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Design to Improve Life Fund (The INDEX Project)
The Index Project, known by its motto “Design to Improve Life”, is a Copenhagen-based non-profit organization under the patronage of the Crown Prince and Princess of Denmark and supported by the Danish Ministry of Business and Growth.Founded in 2002, The Index Project organizes the biennial Index Award, one of the world's biggest design award. A diverse range of designs are selected through each Index Award cycle. It also backs projects with good causes through investment vehicle, Design to Improve Life Fund that has stakes in 11 solutions, ranging from seed to Series B+.
The Index Project, known by its motto “Design to Improve Life”, is a Copenhagen-based non-profit organization under the patronage of the Crown Prince and Princess of Denmark and supported by the Danish Ministry of Business and Growth.Founded in 2002, The Index Project organizes the biennial Index Award, one of the world's biggest design award. A diverse range of designs are selected through each Index Award cycle. It also backs projects with good causes through investment vehicle, Design to Improve Life Fund that has stakes in 11 solutions, ranging from seed to Series B+.
Closed Loop Ventures is an early-stage investment fund focused on the development of the circular economy.
Closed Loop Ventures is an early-stage investment fund focused on the development of the circular economy.
Co-founder, CPO of Rheaply
Tyler Skelton is the CPO and co-founder of pioneering circular economy B2B asset reuse platform Rheaply, where he has worked full-time since 2016. Before that, he worked at online mortgage company Guaranteed Rate as a senior designer. He has also worked as a designer or tech engineer in several other Chicago-based startups including Palantir.net, The Nines and Analyte Health. Skelton also worked in marketing and design early in his career. He hold’s a Bachelors degree in Telecommunications: Design and Production from Indiana University Bloomington.
Tyler Skelton is the CPO and co-founder of pioneering circular economy B2B asset reuse platform Rheaply, where he has worked full-time since 2016. Before that, he worked at online mortgage company Guaranteed Rate as a senior designer. He has also worked as a designer or tech engineer in several other Chicago-based startups including Palantir.net, The Nines and Analyte Health. Skelton also worked in marketing and design early in his career. He hold’s a Bachelors degree in Telecommunications: Design and Production from Indiana University Bloomington.
Co-Founder and Financial Controller of IWAK
Central Java’s highest national exam scorer, Anggita Arum Pertiwi (known as Gita), is currently pursuing her undergraduate studies in Accounting at Gadjah Mada University (UGM) in Yogyakarta. Originally from Temanggung regency in Central Java, Gita won third place in the National Accounting Challenge 2015. She is IWAK’s financial controller and also works as a teaching assistant at UGM. IWAK is a crowdfunding startup for commercial fish farming.
Central Java’s highest national exam scorer, Anggita Arum Pertiwi (known as Gita), is currently pursuing her undergraduate studies in Accounting at Gadjah Mada University (UGM) in Yogyakarta. Originally from Temanggung regency in Central Java, Gita won third place in the National Accounting Challenge 2015. She is IWAK’s financial controller and also works as a teaching assistant at UGM. IWAK is a crowdfunding startup for commercial fish farming.
Co-founder and Lead Developer of Waynabox
Unlike the other two members of the Waynabox founding trio, Daniel Jiménez is a computer engineer, specializing in artificial intelligence at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.Jiménez worked as a DJ for one year at Radio Martorell while at university. He also worked at NFC Developer and Ingravity Media until his graduation in 2014. He won the Nasa Space Apps Challenge award in Valencia with Project Ceres in 2016.
Unlike the other two members of the Waynabox founding trio, Daniel Jiménez is a computer engineer, specializing in artificial intelligence at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.Jiménez worked as a DJ for one year at Radio Martorell while at university. He also worked at NFC Developer and Ingravity Media until his graduation in 2014. He won the Nasa Space Apps Challenge award in Valencia with Project Ceres in 2016.
Operations Manager and co-founder of RecyGlo
After graduating with an engineering degree in 2017 from Thanliyn Technological University in Yangon, Soe Moe Aung joined RecyGlo as operations manager and co-founder.RecyGlo’s mission is to be Myanmar’s first circular economy waste management and recycling tech company with plans to become a key player in the ASEAN region.
After graduating with an engineering degree in 2017 from Thanliyn Technological University in Yangon, Soe Moe Aung joined RecyGlo as operations manager and co-founder.RecyGlo’s mission is to be Myanmar’s first circular economy waste management and recycling tech company with plans to become a key player in the ASEAN region.
Sribu connects small businesses with tight budgets with self-employed designers delivering fast turnaround and quality work. Clients get over 100 designs to choose from.
Sribu connects small businesses with tight budgets with self-employed designers delivering fast turnaround and quality work. Clients get over 100 designs to choose from.
Established in 1998, Ecovacs specializes in R&D, design, manufacturing and sales of service robots for household and business use.
Established in 1998, Ecovacs specializes in R&D, design, manufacturing and sales of service robots for household and business use.
Salut Monràs is Wealth Manager and CEO of Valra Finances, S.L., a family holding company with financial assets and investments in Biotech, AI, Fintech and real estate. She has broad experience in communication, production and design and is passionate about aesthetics and creativity. She is a mother of three and a former international model, professor and entrepreneur. She is general manager of Lorda, S.L., model agent and booker for Francina Modelling Agency and is also founder of Mother Studio and co-founder and commercial director of HELMUTANDCO. She has a degree in Graphic Design from the Ramon Llull University.
Salut Monràs is Wealth Manager and CEO of Valra Finances, S.L., a family holding company with financial assets and investments in Biotech, AI, Fintech and real estate. She has broad experience in communication, production and design and is passionate about aesthetics and creativity. She is a mother of three and a former international model, professor and entrepreneur. She is general manager of Lorda, S.L., model agent and booker for Francina Modelling Agency and is also founder of Mother Studio and co-founder and commercial director of HELMUTANDCO. She has a degree in Graphic Design from the Ramon Llull University.
Co-founder, CTO of Rheaply
Peter Tucker is the CTO and co-founder of Chicago-based pioneering circular economy B2B asset reuse platform Rheaply, where he has worked full-time since 2016. Before that, he worked at online mortgage lender Guaranteed Rate as Senior Software Engineer for almost four years and, before that, as a software developer at Rosenthal Collins Group and Flippex. Tucker also briefly worked as a business analyst and spent five years as a software developer at University of Iowa Health Care. He holds a Bachelor’s in Management Information Systems from the University of Northern Iowa.
Peter Tucker is the CTO and co-founder of Chicago-based pioneering circular economy B2B asset reuse platform Rheaply, where he has worked full-time since 2016. Before that, he worked at online mortgage lender Guaranteed Rate as Senior Software Engineer for almost four years and, before that, as a software developer at Rosenthal Collins Group and Flippex. Tucker also briefly worked as a business analyst and spent five years as a software developer at University of Iowa Health Care. He holds a Bachelor’s in Management Information Systems from the University of Northern Iowa.
Armed with total Series C funding of $100m, Tezign is expanding its CMGO middle platform to help more companies manage their creative resources more efficiently.
Armed with total Series C funding of $100m, Tezign is expanding its CMGO middle platform to help more companies manage their creative resources more efficiently.
Shanghai Songheng Network Technology Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Songheng Network Technology Co., Ltd., is an internet software company founded in 2014. It has registered capital of RMB 11.6 million and annual turnover of hundreds of millions of RMB. It specializes in design, R&D and operation and marketing of internet-based products.
Shanghai Songheng Network Technology Co., Ltd., is an internet software company founded in 2014. It has registered capital of RMB 11.6 million and annual turnover of hundreds of millions of RMB. It specializes in design, R&D and operation and marketing of internet-based products.
CEO and Founder of Didimo
Argentinian-born Verónica Costa Orvalho is a veteran in animation technology. In 2016, she became the CEO and founder of Didimo that was inspired by an earlier venture Face In Motion, established in 2007 to focus on cinematic quality and animation production of faces. Orvalho won the award for the AI and virtual reality category at a Women Startup Challenge event held in New York in 2017. Orvalho has a long academic track record in related fields, beginning with a first degree in Software Engineering from the University of Belgrano in Buenos Aires. She moved to Barcelona and obtained a master's degree in Videogame Design and Development at University Pompeu Fabra where she continued to work on creating a facial animation system “For CG Films”. She later completed her PhD at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia with her thesis: Fast and Reusable Facial Rigging and Animation to develop an application that could speed up the traditional “slowing rigging” process. She has worked at Ericsson as a systems analyst and was a producer at the Argentinian film company Patagonik Film Group that helped to produce the Oscar-winning movie El hijo de la novia. She worked for four years as the founder of Panorama Consulting, a consultancy focusing on developing systems for the medical, logistics and entertainment industries. Since 2003, she has lectured in different institutions, including Porto University's Porto Interactive Center as its specialist in facial animation since 2008.
Argentinian-born Verónica Costa Orvalho is a veteran in animation technology. In 2016, she became the CEO and founder of Didimo that was inspired by an earlier venture Face In Motion, established in 2007 to focus on cinematic quality and animation production of faces. Orvalho won the award for the AI and virtual reality category at a Women Startup Challenge event held in New York in 2017. Orvalho has a long academic track record in related fields, beginning with a first degree in Software Engineering from the University of Belgrano in Buenos Aires. She moved to Barcelona and obtained a master's degree in Videogame Design and Development at University Pompeu Fabra where she continued to work on creating a facial animation system “For CG Films”. She later completed her PhD at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia with her thesis: Fast and Reusable Facial Rigging and Animation to develop an application that could speed up the traditional “slowing rigging” process. She has worked at Ericsson as a systems analyst and was a producer at the Argentinian film company Patagonik Film Group that helped to produce the Oscar-winning movie El hijo de la novia. She worked for four years as the founder of Panorama Consulting, a consultancy focusing on developing systems for the medical, logistics and entertainment industries. Since 2003, she has lectured in different institutions, including Porto University's Porto Interactive Center as its specialist in facial animation since 2008.
London-based Sustainability Ventures is one of the UK’s leading early-stage investors in Cleantech. It comprises a group of successful entrepreneurs with a track record in building and investing in high-growth start-ups. It has created Europe’s largest ecosystem for cleantech and sustainability startups, as a business founder and investor, provider of accelerator and support services and provider of shared workspaces. Active since 2011, Sustainability Ventures has raised £250m in total equity funds to date. Its focus is on agritech and food, building technology, circular economy, future energy and mobility. It has established 10 companies, invested in 30 and supported the development of over 250 more enterprises as of 2021 and aims to develop 1,000 sustainable startups by 2025.
London-based Sustainability Ventures is one of the UK’s leading early-stage investors in Cleantech. It comprises a group of successful entrepreneurs with a track record in building and investing in high-growth start-ups. It has created Europe’s largest ecosystem for cleantech and sustainability startups, as a business founder and investor, provider of accelerator and support services and provider of shared workspaces. Active since 2011, Sustainability Ventures has raised £250m in total equity funds to date. Its focus is on agritech and food, building technology, circular economy, future energy and mobility. It has established 10 companies, invested in 30 and supported the development of over 250 more enterprises as of 2021 and aims to develop 1,000 sustainable startups by 2025.
Led by Ben Einstein, the Boston-based venture capital firm focuses on startups involved in hardware and software development. The VC invests up to US$500,000 in pre-seed, pre-product startups to Series A funding rounds. The firm has investment and engineering departments that provide engineering and product design support services. It has worked with Google, Ferrari and Disney.
Led by Ben Einstein, the Boston-based venture capital firm focuses on startups involved in hardware and software development. The VC invests up to US$500,000 in pre-seed, pre-product startups to Series A funding rounds. The firm has investment and engineering departments that provide engineering and product design support services. It has worked with Google, Ferrari and Disney.
MIWA Technologies: Reducing food waste and packaging with smart refill vending system
MIWA’s solution lets consumers buy exact refill quantities in personalized containers, eradicating need for single-use plastics throughout the supply chain
SWITCH Singapore: Embracing a circular economy, the whys and the hows
Its benefits for the environment aside, going circular could also lead to new economic growth, better public health and higher value-add employment, experts say
Circular economy: Discarded goods get a new lease of life in Spain
From e-chargers inside phone booths, recycling chatbots to refurbished stadium seats from Atlético Madrid, the offbeat magic of the circular economy is fast becoming a lucrative business in Spain
MatMap: Making the construction sector more sustainable
Alicante-based startup MatMap gives a second lease of life to used construction materials that account for almost a third of EU waste
Huidu Environmental: Creating a circular economy to ease online retail's parcel waste woes
China's billion-dollar courier industry finds much-needed solution in Huidu's eco-friendly, low-cost boxes and smart recycling system
Biomede: Harnessing plants’ natural attributes to decontaminate soil
The Lyon-based startup says using plants to remove harmful metals from the earth is a sustainable, cost-effective green alternative to decontaminate soil in agricultural or urban environments
Tezign, where design meets technology
By building a bridge between creative talents and enterprises, this Chinese startup is providing designers with more work opportunities
Beyond Leather Materials: Turning apples into alt-leather for sustainable fashion
Through its Leap brand, the Danish startup cuts food waste by turning apples junked in cider factories into affordable vegan leather for the $100bn leather market
ADBioplastics primed to help EU manufacturers transition to circular economy
ADBioplastics has developed a biodegradable and compostable bioplastic additive for use in food packaging and is seeking up to €5m in funding
BeePlanet Factory: Recycling EV batteries as a sustainable, profitable business
With 4kWh–200kWh residential and industrial battery packs, the Pamplona-based startup wants to scale its energy storage solutions in the agri-food sector, camping sites and mountain huts
Wondaswim recycles dumped fishing nets to make sustainable swimwear, reduce ocean pollution
Lisbon-based startup by German co-founders creates sustainable swimwear for all body sizes, targeted at millennials
RecyGlo, Myanmar's first circular economy waste management system, targets regional growth
Turning trash into cash, Yangon-based recycling pioneer RecyGlo wants to extend its zero-waste circular economy model to the rest of Southeast Asia
String Bio: Asia's first startup to harness methane gas for protein production
Using bacteria to turn the harmful greenhouse gas into a purer form of protein, String Bio is raising Series B funding to scale production
Spain’s 100% renewable energy goal: How its startup ecosystem is rising to the challenge
Energy majors and public entities are backing renewable energy startups in the country's bet on the Green Economy
Cocuus: Industrial-scale solutions to design and print food
This Spanish startup is pioneering industrial-scale 3D food printing using inkjet and laser technology that prints up to 30 times faster with eye-catching food designs
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