Out of 84 startups shortlisted for Bio Asia 2025, top 5 most innovative startups were recognised for their groundbreaking innovation in the life sciences landscape. The winners were selected by an esteemed panel of industry experts.
The startups receiving the award were:
1.SemGenome (its flagship platform enables labs, hospitals, clinicians and pharma companies with precision variant analysis for clinical insights)
2.Genica Bioscience (Focused on developing research tools, diagnostics, and therapeutic proteins)
3.ProEnz Biosciences (Working in cancer diagnostics kits for PCR technique on breast, colon and lung cancers)
4.Boltzmann Labs (Revolutionising AI-driven drug discovery with advanced platforms for small molecules, protein engineering, and clinical trial optimisation)
5.Utopia Therapeutics (Utopia's vaccine is designed to provide help to several million patients with a first of it’s kind approach to disease management)
D. Sridhar Babu, Minister of Industries and Commerce, Government of Telangana said, “In Telangana we are committed to skilling and workforce development and will ensure that our talent pool is future-ready to lead the next wave of biotech and HealthTech innovation. We are proud to announce the successful completion of our synthetic organic chemistry batch, under the skilling initiative by C4IR Telangana. Some socio-economic statistics of our program -82% of the students are female with 60% of them have completed their schooling in tier 2 and 3 cities or villages.This programme provides them with a valuable opportunity to advance their careers and improve their socio-economic status. This was made possible with the support of 4 industry partners - Syngene, Aragen, Sai Lifesciences and Aurigene."
