Berlin Honours Its Top Deep Tech Innovators of 2026
Deep Tech Award ceremony at Deep Tech Momentum 2026 © Christoph Soeder
Berlin has once again celebrated its most ambitious technology founders. On May 20, 2026, the Senate Department for Economics, Energy, and Public Enterprises presented the Deep Tech Award to five outstanding Berlin-based companies at Wilhelm Studios, for the first time as part of the Deep Tech Momentum conference.
Now in its eleventh consecutive year, the award recognizes tech companies whose innovations stand out for both their scientific depth and practical relevance. With a total prize pool of €50,000, each winner takes home €10,000 across five categories. This year, over 84 applications were submitted.
The 2026 Winners
In Advanced Manufacturing, Endless Industries took the prize for its 3D printing solution for fiber-reinforced composite components, cutting material waste and replacing costly traditional manufacturing processes.
MyoPax won in Bio- & Healthtech for developing novel cell therapies and gene corrections targeting severe muscle injuries and diseases, opening treatment options that simply did not exist before.
The Artificial Intelligence award went to Gretchen AI, whose platform detects deepfakes and fake news while reconstructing how they spread online. The technology helps major media organizations run fact-checks up to six times faster, without sacrificing accuracy.
Xavveo claimed the prize in Quantum Technologies, Photonics & Microelectronics for its photonic radar sensors, which deliver exceptional precision in navigation and environmental sensing and could replace existing sensor solutions across multiple industries.
Rounding out the winners, Decen Space won in Web3 & Distributed Ledger Technologies for building a decentralized coordination network that syncs data streams between satellites and ground stations more efficiently and at lower cost.
A New Special Prize
This year also saw the debut of the "Deep Tech Award for Breakthrough Momentum," selected from a pool of over 300 European startups. The winner, Norwegian company Six Robotics, develops autonomy software for drone fleets powered by swarm intelligence, advancing autonomous systems in modern defense operations.
Senator Giffey underlined the city's ambitions: "We want to make Berlin the No. 1 innovation hub in Europe." The integration of the award into the Deep Tech Momentum conference, one of Europe's leading platforms connecting deep-tech startups with investors and industry partners, is a strong step in that direction.
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