Who Are the Winners of the Formnext Start-Up Challenge 2022?

Formnext 2022 is just around the corner, taking place in Frankfurt in less than two weeks, Nov. 15-18. Industry players are excited about the return of the trade fair in attendance, which is expected to go back to near pre-pandemic levels of attendance after welcoming more than 17,800 visitors in 2021. While waiting for a closer look at exhibitors, news, and conferences with the latest updates from the industry, we want to focus today on the five start-ups that won the Formnext Start-Up Challenge 2022. They are innovators Spherecube (Italy), Rivelin Robotics (UK), Alpha Powders (Poland), Photosynthetic (Netherlands) and Lattice Medical (France). The latter also won the AM Ventures Impact Award.

Formnext’s Start-up Challenge supports the most promising start-ups by offering competition winners free participation in the fair with their own booth and a comprehensive marketing package. Thanks to this initiative, in recent years, many start-ups have been able to put themselves in the spotlight and make important contacts with investors, established companies, the press and other stakeholders. In addition, the winners also have the opportunity to make themselves known to fair attendees during a pitch event, Pitchnext, which will be held this year on November 15, 2022 at 2 p.m. in the AM4U area in Hall 11.0, D72.

The Winners of the Formnext Start-Up Challenge 2022

As was already apparent from last year’s edition of Formnext, sustainability is playing an increasingly important role in Additive Manufacturing and beyond. It is no coincidence that the winning start-ups share a commitment to environmental stewardship. Moreover, Formnext’s official press release states that “the innovations of these start-ups were selected for both the high level of creativity demonstrated in product development and the feasibility of the business models.” But let’s take a closer look at who the winning start-ups of the 2022 edition are!