Turning Plastics into Bricks and Cement 🧱 “Nothing lasts forever.” Ever heard that one? It rings true for most things. But there is an exception. Plastic – it never goes away. Plastic pollution is everywhere. In our oceans, our landscapes, absorbed into the organs of humans and animals, in our food and even our drinking water. And it’s doing harm. What if we could divert plastic waste from filling up landfills and breaking down into damaging micro-particles, and instead put it to good use? These startups are doing just that. Turns out, plastic waste can be used to build structurally sound bricks and cement for construction. And this is a double win, because traditional construction materials have a massive carbon problem. Arena Recycling Industry l Block solutions Oy l EcoBricks Ltd l GEXT l Gjenge_Makers l IFS Ultimo l Kubik, Inc. l Polycare l Precious Plastic l Terratico j.s.a. l TileGreen With thanks to Amr Shalan of TileGreen and Ingrid Cecilie Bååth and Kidus Asfaw of Kubik, Inc. Dive into the opportunities, challenges and technologies deployed by these 11 frontrunners in the latest edition of HackTrends: https://lnkd.in/eM_wVcBq
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Caroline Takita Levy
Caroline Takita Levy is an Influencer CEO eAmazonia | ClimateHack Ambassador | Top Voice Sustentabilidade
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Aaron Endré
Marketing & comms for climatetech & deeptech → 3 unicorns, 12 exits, $3B+ raised | Startup Mentor & Advisor | Amsterdam ClimateHack Ambassador
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Raghav Malik
VP of Product | ClimateHack Ambassador
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Jinna Li
On maternity leave - please reach out to John Mairlot. Partner @ Endgame Capital | INSEAD MBA, ClimateTech VC, Angel
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20 top crop seeding robotics solutions 🌱 💡 A Timely Solution Robotics is the latest wave of agricultural mechanisation that started over a century ago with the combine harvester and other labour-saving machines. It’s arriving at an important time: there’s intense pressure to make our food systems more efficient and environmentally friendly. 🧮 The Future By 2050 “we’ll need to feed 2 billion more people” with rising dietary expectations. One way to do this: leaning into AI-enabled technologies that plant more crops with greater precision. 📈 Sustainable Growth ”Smart” farm robots can help make farming more sustainable by reducing fertiliser, herbicide, water, and energy usage. Down the supply chain, their accuracy can contribute to less food wastage. That’s important, because modern agriculture damages the environment and is one of the biggest contributors to global warming. ✂️ TL;DR Crop-seeding robots address real problems in high-income-economy farms, starting with the crisis of farm labour. They also have environmental benefits. Their ultimate success, however, depends on lowering costs and opening up the technology to farms all over the world. 🔦 The Who's Who: AI.Land GmbH l Aerobotics l Agrodronas l AgroScout l Bluewhite l Burro EarthSense, Inc. l Ecorobotix l FarmDroid l Farm-ng l FarmWise l Fendt l HORSCH l Inverto Earth l Naïo Technologies l Rowbot Systems l Sentera l SIZA Robotics l SwarmFarm Robotics l XMACHINES Check out the full report by Will MacNamara to hear the opportunities, challenges and data points on the future of crop seeding robotics: https://lnkd.in/ePzGmG3S
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Robotics. The latest wave of agricultural mechanisation 🌾 🤖 It’s hard to find farm labourers (at least in the developed world) to do the work of planting and harvesting. An array of hardware and software breakthroughs mean that machines can do much of a farmer’s core work — often faster and smarter — without needing to sleep or be fed. And the average age of farmers is growing worldwide. Robotics is the latest wave of agricultural mechanisation that started over a century ago with the combine harvester and other labour-saving machines. It’s arriving at an important time: there’s intense pressure to make our food systems more efficient and environmentally friendly. That's why these startups are working on the solution through: 1️⃣ Precision through machine learning, cameras, and GPS Crop-seeding robots don’t just perform a job precisely. They collect data and feed it back to farmers through mobile apps. They rely on the same combination of cameras, sensors, GPS, and machine learning that has transformed modern cars. 2️⃣ Crop Seeding Robots These GPS-enabled robots move down rows in a field, planting seeds day or night. And can also improve biodiversity in agriculture by alternating some seeds with others in a needlepoint-precise pattern. A mixture of plants through this “strip cropping” method benefits soil health and insect life. 3️⃣ Drones Drones can perform many functions of a field-crawling robot, including planting. They can do it faster, if not as precisely. Aerial crop spraying and monitoring is the most common use of farm drones today. Get to know the companies: AI.Land GmbH Aerobotics Agrodronas AgroScout Bluewhite Burro EarthSense, Inc. Ecorobotix FarmDroid Farm-ng FarmWise Fendt HORSCH Inverto Earth Naïo Technologies Rowbot Systems Sentera SIZA Robotics SwarmFarm Robotics XMACHINES Check out the full report by Will MacNamara to hear the opportunities, challenges and data points on the future of crop seeding robotics: https://lnkd.in/ePzGmG3S
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🚀 Are you ready to join the next ClimateHack Zürich event in partnership with Bluelion Incubator for an unforgettable evening of innovation, networking, inspiration, and tastings 🚀 We have a few spots left and one week to go! Date: September 11 ⏰ Time: 6 PM - 8:30 PM 📍 Venue: Bluelion, Josefstrasse 219, 8005 Zürich 📣 Highlights: • Panel Discussion on boosting the Swiss climate tech ecosystem • Q&A session with local experts • 30-second pitch opportunities • Networking with food & drinks 🚀 Featured Speakers: • Paul Baade, Co-Founder at 8inks • Michelle Tschumi, Head Start-up Finance at ZKB • Maurin Rüegg, Investment & Portfolio Manager at Clima Now 👏 We're thrilled to shine a spotlight on our fantastic partners: New Roots AG Swiss Kombucha Company Foodflows Simply Soup Gipfelhirsch GmbH Knecker Flow Factory Risotto (IG: food.flowfactory) Whether you're a startup founder, investor, or climate tech enthusiast, this is your chance to connect with the brightest minds in the industry!🎟️ The event is free, but registration is required. Reserve your spot now! 👉 https://lu.ma/4f2ra1yd #ClimaTech #SwissStartups #Networking Margaux Cepeda (Revel) Philipp A. Miro Mayer
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🏙 Let’s talk climate resilience and green cities! We're happy to be sponsoring food & drinks at the next edition of ClimateHack Amsterdam, hosted by The Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS Institute) and with ClimateHack Ambassador Aaron Endré! On Friday 13th of September, join us, our founder Nhi C., and many other founders, researchers and investors in exploring urban climate adaptation strategies and speeding up the journey to #climateneutrality. Access is free, and after speaker keynotes, our conversation continues over drinks and snacks. 🗣 Expert voices you will be hearing from: • Nidhi Gulati, with the G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance (World Economic Forum) • Dr. Sebastian Rath, with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) • Titus Venverloo, with the MIT Senseable City Lab • Guy Vincent, with the Amsterdam Circular 🌍 Join us at → https://lu.ma/f3kuxd6f
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30 biodiversity startups to watch 🦜 According to these 7 investors: Abby Stern @ Holocene Xavier Lorphelin @ Serena Piotr Bukanski @ Beringea Lena Thiede @ Planet A Ventures Antony Yousefian @ The First Thirty Felix Ferstl @ Ananda Impact Ventures LAURA ORTIZ MONTEMAYOR @ SVX MX / SVX México and Regenera Ventures Hint, the solutions include: 🔍 Technologies leveraging environmental data solutions and nature mapping data offering improved MRV for biodiversity. 🌲 Agroforestry systems and soil carbon audits accelerating biodiversity restoration and preservation. 🐝 Pollination activity and sustainable livestock management driving agricultural efficiency and environmental stewardship. Check out the full list of startups to watch: https://lnkd.in/eNmwV5pD Including: Terra Labs, The Landbanking Group, Natcap, ICEBERG DATA LAB, Agricarbon, Verna, Space Intelligence, ruumi, Elaniti, Olombria, Propagate, Iroko Analytics (Techstars '22), ValueNature, IMPERATIVE, Bahari Labs, NatureMetrics, Nala Earth, green account, darwin., Leeana, CarbonFarm, Pivotal Future, Genesis, Xilva, Amazonía Emprende
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Why the future is salty according to these 13 startups 🧂 There’s a chance the crops of the future will be cultivated with a much saltier baseline. 💡 Here's why Freshwater scarcity is increasing due to climate change. The population is growing, but our land and freshwater supplies are not. Warmer temperatures, drought, and rising sea levels are a few of the climate change-related phenomenon leading to higher levels of salt in our soils. And while salt can make our food tasty, it’s generally not good news for farming. 🧮 In Numbers But only 3% of the world’s water is freshwater, and around 70% of that is used for agriculture. With freshwater supply set to decrease as demand continues to steadily increase, this poses a serious challenge. 🔍 How is it shaping up? Some startups are focused on developing agriculture in saline environments – namely, the ocean. This is important because fresh water scarcity is a global challenge. If we can find a way to grow crops in ocean waters, we could achieve food security for future generations. Other startups are looking at innovative ways to make conventional crops like potatoes and beets adaptive to salty growing conditions. The world is already facing a food crisis – and it’s likely to grow worse as climate change takes its toll on crops and livelihoods. Increasing crop resiliency in the 30% of farmable land worldwide that’s at risk from saltwater intrusion is a necessity. 🥨 Changemakers Seawater agriculture could address the growing global demand for food while reducing strain on land and freshwater resources with these companies working on the solutions: Agrobiomics l ALORA l GreenWave l Heron Farms l Nemo's Garden (OceanReefGroup) l OlsAro l Tamala-تمالا l SaliCrop Ltd l Salt Farm Foundation l Salty Agricultura Salina l Seawater Solutions l The Salt Doctors l TEKMARA Pass the crisps and dive into the full report: https://lnkd.in/da5xMNBg
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There's no such thing as a quiet week in Climate. Here's why: 🪑 IKEA is testing out a new peer-to-peer marketplace for buying and selling second-hand IKEA products 👋 Net Zero Insights list of Climate events 👕 ASN Impact Investors has pulled out of the clothing sector due to “sustainability concerns” 🦜 A list of 30 biodiversity startups to watch, according to VCs like Planet A Ventures, Serena and Ananda Impact Ventures 🔎 Root Global raised €8 million seed funding for its RootOS platform 🌾 HabiTerre secured $10 million at the first closing of its Series A funding round 🍎 Terrantic closed $3.5 million to scale its data platform for food supply chain 🥛 De Novo Foodlabs secured $1.5 million in a seed funding round led by Joyful VC 🛰 NASA awarded a total of $1.25 million to three US teams in the final round of its Deep Space Food Challenge 👨🌾 Tidal secured funding to support sustainable aquaculture 🔎 CinSOIL is developing software to help food and agritech companies decarbonise their supply chains at the farm level 💨 Meloon GmbH which specialises in the development of high performance membranes for carbon capture, secured investment from BackBone Ventures 🤝 Cquestra is partnering with RepAir Carbon Capture to develop the EU's first onshore DAC and Storage project in France 🚢 VTT has joined forces with LUT University to launch a sea container pilot plant in Finland 🏢 Optiml secured €3.5 million for its digital decarbonisation platform ☀️ Sunly secured €300 million to support the construction of 1.3 GW of solar, wind, storage, and hybrid parks 🔋 WATTALPS raised €11 million Series A funding to make high-performance lithium-ion batteries affordable 💨 Cache Energy secured $8.5 million seed funding for its novel approach to energy storage 🌡 Calectra secured $2 million, made up of $1.6 million pre-seed funding and $400,000 in government grants. 🔋 Luxera Energy launched as a full-service Battery Energy Storage System investment platform Climate Funds 🇩🇪 UVC Partners closed €250 million 🇨🇭 redalpine +€179 million 🇨🇭 Direttissima Growth Partners raised €120 million 🇩🇰 Nine Realms secured €50 million 🇺🇸 BEVC is raising a €25 million 🇬🇧 Arāya Ventures secured $10.6 million 🧂 Trends x Climate: A deep dive Seawater Crops 🛰 AstroForge secured $40 million Series A funding 🧪 UP Catalyst raised €2.36 million to further develop its CO₂ processing technology 🍄 MYCEEN secured over €2 million in grants to bring its carbon-negative, mycelium-based materials to market 🖥 Swiss startup apheros secured $1.85 million, and says it can boost data centre cooling by 90% with its metal foam technology 🛩 Twelve raised $45 million to build its first fuels plant in Washington 🚚 Sunswap raised £17.3 million to “decarbonise the cold chain” 🌊 Norway’s Ocean Oasis secured a €6 million grant from the European Executive Agency on Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Get the full recap: https://lnkd.in/d95473WW
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Climate, coffee and community in Cape Town 🇿🇦 Teaming up with Kinjani and Holocene we hosted our first Green X Coffee Meetup. Surrounded by brilliant, enthusiastic, and deeply caring people we came together to talk about the climate challenge. Thandeka Xaba shared her journey and motivation to make an impact through Digital Africa Ventures followed by a platform for others to pitch how they're contributing to climate solutions to help us see the many different forms climate impact can take. Thank you to everyone who joined us. And to Caitlin Wale and our Ambassador, Abby Stern for co-organising the Meetup Catch you next month ☕️
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ClimateHack just launched in São Paulo 🇧🇷 Bringing together changemakers and decision makers from across the region to accelerate investment and innovation into impact. We were joined by speakers: Bruna Mesquita Rosa, cercle Marcos George Martins de Matos, eureciclo Gustavo Behring, Positive Ventures Obrigada também to GreenInsper for hosting us and Plantara Veg for the snacks Obrigada to all the startups who joined us including NeoCharge, Green Balance, Eccaplan Soluções em Sustentabilidade, Mangue, Tapajó Produções & Experiências And above all obrigada Caroline Takita Levy, Laura Carolina Vehanen and Bianca Campos for bringing us all together. Let's do it all again soon 💚 💛
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