President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs confirmed the importance of this sector with his presence at the first Latvian Startup Awards ceremony. He did not stick to the prepared official address and spoke from the heart, stressing that start-ups are changing many industries and are proof that we have something to be proud of.
When choosing the category in which to present the award, the president was most interested in the category "The start-up that creates the greatest social impact", because it was competed by start-ups that are determined to actually help solve planet-wide problems and facilitate the existence of humanity. The winner in this category is Cellbox Labs. “Congratulations to Gatis Mozoļevskis, Artūrs Ābols and Roberts Rimša for their amazing ‘gut on chip’ technology, which is making drug discovery process safer, faster, and more efficient."Your technology is amazing because it will not only speed up, but also simplify the development of new drugs," the president says of Cellbox Labs technology.
