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2025

Quornix

This all-female team from Bloomington, Indiana took home $60,000 in cash for their work developing pioneering therapeutic technologies to treat bacterial diseases.

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Three women smiling and hugging while holding a large check for $50,000 awarded to Quornix from the Cade Museum for the grand prize.

2024

WriggleBrew

Invented a process that uses bioreactors to decompose plastic waste and turn it into organic plant fertilizer.

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2023

CranioSense

Boston-based startup, CranioSense was awarded the grand prize of $50,000 and legal services for developing IPASS, an intracranial pressure assessment and screening technology that measures intracranial pressure in seconds, without the need to drill a hole in the skull or insert a sensor into the brain.

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2022

NEPTUNYA Ocean Power

NEPTUNYA Ocean Power, based out of Boca Raton, Florida, took home the grand prize for OCTOPODZ, a technology that unlocks offshore renewable energy. Their offshore wind turbine drastically lowers energy costs through reduced weight and a floating design that eliminates the need for a separate foundation substructure. The invention could dramatically increase renewable energy adoption by power companies and other energy consumers.

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2021

SPKL

Technology created by a USF College of Engineering team to precisely measure blood flow in the body’s tissues — allowing for more accurate medical assessments of strokes, brain injuries and a wide range of diseases.

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2020

Nutrivert

A company commercializing antibiotic replacement technologies developed by and with Auburn University researchers was the first to win outside of Florida.

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Winning the grand prize was one of the most profoundly wonderful moments of my life. It's a beautiful feeling to have work you've striven and labored so hard on to be uplifted and recognized in such a way.

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Sam Baker

Founder & CEO, WriggleBrew

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Winning the Cade Prize brings validation and recognition that we are on the right path, and it’s especially meaningful for me as an immigrant because it doesn’t matter where you come from, it’s purely about celebrating the innovation you are bringing to this amazing country.

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Rodrigo Griesi

Founder & Lead-Researcher, NEPTUNYA Ocean Power

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We are deeply honored to have been awarded the Cade Prize for Inventivity. We’re incredibly proud to be part of a promising future shaped by science, creativity, and meaningful impact that is supported by the Cade Museum.

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Julia van Kessel, Ph.D.

President and Co-founder of Quornix

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The recognition of our vision by the Cade Museum is an enormous pillar of success for our young startup. The Cade Prize is both an acknowledgement and a source of momentum. The prize money will help us further refine our approach to the market, spread the word about CranioSense, and visit hospitals to get customer feedback.

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Ryan Myers

Co-founder, CranioSense