Startup Battlefield's top five finalists | TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

0 views

0 0

These finalists were selected from an initial pool of thousands of applicants, with TechCrunch’s editorial team narrowing the field down to the 200 companies that all joined us here at Disrupt, with the Top 20 competing on the Disrupt Stage.

Though shipping innovator Glid eventually took home the top honors, the four other worthy competitors were…

Charter Space: A fintech company for space

MacroCycle: With the promise of making recycled plastic as inexpensive as virgin material

Nephrogen: Using AI and screening for a delivery system to gene-edit exact cells in kidneys

Unlisted Homes: Zillow, but for houses that are not yet on the market.

#techcrunchdisrupt2025

Subscribe for more on YouTube: https://tcrn.ch/youtube

Follow TechCrunch on Instagram: http://tcrn.ch/instagram
TikTok: https://tcrn.ch/tiktok
X: tcrn.ch/x
Threads: https://tcrn.ch/threads
Facebook: https://tcrn.ch/facebook
Bluesky: https://tcrn.ch/bluesky
Mastodon: https://tcrn.ch/mstdn
Read more: https://techcrunch.com/

From: TechCrunch

Date: November 4, 2025

29 thoughts on “Startup Battlefield’s top five finalists | TechCrunch Disrupt 2025”

6:08 I know they used Claude to create the UI but i can't prove it!

MacroCycle! That's one to really watch. I resonate with that company and their mission, very much. Great job to Stwart too!

• [00:00:02] Introduction and Judges Panel
• [00:02:41] Charter Space: Building the financial and insurance infrastructure for the space economy.
• [00:18:47] Glide: Road-to-rail logistics-as-a-service with proprietary autonomous vehicles.
• [00:32:16] Macrocycle: Chemical recycling platform creating price-parity material from textile waste.
• [00:46:15] Nefrogen: Using AI to develop gene delivery vehicles for previously untreatable diseases like kidney disease.
• [00:58:44] Unlisted: Real estate platform unlocking the 98% of homes not for sale with buyer waitlists.
• [01:11:57] Judges leave to deliberate/Conclusion.