And the winner of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2026 is: Intero Biosystems
Intero Biosystems won the Startup Battlefield competition at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 in San Francisco, securing the Startup Battlefield Cup and a $100,000 prize. The Denver-based startup, founded by Charlie Childs and Madeline Eiken, spun out of the University of Michigan.
Intero Biosystems won the Startup Battlefield competition at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 in San Francisco, securing the Startup Battlefield Cup and a $100,000 prize. The Denver-based startup, founded by Charlie Childs and Madeline Eiken, spun out of the University of Michigan. It develops one-millimeter human intestinal organoids, which are lab-grown tissues that mimic the gut.
The company sells its flagship product, GastroScreen, to pharmaceutical, biotech, food, and chemical companies to test how drugs and compounds affect the human body before human trials. Intero Biosystems emerged as the winner after beating 20 startups selected from the Startup Battlefield 200. Editors narrowed the initial group to five finalists following live demos judged by venture capitalists and tech leaders.
The final five included Apate, Flox Intelligence, Industrial Next, Intero Biosystems, and Satlyt. The startup joins a group of past winners and finalists that includes Trello, Discord, Cloudflare, and Mint. Startup Battlefield alumni have collectively raised over $30 billion in funding and recorded more than 200 successful exits across more than 1,700 participants.
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Original publication: 16 October 2026 05:03
