From healthcare and financial services to the metaverse, the World Economic Forum's 2022 Technology Pioneers are at the forefront of their industries around the world.
In addition to their tech prowess, the firms are focused on solving some of the world’s most pressing issues such as climate change, cybersecurity and more.
The Tech Pioneers are a truly global community representing 30 countries, with Viet Nam, Rwanda and Czech Republic represented for the first time.
Read more about the 2022 Technology Pioneers here.
The World Economic Forum today welcomes 100 innovative tech firms to its Technology Pioneers community. Full of young and growing tech companies, the 2022 cohort is forging new paths in healthcare, food production and more with cutting-edge technologies.
This year’s intake includes Emerge, which is improving virtual interactions through a device that gives a tactile effect to users at virtual gatherings. Ampd Energy is reshaping the construction industry by pioneering battery energy storage systems, and Alife is supporting healthcare advances by using artificial intelligence to improve the success rate of in-vitro fertilization.
For the first time ever, more than one-third of the selected firms are led by women, which is well above the industry average. The 2022 Tech Pioneers are based in 30 countries – with Viet Nam, Rwanda and the Czech Republic represented for the first time – and this year’s cohort is shaping industries around the world.
In Mexico, for example, microTERRA builds on-site water treatment systems with microalgae that transform wastewater into a sustainable protein source and clean water. Luxembourg’s Mission Space has developed a satellite-based space weather intelligence system. In the United States, Bonumose is transforming global food systems with its technology to support the affordable production of healthy alternative sugars such as tagatose and allulose.
Following their selection as Technology Pioneers, this year’s companies will join an impressive group of alumni that include many household names, such as Airbnb, Google, Kickstarter, Mozilla, Spotify, TransferWise, Twitter and Wikimedia.
The 2022 Technology Pioneers include:
Africa
Access Afya (Kenya) – High-quality healthcare for the global mass market
Ampersand (Rwanda) – Africa's leading battery-swap energy network for light vehicles
Okra (Nigeria) – Digitalizing financial services for Africa
Pula Advisors (Kenya) – An insurance and technology company providing comprehensive insurance solutions
Sendy (Kenya) – Building fulfilment infrastructure for e-commerce and consumer brands
Asia Pacific
Akila (China) – Optimizing buildings, construction and environmental, social and governance
Allinfra (China) – Building technology to help institutions achieve their climate goals
Ampd Energy (China) – Electrifying construction to eliminate emissions
Authing (China) – Enterprise's next-generation information technology identity infrastructure
BioMap (China) – Leveraging artificial intelligence to decipher the complex immune system
Booming Tech (China) A virtualization engine platform for a digital oasis
Boson Protocol (Singapore) – A universal settlement layer for commerce
Digitwin (China) – Providing enterprise metaverse solutions through spatial digital twins
Docosan (Viet Nam) – A new gateway for healthcare in Viet Nam
EMQ (Singapore) – Enabling real-time, secure and affordable financial services for everyone, everywhere
Freed Group (China) – Enhancing performance and commerce capability through FreeDimension technologies and solutions
Mint Innovation (New Zealand) – Delivering low-carbon metals critical to electrifying the global economy
Mudi (China) – Offering clinical research-based data through the use of artificial intelligence
N.THING (Republic of Korea) – Leading innovation in agricultural service and farm-to-table value chains
NextBillion.ai (Singapore) – A spatial data platform enabling location artificial intelligence for enterprises
Okra Solar (Australia) – Developing hardware and software for sustainable last-mile energy access
OnLoop (Singapore) – Transforming clunky performance management into elegant collaborative team development
Pandocorp (India) – Making supply chain execution intelligent with a fast logistics cloud
Proeon (India) – Creating next-generation plant proteins with superior taste, texture and nutrition
Qcraft (China) – Autonomous driving solutions for easy autonomous application with rapid iteration
Recykal (India) – Asia's first circular economy marketplace
Reejig (Australia) – Ensuring zero wasted potential in people, business and society
RoboticPlus (China) – Providing intelligent robotic products for the construction sector
Seoul Robotics (Republic of Korea) – A 3D computer vision company powering the future of autonomy
Shinta VR (Indonesia) – Providing impactful immersive technology for education and human development
SmartCoin Financials (India) – A tech-driven financial inclusion platform empowering the underserved
Vahan (India) – Building a full-stack labour marketplace for blue-collar workers
WIZ.AI (Singapore) – Revolutionizing the in-and-outbound call process with conversational voice artificial intelligence
XCharge (China) – All-in-one smart electric vehicle charging solution pioneer
YesHealth (China) – Building the world's largest and most efficient vertical farms
Europe
Beenova AI (UK) – Scaling education through conversational learning powered by artificial intelligence
betteries (Germany) – Upcycling electric vehicle batteries into affordable mobile power systems
Circulor (UK) – A proven technology for real-time supply chain traceability
Citibeats (Spain) – Ethical artificial intelligence big data analysis
Collective Benefits (UK) – Insurance and benefits platform for independent work
Cyacomb (UK) – A first line of defence against harmful content online
Dendra Systems (UK) – Pioneering ecosystem restoration at scale
EJARA (France) – Enabling francophone Africans to build and protect their wealth
Embion Technologies (Switzerland) – Platform technology for sustainable nutrition and health solutions from biomass
Enerbrain (Italy) – Providing healthier and energy-efficient built environments for people
Fluency (UK) – Enabling central bank digital currencies and universal digital payments
Mission Space (Luxembourg) – A private satellite-based space weather intelligence system
MIWA (Czech Republic) – Preventing the creation of waste from single-use packaging
Nu Quantum (UK) – Enabling scalable quantum computing through photonic networks
Oxford Quantum Circuits (UK) – Building quantum computers to enable life-changing discoveries
Plan A (Germany) – A corporate carbon accounting and decarbonization software solutions provider
Proton (Switzerland) – Providing internet services that are private by default
Roboze (Italy) – Reshaping manufacturing with a new distributed production model
ROCSOLE (Finland) – Insights from harsh process conditions improving industry operational efficiency
Somnium Space (UK) – Open, social and persistent virtual reality platform powered by blockchain
TechWolf (Belgium) – Developing an enterprise overview of employee skills and gaps
Twin Science (UK) – Developing children's skills through purpose-led STEM learning
Wolfprint 3D (Estonia) – Cross-app avatar platform for the metaverse
Latin America
Global66 (Chile) – Global financial platform for individuals and small and medium-sized enterprises
Houm (Chile) – A digital platform to rent, buy and sell properties online
Mamotest (Argentina) – A patient, data-driven, end-to-end solution to defeat breast cancer
microTERRA (Mexico) – Powering the plant-based future
Pomelo (Argentina) – Infrastructure to launch and scale fintech in Latin America
Middle East and North Africa
Eureka Security (Israel) – A data security posture management platform
HawKar (Tunisia) – An innovative start-up aimed at people with reduced mobility
OCON Healthcare (Israel) – 3D uterine drug delivery to fit women's anatomy
North America
Agerpoint (USA) – Transforming how plants, crops and forests are measured and monitored
Alife (USA) – An IVF operating system to improve outcomes and fertility care
Aliro Quantum (USA) – Quantum networks for physics-based secure communication and scalable quantum computing
AllHere (USA) – AI-powered support for families in primary and secondary schools
BEIT (USA) – Providing intellectual property for quantum computer hardware and algorithms
Benepass (USA) – Reimagining company staff care with flexible and personalized benefits
Bonumose (USA) – Affordable, healthy sugars without sacrificing taste or functionality
Butlr Technologies (USA) – Making the built environment people-aware
Centrly (USA) – A market intelligence platform accelerating innovation by systematizing partnership search
Colossal Biosciences (USA) – The de-extinction company
Copia Automation (USA) – Git version control for programmable logic controller (PLC) programming
Credo AI (USA) – Operationalizing responsible artificial intelligence
CrowdAI (USA) – Enabling organizations of all sizes to deploy computer vision
Databento (USA) – Pay-as-you-go for financial market data
DNAstack (Canada) – Building technologies to enable responsible biomedical data sharing and discovery
DXM (USA) – Technology-driven, on-demand, sustainable manufacturing platform for all
Emerge (USA) – Bringing touch and emotion to virtual experiences
Everstream Analytics (USA) – Setting the world’s supply chain standard
Guidewheel (USA) – Empowering factories to reach sustainable peak performance
High Fidelity (USA) – Offering spatial audio technology for next-generation voice communication
Horizon Blockchain Games (Canada) – Driving Web3 adoption by making blockchain easy, fun, and powerful for users and developers
Hubble Technology (USA) – Enabling business resilience through complete visibility into technology assets
Ignite (USA) – Accelerating the world's transition to a decentralized future
Journey Foods (USA) – Automating sustainability, nutrition and cost innovation
Leap (USA) – Enabling real-time, automatic energy market participation for distributed energy resources
LeasePilot (USA) – Helping commercial real estate owners draft their leases faster
Manufacture 2030 (USA) – Empowering companies to hit supply chain carbon targets with confidence
Nithio (USA) – An artificial intelligence-driven platform for clean energy investment
Novoloop (USA) – Upcycling company creating chemicals and materials made from plastic
Oolu (USA) – Distributing solar energy solutions in West Africa
Plaine Products (USA) – Eliminating single-use plastic from the bathroom
Recuro Health (USA) – Pre-emptive digital medical care to lower costs and improve outcomes
Resilinc (USA) – A leading supply chain risk monitoring, mapping and resiliency solution
Slang (USA) – Artificial intelligence-powered learning platform empowering the workforce with professional English
