeyondMath (UK, information technologies)
- Kumulus (France, industry)
- FireTracking (New Caledonia, software/cloud services)
(Source: TechCrunch)
