
🎉 Big congratulations to Sealed Cycle and founders Thomas Voets and Hans Koene! 🎉
Sealed Cycle develops AI-powered solutions to reduce waste. Their flagship product, Waste Assist, combines a camera, AI, and a smart light bar to guide users in real-time on how to correctly separate waste. Designed for schools, hospitals, and offices, it helps organisations reach sustainability goals and cut disposal costs. Thanks to its magnetic mount, Waste Assist can be easily attached to any bin—making waste sorting effortless, flexible, and efficient.
👏 A huge shoutout to the other inspiring Utrecht innovators, including two UtrechtInc graduates:
💡 Faqta – A learning platform that helps teachers and schools connect subjects within a unified curriculum.
💡 BikeFlip – A circular subscription service for children’s bikes with delivery, exchange, and repair included.
💡 Radarxense BV – Builds low-power radar systems offering complete solutions from design to implementation.
💡 RheoLight (Ink Invent) – Creates glass-based additives for paints that enhance night-time visibility through retroreflection.
💡 Leermaatje – An AI-driven reading platform helping primary school children improve their reading skills with personalised content.
💡 Kairos Furniture – Designs durable, modular sofas produced locally with social partners, promoting circular furniture design.
💡 Delta21 – A multifunctional concept for the southwestern delta, combining water safety, energy storage, and nature restoration.
💡 Smart Fire Technologies BV – Ensures fire safety for lithium-ion battery systems through expert advice and wireless detection tech.
💡 Withthegrid – Builds technology for a connected, resilient energy infrastructure via its Teleport Gateway and Asset Monitoring Platform.
💡 MaGie Creations – Turns brewers’ grain, a major by-product, into food ingredients—keeping nutrition in the human food chain.
And of course, congrats to all the other amazing innovators who made this year’s list! 🚀
👉 Read the full KvK Innovation Top 100 here:https://www.kvkinnovatietop100.nl/site/home