We won The Conduit Young Innovator Award!

We’re very excited to announce that we just won The Conduit’s Young Innovator Award for Social Justice & Inclusion! 

With a cash prize of up to £20k, complimentary membership to The Conduit, and mentoring from industry experts, it’s another incredible piece of recognition for Kitt Medical that will help us in our overall mission to create a new standard for allergy care.

Zak Marks pitched for 3 minutes without slides, competing against two other finalist’s for The Conduit’s Young Innovator Award

The scope of the problem that I talk about in the pitch - living with severe allergies, detailing the alarming statistics and studies, referring to case studies like Owen Carey and Natasha Laperouse - it’s deeply personal.

Everyone knows someone living with an allergy, and everyone’s heard the horror stories of what happens when it goes wrong - but the misinformation around cause and treatment is so widespread that it’s led to unnecessary stigma, anxiety, and death.

That’s why I placed so much importance on pitching as just myself, without a slide deck, speaking from my own experiences and providing purely facts - no fluff.

Zak was invited on stage to collect the award for Social Justice and Inclusion by judge Duro Oye, Chief Executive at 20/20 Change

Thankfully the overall effect was strong enough for us to be awarded the Social Justice & Inclusion winner, but I want to also give a huge shoutout to all the other amazing finalists who are ‘transforming our world for the better’, as well as Paul van Zyl, Mehrad Jaberansari & Michael Norton for creating an awesome awards programme!

The Conduit is a collaborative community members club for impact-led entrepreneurs and investors. The Conduit is based in Covent Garden, London and spans across five floors.

The most exciting part for us is to be working with such a forward-thinking organisation like The Conduit as we begin to look beyond schools and start venturing into workplaces.‘

'Every defibrillator’s next-door neighbour' isn’t just a fun catchphrase - it’s the goal.