Perovskite Startup Prize Results
The Perovskite Startup Prize launched in March 2021 with its first Countdown Contest. After seven successful Countdown Contests, six finalists were awarded $200,000 and advanced to the final Liftoff Contest. In January 2024, prize administrators awarded the only winner of the Liftoff Contest: Verde Technologies. The Perovskite Startup Prize concluded in July 2024.
About the Winner
Verde Technologies is leveraging their ability and knowledge to rapidly translate laboratory-scale perovskite advancements to commercially relevant manufacturing processes, in part using a novel solution processing hardware called Verde Slot Coating.
The following teams were awarded through the Perovskite Startup Prize.
| Team (sorted alphabetically) | Technology | Finalist Announcement Date |
|---|---|---|
| American Perovskites (San Jose, California) | This team’s innovation is industrial synthesis of a novel family of polymer hole transport materials with unbeatable reliability, optical properties, and cost. | Finalist |
| Perotech Energy (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) | This team’s innovation is developing perovskite bifacial modules using high throughput and low-cost solution processes with high stability and energy yield. | Finalist |
| Team MujiElectric (Renton, Washington) | This team’s innovation aims to produce and commercialize state-of-the-art high-efficiency perovskite solar cells. | Finalist |
| Verde Technologies, Inc. (Burlington, Vermont) | This team is working to demonstrate a high-performing single-junction perovskite device, with the goal of developing a flexible all-perovskite tandem module for the residential solar market. | Winner |
| SoFab Inks (Louisville, Kentucky) | This team is developing high-performance inks to be used in perovskite devices. | Finalist |
| Beyond Silicon (Tempe, Arizona) | This team is developing a perovskite-on-silicon tandem cell that has the potential to surpass the efficiency limit of standard silicon solar cells. | Finalist |