BIOWEG

BIOWEG pioneers sustainable ingredients, replacing petroleum-based chemicals and microplastics. Through circular economy, Microbes, & digital chemistry, BIOWEG revolutionizes bio-ingredients for various industries. Partnered with major companies like Ginkgo Bioworks, cofounded by immigrant entrepreneurs and with a mission to eradicate global microplastic usage.

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Blue Planet Ecosystems

Blue Planet Ecosystems, a deep tech startup founded in 2019, provides a unique plug and play solution, LARA, for sustainable seafood production. The company’s mission is to decouple animal protein production from the ocean and offer scalable and geographically independent fish farming through a combination of hardware, software, and biology services.

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cirplus

cirplus is a global procurement platform for circular plastics. The platform connects waste producers, recyclers and processors to make the use of recyclates simple, transparent and cost-efficient. In addition, cirplus initiated DIN SPEC 91446, the world’s first standard for high-quality plastics recycling.

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cylib

cylib revolutionises battery recycling through sustainable raw material recovery of all technology elements from end-of-life batteries and production rejects. cylib promotes the environmentally friendly use of battery raw materials and relies on modern technologies in the cylib process for a clean future of the lithium-ion battery industry.

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Foodforecast Technologies

Foodforecast has developed an artificial intelligence that helps companies in the food industry to automate and optimise processes. Based on relevant data, the AI provides accurate sales forecasts so that exactly what is sold is produced. This results in less food waste, better availability of goods and saves staff time when planning orders and production.

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Rebike Mobility

Rebike Mobility offers e-bike rental and refurbishment: ebike-abo.de rents e-bikes to B2C customers for a period of 3-24 months. The platform Rebike.com acts as an online dealer for used e-bikes with a digitally supported refurbishing process.

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Recyda

Recyda develops software solutions to drive packaging sustainability. The all-in-one SaaS solution supports companies to digitally manage their packaging portfolios with regards to sustainability criteria. Companies are confronted with a high complexity of country-specific regulations. Recyda helps navigate this complexity through digitalization.

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Resourcify

Resourcify optimises the waste management of companies to become more profitable, more efficient and more sustainable. Companies benefit from a unique combination of a data-driven platform and personal advice from experts. This saves up to 40% of disposal costs and paves the way to the circular economy.

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SPRK.global

SPRK.global builds an AI-integrated trading platform and ecosystem of all supply chain participants and uses it to systematically redistribute surplus food according to demand. In this way, SPRK.Global makes the supply chain digital and efficient, reduces food waste and the corresponding climate damage in the long term.

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Voltfang

Voltfang offers battery storage for requalified e-car batteries. The solutions promote the circular economy and enable sustainable energy storage for businesses. The goal is to accelerate the transition to renewable energy for a sustainable energy supply.

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