The PseudoFridge project was a finalist in the Community category of the Index Award, the “design to improve life” award.
PseudoFreeze, the project that led to NanoFreeze, was a finalist in the Community category at the 2021 Index Award with PseudoFridge.
The Index Award is a Danish biennial that, since 2005, has recognized design solutions to real-world problems under the motto Design to Improve Life. Its past winners include LifeStraw, Raspberry Pi, The Ocean Cleanup, and Zipline.
Isabel Pulido, co-founder of NanoFreeze, received the Cartier Women’s Initiative Science & Technology Pioneer Award in Bangkok, becoming the first Latin American to win it.
Fast Company magazine ranked NanoFreeze 8th in its 2026 list of Latin America's most innovative companies.
El Espectador profiled the six Colombians recognized by MIT Technology Review, including Isabel Pulido of NanoFreeze.
