Rhinoflux, a Japanese start-up, snagged the KPMG Global Tech Innovator 2025 award, beating out others from 21 countries. At Web Summit, CEO Atsushi Alex Mazawa showed off their hydrochemical cycle. This cool tech lets small, local bioenergy plants make clean power while grabbing almost all CO₂. Rhinoflux, started in Kyoto in 2024, builds systems that turn waste into green energy while cutting emissions. This makes removing carbon doable and worth it.
Akara Robotics from Ireland got second place, and StepOut SportTech from India came in third. Selection Lab from the Netherlands won the People’s Choice Award. Ethiack, a Portuguese AI cybersecurity start-up, represented Portugal but didn't place.
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