Who Will Win? 4 Startups Pitch the Future of Neuroscience

In this special episode recorded live at Brain Innovation Days 2025, we take you inside one of the event’s highlights: the startup pitch competition. 

Four finalists step onto the stage to present bold solutions tackling some of the biggest challenges in brain health, from accelerating drug discovery and improving neurological diagnostics to advancing epilepsy treatment and addressing chronic stress. Each startup brings a distinct approach, reflecting both the complexity of the brain and the urgency of innovation in this field. 

You’ll hear how OWL Life Sciences is working to transform preclinical drug development through AI-driven neurovascular models, while neuroClues is bringing eye-tracking biomarkers into the clinic to enable faster and more objective diagnoses. Avrio MedTech focuses on improving surgical outcomes for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy through advanced EEG analysis, and BrainPatch explores non-invasive neurostimulation to relieve stress and support mental wellbeing. 

Each pitch addresses a critical unmet need, but only one will take the prize. 

🎧 Listen now and decide for yourself: who should win? 
💬 Share your pick - we’ll reveal the winner in the upcoming episode. 

Note: This episode features edited versions of the pitches.