2025年のテクノロジー・パイオニアを発表 ～小惑星での採掘から量子技術の民主化まで、 グローバル・イノベーションの新たな波を牽引～

世界経済フォーラム コミュニケーションズ・リード 栃林直子 naoko.tochibayashi@weforum.org

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2025年6月23日、スイス、ジュネーブ – 世界経済フォーラムは、28カ国から選出された100社のアーリー・ステージ企業で構成される「テクノロジー・パイオニア・コミュニティ」の2025年参画メンバーを発表しました。これらの企業は、業界や国境を越えてイノベーションを推進しています。今年で25年目を迎える本プログラムは、かつてないほどに充実した時期を迎え、地理的な多様性の拡大、シリコンバレー以外からの参画の増加、より野心的な先端技術の台頭が特徴となっています。

イノベーションの背景にある広範な変化を反映し、注目される多くの企業はAIを活用して、より少ないリソースでより大規模かつ高度な実現を目指しています。小惑星採掘や空飛ぶ電気タクシー、衛星画像を活用して農業を変革する取り組み、超新星爆発からエネルギーを抽出し、地球表面下の重要な鉱物を特定する技術など、未開拓の分野に挑んでいます。

イノベーションの地理的分布も変化。米国が依然として最大の輩出国である一方、欧州のシェアは昨年の20%から28%へと急増し、地域全体で強固なテクノロジーエコシステムが台頭していることを示しています。中国とインドも、主要なイノベーションハブとして台頭しています。

世界経済フォーラムのイノベーター・コミュニティの部門長、ヴェレナ・クーンは、次のように述べています。「テクノロジーの最前線への果敢な挑戦に、今以上にふさわしい時代はありません。しかし、一人で遠くまで進むことはできません。ミッションを進めるためにはコミュニティが必要です。テクノロジー・パイオニア・プログラムは今年、25周年を迎えます。このグローバルなコミュニティは、スタートアップがスケールアップするために必要なネットワークとエコシステムを結ぶ役割を果たし続けています」。

今年は「テクノロジー・パイオニア」プログラム創立25周年でもあります。同プログラムは2000年の設立以来、早期段階にあるイノベーションを推進し、1,200社を超える企業を表彰。その中の多くの企業が、世界中の産業を再定義する役割を果たしています。過去の受賞者には、グーグル、ペイパル、ドロップボックス、サウンドクラウドなど、世界的に知られるようになった企業が含まれており、このコミュニティがアイデアと影響力の出発点としての役割を果たしていることを示しています。

2025年は、高度なロボティクス、カスタマイズ可能な宇宙ロケット打ち上げサービス、マイクロ原子炉、よりアクセスしやすい量子コンピューティングの応用など、喫緊のグローバルな課題に対応した画期的なテクノロジーを開発する企業が集中している点が特徴です。これらの先駆者は、2年間のエンゲージメント・プログラムを通じてフォーラムのイニシアチブに最先端の洞察を提供すると同時に、2025年6月24日から26日まで、中国天津で開催される「ニュー・チャンピオン年次総会2025」にも招待されます。

過去の受賞者やコミュニティに関する詳細はこちら。

2025年テクノロジー・パイオニアは以下の通りです。

Australia

· Cauldron – Commercializing advanced continuous fermentation technology to unlock price parity for mainstream bio-manufactured goods.

Brazil

· Brain4care – Using AI-based technology to enable timely medical interventions for patients with neurological conditions.

Canada

· Ideon Technologies – Harnessing the energy from supernova explosions in space to image deep beneath the Earth’s surface, transforming how mining companies recover critical minerals.

· Miru – Developing dynamic electrochromic windows that deliver high functionality, experience and energy efficiency for the automotive, transportation and architectural sectors.

Greater China

· Deep Principle – Integrating advanced AI models and quantum chemistry to accelerate the discovery and development of chemical materials.

· GS Biomats – Developing furan bio-based material, a renewable alternative to petroleum-based chemicals, for various uses including biomedical applications.

· HiNa Battery – Producing more sustainable, high-performance, low-cost sodium-ion batteries.

· KaiOS – Providing affordable internet and access to financial services to unserved populations, primarily in South Asia and Africa.

· Lightstandard – Making large language model computing faster and more energy-efficient with photonic computing.

· Manus – Automating a wide range of practical tasks for personal and professional use with a general AI agent.

· Noematrix – Focusing on researching and developing embodied intelligence systems and related tools and platforms, which are compatible with diverse hardware.

· Novlead – Designing a molecular technology platform providing available, accessible and affordable nitric oxide solutions for major clinical needs.

· Shengshu Technology – Building generative AI infrastructure that develops native multi-modal large models such as images, 3D and video.

· TRANSTREAMS – Engineering chips and solutions to address the computing power shortages in China during the era of AI-generated content.

· Turing – Providing cutting-edge computing infrastructure and comprehensive AI solutions to drive the future of intelligent computing.

Colombia

· Plurall – Supporting early-stage entrepreneurs in emerging markets with fast, accessible working capital and digital payment solutions, leveraging AI models for risk assessment, collections and embedded lending.

Denmark

Egypt

France

· Ascendance Flight Technologies – Decarbonizing aviation with a hybrid electric propulsion system and hybrid vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft.

· Beyond Aero – Building the first electric business aircraft powered by hydrogen propulsion, as a sustainable alternative to traditional business jets.

· CO2 AI – Helping large and complex organizations measure their environmental impact, identify credible levers and decarbonize at scale through AI.

· Jimmy – Developing a micro nuclear reactor to provide carbon-free, competitive heat for industrial processes.

· Nabla – Reducing clinician burnout by automating clinical documentation with AI.

· Orakl Oncology – Creating a biology and AI-powered simulation platform to revolutionize oncology drug development.

· Phagos – Deploying a sustainable alternative to antibiotics using bacteriophages and AI

· Quobly – Making scalable, cost-competitive, large-scale quantum computers.

· Sweetch Energy – Enabling osmotic power generation by harnessing the salinity gradient between freshwater and seawater.

Germany

· Accure – Providing predictive battery analytics software to enhance safety, optimize performance and extend the lifetime of battery systems.

· Black Forest Labs – Building generative deep learning models for media, particularly images and videos

· eleQtron – Developing quantum computers by leveraging trapped-ion technology.

· Tozero – Pioneering the delivery of recycled lithium in Europe by sustainably recovering critical materials from battery waste.

India

· Agnikul – Providing affordable and customizable space launch services.

· CynLr – Building robots with intuitive vision and enabling manufacturers and logistics providers to build fully automated factories.

· Dezy – Leveraging AI-powered diagnostic technology to build affordable and accessible dental care.

· Digantara – Providing crucial operational support to commercial space operators and space surveillance intelligence to global space agencies.

· Equal – Providing an integrated solution that combines identity verification with consent-driven financial data sharing.

· Exponent Energy – Making 15-minute rapid charging for electric vehicles affordable and scalable through an innovative battery management system, charging algorithms, thermal management and a charging network.

· Freight Tiger – Building India’s largest software-enabled freight network to help businesses move goods with full visibility, efficiency and lower costs.

· GalaxEye – Creating a comprehensive, multi-sensor Earth observation system.

· SolarSquare – Helping homes switch to solar in India with its full-stack solar panel systems.

· The ePlane Co. – Developing flying electric taxis designed for intra-city transportation.

Ireland

· Equal1 – Democratizing quantum computing by leveraging existing semiconductor technologies.

Israel

· Fermata – Providing computer vision solutions for farmers to reduce crop losses and pesticide use.

· Illumex – Empowering organizations to run governed and reliable AI agents through unified business data language and to democratize data access to every user.

· LightSolver – Building a photonic supercomputer by harnessing the power of coupled lasers.

· NanoSynex – Offering a rapid and accurate diagnostic platform for bacterial resistance.

· ZutaCore – Developing waterless direct-to-chip liquid cooling for AI and high-performance computing (HPC) data centres.

Italy

Japan

· Sagri – Leveraging satellite data and AI to transform agriculture through land use optimization and sustainability.

Republic of Korea

· Hylium Industries – Providing safe and innovative liquid hydrogen solutions for carbon-free mobility.

· NARA Space – Building South Korea’s first microsatellite constellation for methane point source detection.

· Robocon – Developing robotics and smart factory solutions for the construction and steel industries.

Luxembourg

· Tokeny Solutions – Building the compliance infrastructure for digital assets in blockchain and fintech.

Mexico

Nigeria

· Cybervergent – Providing a platform to automate cybersecurity compliance and risk governance.

· Sabi – Powering the sourcing and distribution of physical goods and critical commodities in Africa.

· ThriveAgric – Empowering smallholder farmers across Africa by linking them to finance, data-driven best practices, and access to local and global markets.

Saudi Arabia

· Intelmatix – Making enterprise AI accessible through industry-specific, context-aware AI agents.

Singapore

· Rize – Decarbonizing rice cultivation in Asia through scalable agricultural innovations.

Spain

· Crisalion Mobility – Offering sustainable air and ground mobility solutions.

· INBRAIN Neuroelectronics – Developing brain-computer interfaces to treat neurological disorders.

Sweden

· Graphmatech – Developing advanced materials infused with graphene to make large-scale industries more innovative and resource efficient.

· Lovable – Using AI to help users create software and web apps without coding expertise.

Switzerland

· HAYA Therapeutics – Developing RNA-based medicines to treat heart, lung and tissue diseases.

· Neural Concept – Accelerating product design through 3D generative engineering and AI.

Uganda

· Numida – Using credit models and digital underwriting to provide loans to micro businesses.

Ukraine

· Respeecher – Enabling scalable voice cloning across languages and contexts.

United Kingdom

· CuspAI – Using frontier AI to accelerate the discovery and development of materials with specific functionalities.

· Obrizum – Offering personalized digital learning services at scale through an AI-powered platform.

· Oxford Ionics – Building high-performance quantum computers using trapped-ion technology.

United States

· Ammobia –Fuelling the world with cost-effective, lower-carbon ammonia production.

· Archetype AI – Pioneering a new form of Physical AI capable of perceiving, understanding and reasoning about the world through analysing real-time, multimodal sensor data.

· Arine – Integrating cutting-edge AI, clinical expertise and advanced data analytics to deliver medication-based care interventions at the population level.

· AstroForge – Making critical minerals more accessible to humanity by mining asteroids.

· BforeAI - Using behavioural AI to predict and automatically pre-empt malicious campaigns and stop cyberattacks before they occur.

· Candidly – Developing an AI-powered platform to help borrowers manage and overcome educational loans.

· Claryo – Helping warehouse operators maximize operational efficiency by leveraging spatial generative AI.

· Distyl AI – Enabling enterprises to seamlessly integrate AI agents into operations.

· Emvolon – Converting methane emissions into carbon-negative fuels for hard-to-abate sectors onsite.

· Exowatt – Delivers solar power on demand by storing energy and converting it into electricity as needed, helping data centres and the grid run on clean energy 24/7.

· Foundation Alloy – Commercializing solid-state metals technology to make higher performance metals using less energy.

· HAIQU – Developing a new application execution stack for all modalities of near-term quantum computers.

· Hertha Metals – Developing technology to decarbonize primary steel production.

· Hyfe – “Turns food processing waste into chemicals that replace petroleum in everyday goods”.

· Lumu Technologies – Providing cybersecurity operations capabilities to help businesses control the impact of cybercrime.

· One Bio – Using biotechnology to add anti-inflammatory plant-based fibres to everyday foods.

· Oberon Fuels – Developing innovative carbon-neutral fuels for maritime, propane, and hydrogen sectors.

· Osmo – Combining frontier AI and olfactory science to digitize scent and enhance well-being.

· Outtake – Securing digital identities by detecting and removing harmful AI-generated content.

· Parallel Learning – Providing licensed therapy and instruction to students with learning differences through a digital platform.

· Pavilion – Increasing efficiency in US public procurement with an AI-enabled government marketplace.

· Reality Defender – Offering multimodal detection of AI-generated media to prevent fraud and disinformation.

· RoboForce – Building AI-powered robotic systems designed for high-risk or repetitive work, to enhance efficiency, productivity and safety across industries.

· Rubi Laboratories – Using biocatalysis to transform CO2 into essential materials like cellulose.

· Shiru – Leveraging AI to identify and develop naturally occurring functional ingredients.

· Starcloud – Constructing data centres in space to solve the AI energy challenge.

· Waterplan – Delivering an AI-powered platform to measure, manage and mitigate water risk.

· Workera – Providing AI-driven workforce skills intelligence and upskilling pathways.

· Workhelix – Helping companies identify AI transformation opportunities and measure return on investment.

Uruguay

· Prometeo – Creating a single, borderless banking application programming interface to connect companies with financial institutions across the Americas.

ニュー・チャンピオン年次総会2025について

第16回ニュー・チャンピオン年次総会は、「新たな時代の起業家精神」をテーマに、2025年6月24日～26日に中華人民共和国の天津で開催されます。同会合には、各国政府、企業、市民社会、アカデミア、国際機関、イノベーション、メディアから1,700人を超えるリーダーたちが参集し、グローバルな課題に対する起業家的なソリューションを探求します。

テクノロジー・パイオニアについて

2000年に設立された「テクノロジー・パイオニア・コミュニティ」は、2025年に25周年を迎えます。同コミュニティは、アーリー・ステージにある世界中のスタートアップ企業が、画期的な技術とイノベーションを通じて未来を形作るための主要なプラットフォームとして機能しています。これらの企業は、ビジネスと社会に大きな影響を与える可能性を評価して選出されました。世界経済フォーラムのグローバル・プラットフォームを通じて、パブリック・セクターや企業のリーダーたちと交流します。

テクノロジー・パイオニア・コミュニティは、世界経済フォーラムの第四次産業革命部門内、イノベーター・コミュニティの一部です。イノベーター・コミュニティには、アーリー・ステージのテクノロジー・パイオニアから、グロース・ステージのグローバル・イノベーター、評価額10億ドル以上のユニコーン企業まで、様々な成長ステージにある世界的なスタートアップ企業が参加しています。