Of course also a shiny spotlight for 2D Membranes from Switzerland. With their idea they can make a huge impact on the reduction of carbon dioxide, the key challenge of climate impact. No surprise that they won the third prize during the Global Grand Final! Reducing CO2 in the air is the main challenge to… Read more »
As a child Gibson Kawago had to travel 32 miles to get to a chargingstation. And that is not exceptional for 40 million Tanzanians who live in remote areas. How fantastic is his idea to transform waste laptop batteries into affordable and and environmentally friendly battery packs. The lithium-ion battery packs provide a household with… Read more »
Last Thursday, our 2022 finalists competed for the global win during our hybrid Global Grand Final, hosted from The Green Village field lab at TU Delft in The Netherlands. The event showcased this year’s best pitches by the top-16 teams from across the globe, mixed with powerful panel discussions. We have our winners! As every… Read more »
A profile story about the ClimateLaunchpad 2021 global third place winner Qaptis “During the competition we learned how to structure our idea and turn it into a potential business and how to communicate it to others. We learned how to master building a good pitch deck. It was a safe environment to learn from our… Read more »
A profile story about the ClimateLaunchpad 2021 global runner-up Entomo Farm “Before I applied, I knew my business could make a difference in terms of climate change, but I didn’t know to what extent. ClimateLaunchpad was eye-opening and enlightened me to the greater impact I could make in the reduction of CO2 emissions and water… Read more »
A profile story about the ClimateLaunchpad 2021 global winner SMDPower Solutions “I never expected to win the Global Grand Final, the other 15 finalists were much further with their product and market activities. I will never forget being selected out of all of the teams from India, and then a few days later to be… Read more »
The Netherlands, 29 October 2021 – Over 2,136 climate tech start-ups from 55 countries applied for the 2021 edition of ClimateLaunchpad, the global green business ideas competition. After months of intense Boot Camps, training and coaching, 70 finalists made it to the Global Grand Final that took place online from 27 to 29 October. Today the competition announces its… Read more »
Linking consumers to sustainable businesses There is no lack of ambition with 2019 ClimateLaunchpad participant Greener: they want to ‘repair the planet with every dollar you spend’. Since joining ClimateLaunchpad they were supported by Mirvac Impact Accelerator, ran a successful pilot demonstrating they can bring greener businesses a market share uplift of 5-20%, helped their… Read more »
The tailored roadmap to regenerative farming During our 2020 Global Grand Final they pitched themselves to win 2nd place. An amazing accomplishment considering the fact that the project was only born last June. We are of course talking about SOSEI from Uruguay. What they do? SOSEI provides tailored solutions to help farmers ease into regenerative… Read more »
‘Made with carbon emissions’ Carbon Craft Design creates tiles by upcycling carbon emissions They won third place during our 2020 Global Grand Final. Mumbai based start-up Carbon Craft Design works on upcycling solutions for architects, businesses and consumers. They launched the Carbon Tile this year, as their first product where design meets sustainability. With every… Read more »
‘It is like a time machine. The competition helped us travel to our future.‘ A profile story on the ClimateLaunchpad 2020 global winner Cassetex “Representing Bangladesh for the first time in this competition, and competing with more than 50 countries. We are humbled and mind blown to achieve this recognition. Not only have we won… Read more »
We just wrapped up yet another mind blowing Global Grand Final which was held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on November 14 and 15. 2019 showed a record number of 2,601 cleantech entrepreneurs applying for National Competitions in 53 countries and 70 Boot Camps across the globe. And now we have our winners… Leafy Ke from Kenya… Read more »
