Perovskite Startup Prize Results


The Perovskite Startup Prize launched in March 2021 with its first Countdown Contest. After seven successful Countdown Contests, six finalists have been awarded $200,000 and have advanced to the final Liftoff Contest. In January 2024, prize administrators awarded the first winner of the Liftoff Contest: Verde Technologies.

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 have been selected as competitors in the Perovskite Startup Prize.

Team (sorted alphabetically)TechnologyFinalist 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