Unreasonable Impact UK & Europe 2021 by Unreasonable Group

Whilst the COVID-19 pandemic will eventually go away, the consequences for jobs and livelihoods across the globe will be felt for many years to come. The pandemic had—and will continue to have—especially severe effects on the most economically vulnerable people, informally employed women and younger workers in particular. The burden of the crisis has fallen unevenly across economic sectors; furthermore, the pandemic has exacerbated pre-existing trends in poverty and income inequality which were already on the rise in many advanced, emerging and developing economies. The toll of COVID-19, quite simply, threatens to fully undo decades of progress and push tens of millions of people into job insecurity – not just today, but tomorrow as well. Unreasonable Impact, a multi-year initiative created with Barclays, was launched with the principle aim of scaling growth equity companies addressing these very challenges, whilst also creating thousands of jobs. The partnership needed now more than ever, is designed around ensuring that the fastest growing and most impactful companies across different geographies (Europe, the Americas, and Asia Pacific) are best positioned for scale. The launch of Unreasonable Impact UK & Europe 2021 sees the program support the 15 entrepreneurs that have been identified as critical drivers of change, with the incredibly innovative solutions necessary to meet these challenges at scale, from across the region. Over the course of the next few months, the now fully digital program will support these entrepreneurs through a series of virtual gatherings and sessions which have been prototyped and perfected to align them with mentors, specialists, advice, resources and capital, as well as with each other. With more than 160 ventures collectively reaching 260 million customers, supporting nearly 48,000 jobs in more than 180 countries and having raised over $4.7 billion in funding and over $3.6 billion in revenue, Unreasonable Impact’s mission is to ensure these ventures are supported in their goals of delivering the biggest impact globally.

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Swedish Algae Factory Urchinomics

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Celtic Renewables Repurposing organic waste into high value sustainable products and biofuel at scale.

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Biotechnology

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Celtic Renewables is commercialising a patented clean technology, which it developed and owns, that converts low value materials into high value solvents, using an innovative adaptation of a proven industrial process – ABE (Acetone, Butanol and Ethanol) Fermentation. The annual global demand for these bio-based solvents, which displace fossil-fuel equivalents, is millions of tonnes, and the uses of these solvents touch almost every aspect of everyday life, in sectors such as personal care, cosmetics, food, and industrial manufacturing. Globally, there are billions of tonnes of low-value biological materials, which are suitable for the Celtic Renewables process, giving the potential to completely displace fossil fuel equivalents in the future - a global imperative. The company’s mission is to be the world leader in ABE fermentation, as a global sustainable industry.

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Mark Simmers

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CEO

celtic-renewables.com

Mark is CEO of Celtic Renewables and has 30 years international experience as an entrepreneur and commercialisation specialist. He co-founded Celtic Renewables, leading its growth and securing significant early-stage investment for the development of its first manufacturing plant, as the springboard for the global roll-out of its patented technology. Mark has won numerous investment and business awards on behalf of Celtic Renewables. He began his career with IMG London, commercialising the company’s global golf assets, prior to which he founded an event promotions company, and was former CEO of SnowsportGB. Mark is a graduate of the Saltire Foundation Entrepreneurial Programme at Babson College and CEO completed his degree in Economics and Accounting from Bristol University. He is married with three children, and is a keen sportsman in his spare time.

Mark Simmers

CLUBZERØ Delivering an award winning returnable packaging system for food & beverage brands to achieve a zero waste future.

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Product Lifecycle

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Canada, UK, US

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Safia Qureshi

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Founder & CEO

cupclub.com

CLUBZERØ partners with businesses to make food and beverage on-the-go more sustainable, working together towards the ultimate goal of zero waste. Today, their award-winning pioneering returnable packaging system serves customers across the EU and North America, including Just Eat Takeaway, NextGen Consortium brands (Starbucks, McDonald’s, Yum Brands, Nestle, Wendy’s) food service company Baxter Storey, Cushman & Wakefield and retailer, John Lewis & Partners. With a philosophy of making reusables free and rewarding to use, and safe and convenient to return, they’ve achieved a market leading return-rate of 95% versus the industry standard of 60%. Their aim is to build the next robust sustainable consumption model that sees their efforts roll out beyond food and beverage to other reusable product categories, such as Home and Body, through the scale of operations they have already built.

Safia is an award-winning architect, innovation designer and educator. Safia’s work is recognised for its innovative use of design, digital exploration, and spatial interventions that challenge conventional notions of cities and the built environment. Her work encompasses product innovation, brand identity, system and service design, digital products and architecture. She has earned numerous awards, including top prize winner for CupClub from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and IDEO and Fast Company’s Best UX Design 2019. Safia has also been a guest contributor and speaker at the World Economic Forum on the subject of reuse and packaging, the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, Royal Founder & CEO College of Art, and London Metropolitan University. She is currently on the network of professional mentors for the Royal Institute of British Architects.

Safia Qureshi

eggXYt Creating a sustainable future for the livestock industry.

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Biotechnology

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Israel

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Yehuda Elram

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Co-Founder & CEO

eggxyt.com

eggXYt is a biotech company focused on leveraging cutting edge techniques in molecular biology to forge a more sustainable food system. eggXYt’s flagship product is a chicken sexing solution for the egg industry, which aims to prevent the unnecessary culling of 4 billion male chicks every year, by providing a noninvasive, pre-incubation method for sex detection of chick embryos to be deployed in hatcheries worldwide. This solution has the potential to save 4 billion chicks every year, save the industry billions of dollars, and add 4 billion additional eggs to the global supply. Building off of its established platform for disruption in the livestock space, eggXYt has recently also expanded into the field of animal health with its new product: long-lasting and inheritable Avian Influenza Resistance in poultry.

Yehuda Elram is the Co-Founder and CEO of eggXYt, a biotech company based in Israel. A lawyer by training, Yehuda was a partner at Gideon Koren & Co. law offices for many years, where he worked with entrepreneurs in biotech, high-tech, real estate and social enterprises, before retiring from law to start eggXYt, which he co-founded with Prof. Dani Offen. As an entrepreneur, Yehuda is also currently a partner in Aroma Espresso bar (Israel’s fastest growing coffee chain), founded an online business, co-founded a national volunteer organization and co-directed Co-Founder & CEO an Interfaith institute. Yehuda graduated from Harvard Kennedy School, with an MPA focusing on leadership and entrepreneurship.

Yehuda Elram

Greyparrot Automating waste composition analysis using AI-powered computer vision software.

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Waste Treatment Technology

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Italy, Japan, South Korea, UK

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Mikela Druckman

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Co-Founder & CEO

greyparrot.ai

Greyparrot provides waste analytics and new insights previously unavailable to waste managers, producers, and regulators to help increase recycling rates. The company’s end-to-end Waste Recognition Vision System is able to measure large waste flows in real-time. Waste composition information is key to help facilities increase recycling/recovery rates, enhance product quality, and understand the carbon footprint of the products we consume and the waste we generate. Greyparrot is also collaborating with suppliers of hardware and machinery to embed AI cognitive intelligence into their solutions. Its goal is to increase transparency and automation in waste management to support the transition to a circular economy. Founded in 2019, Greyparrot was awarded “Hottest Climate Tech Startup 2020” by The Europas.

Mikela is the Co-Founder and CEO of Greyparrot, a UK tech startup using AI-based computer vision to monitor and sort waste at scale. As a leader in early and growth-stage tech start-ups, Mikela’s role has been to coordinate and lead commercial, technical and product teams to deliver solutions that add value to customers. Previously, she was Chief Commercial Officer at Blippar, developing cutting edge computer vision and augmented reality products and partnering with global brands to deliver award-winning projects. She is a Global Future Council member at the World Economic Forum, providing thought leadership on emerging technologies including AI for the private and public sector. In 2018, Mikela was Co-Founder & CEO listed as “TopWomen50” in tech by WeAreTheCity. Mikela is passionate about gender equality, sustainable economic models, and deep technology.

Mikela Druckman

H2GO Power Developing and delivering hydrogen energy storage technology for zero-emission, safe and reliable power supply, with a range of commercial applications.

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Energy Storage

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Enass Abo-Hamed

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Co-Founder & CEO

h2gopower.com

H2GO Power is a pioneering clean tech company, enabling clean, reliable and scalable energy storage for a wide range of commercial, industrial and residential applications, including where grid-based energy is hard to achieve, unreliable, or uses considerable quantities of fossil fuel. H2GO Power’s technology enables them to develop and sell hydrogen energy storage systems for UAVs/Drones and “Plug & Play” stationary power units at large scale. Safe, solid-state proprietary technology eliminates the need for pressurizing hydrogen and unlocks significant commercial opportunities. With low pressure storage removing safety concerns of compressed hydrogen use, H2GO Power’s portable applications enable lightweight and clean energy storage. This innovative technology has a lifetime cycle three times longer, and storage capacity two times higher than typical Lithium-ion batteries, resulting in 100+ megatons of CO2 savings yearly.

Enass Abo-Hamed is the Co-Founder and CEO at H2GO Power, an award winning spin-out company from the University of Cambridge, developing energy storage technologies. Enass completed her PhD at Cambridge University, where she also was a postdoctoral fellow and elected Cambridge University Energy Champion. She is currently a Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Fellow and a technology expert consultant to European Commission (REA). Enass has 11 years of research and business experience in hydrogen production and storage, catalysis, renewable energy and energy storage. She is passionate about climate entrepreneurship and clean energy technology policy, often Co-Founder & CEO giving keynotes and participating in high impact discussions on clean energy, energy security and women entrepreneurship in tech.

Enass Abo-Hamed

Houdini Sportswear Trailblazing sustainable innovation toward a regenerative outdoor industry.

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Product Lifecycle

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Germany, Japan, Sweden, Thailand, US

Houdini is a band of scientists, artists, designers, and adventurers pushing the boundaries of how outdoor clothing is made. Together with their customers, Houdini is recycling, renting, repairing, and reusing their way to a new, sustainable outdoor industry. Since the early 90’s, Houdini started to evolve from a project among climbing partners into a company, with responsible business at its core. With the passion, determination, planning, and execution of mountaineers, Houdini took on the challenge of designing its business to become a force for good, with no compromises. The 25+ years of work since, has gained Houdini a global, leading position not only as the company setting new sustainability standards in its industry, but also as the blueprint for the future of business in terms of purpose, care, execution, and engagement.

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Eva Karlsson

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CEO

houdinisportswear.com/en-us

Eva Karlsson is the CEO of Houdini Sportswear, a progressive and rapidly growing Swedish outdoor brand and a trailblazer in corporate responsibility. Since 2001, Eva, together with a like-minded team, have been redesigning business to become a force for good – providing state-ofthe-art circular products, offering product-asa-service solutions and building a co-creative community for open-source innovation, sharing knowledge, and inspiring reconnection to nature. Rather than focusing on Houdini’s outstanding track record in sustainable development, Eva emphasizes the CEO journey ahead and the untapped opportunities and abundant value in designing attractive and regenerative lifestyle solutions.

Eva Karlsson

Kadalys Upcycling banana waste to create cosmetics, nutritional food, and textiles.

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Biotechnology

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28 countries

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Shirley Billot

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Founder & CEO

kadalys.com

Kadalys is the first eco-conscious Caribbean company, specializing in upcycling banana agri-waste into organic and patented actives that promote skin health and renewal. A company with a sense of purpose, Kadalys gives back to the local community and preserves nature. Kadalys was founded to create a caring, eco-conscious luxury beauty company based on the banana tree plant and the founder’s elevated commitment to her French West Indian heritage and the wider community. Kadalys was an early adopter of the circular economy model, helping preserve the natural environment by upcycling agri-waste and developing new active ingredients that concentrate the banana tree’s precious molecules. Products are available on four continents through online and retail distribution channels.

Shirley is the Founder and CEO of Kadalys, an eco-conscious luxury beauty company, based on the banana tree plant. Born in Djibouti, to a Martiniquan mother and French father, Shirley grew up between East Africa and the Caribbean with a deep awareness of environmental and societal issues. Founded in 2012, Kadalys is the reflection of Shirley’s vision to create a company founded on three pillars: circular economy, green chemistry, and inclusive capitalism. This strong commitment led Shirley to be awarded the Knight of the Order of Merit In 2017, the second highest national order in France. She also won the Innovation French Overseas prize in 2018 and represented Founder & CEO France at the G20 Young Entrepreneurs Alliance in 2019. She is a graduate of HEC Paris with an Executive Education in Strategic Business Unit Management.

Shirley Billot

Mushlabs Unlocking the potential of the fungal kingdom as a sustainable and healthy food source.

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Agricultural Technology

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Germany

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Mazen Rizk

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Founder & CEO

mushlabs.com

Mushlabs is a technology-driven company that produces food from edible mushroom mycelia. Their fermentation platform allows them to unlock the potential of an overlooked kingdom of life — fungi — as a sustainable food source. Mushlabs is dedicated to building solutions that change the way we consume food, by producing food that is good to our senses, our bodies, and our planet. In a natural ecosystem, nutrients are recycled. The waste products are upcycled by the decomposers in the soils. Fungi’s extensive mycelial network in the soil acts as a giant digestive system in forests, making fungi one of the most efficient decomposers on our planet. Through the power of biotechnology, Mushlabs brings efficient power to industrial levels, disrupting the food industry, while creating meaningful and lasting change to our food system through their fermentation platform. Mushlabs’ mission is to change the way people eat by producing tastier, healthier and more sustainable foods.

Mazen is the Founder and CEO of Mushlabs, a Berlin-based biotech startup producing the next generation of sustainable foods from mushroom roots. Mazen received a PhD in Microbial Biotechnology in 2014 from Technische Universität Hamburg. His passion for sustainability and impact-driven change has led him from conducting research on renewable energy, to working for a global food tech company, to founding Mushlabs and realizing his mission Founder & CEO to rethink how people produce and consume food. In his spare time, Mazen enjoys music, playing the piano, and basketball.

Mazen Rizk

Oddbox Rescuing surplus fruit & vegetables directly from farms.

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Product Lifecycle

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Emilie Vanpoperinghe

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Co-Founder & CEO

oddbox.co.uk

Oddbox is the UK’s first fruit and vegetable box that fights food waste. Alongside their 70,000 strong community, Oddbox works closely with farmers directly, rescuing fresh, seasonal, surplus fruits and vegetables at risk of becoming food waste, in addition to saving CO2 and water. The company first launched in 2016, with two founders, Emilie & Deepak, packing produce in a small area in South-West London. Since then, Oddbox has grown across the UK with plans to scale across the continent. With the goal of enabling more people to live sustainably and actively fight food waste, Oddbox seeks to catalyze change by changing the mindsets of the consumers. Oddbox is a Certified B Corporation and will continue to work towards making a difference for the planet with each and every box.

Emilie is the Co-Founder & CEO of Oddbox, a sustainable fruit and vegetable box tackling food waste. She has over 15 years of project and team management experience at Fortune 500 companies (3M and BT) across the globe. Prior to this, Emilie was the Director of Finance & Operations for an international NGO set up by the Nike Foundation and worked in developing countries to empower adolescent girls to reach their potential. She also spent close to 10 years in finance in the corporate sector in France, India and the UK. Emilie is originally from Co-Founder & CEO northern France and has been in the UK for the past 10 years. Her grandparents were potato farmers and so she knows what it takes to grow fresh produce.

Emilie Vanpoperinghe

Propelair Combatting water waste by reinventing the toilet.

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Waste Treatment

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South Africa, Australia, UK

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David Hollander

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CEO

propelair.com

Propelair saves the planet, one flush at a time. They are the UK designer and manufacturer of what they believe is the world’s lowest water-flush toilet -- new technology, reinventing a sanitation system unchanged in over 200 years. Engineered specifically for commercial, public and heavy footfall premises, the Propelair system connects conveniently to existing plumbing systems. It is also ideal for off grid premises where waste removal is costly. Replacing up to 9 litres (l) of water with 120l of air to propel just 1.5l of water per flush into existing drains, saving money and water in out-of-home washrooms, Propelair’s unique ‘close to flush’ design provides far greater hygiene too. The closed lid forms a seal to channel the air, reducing airborne germs including COVID-19, by 95%.

David is CEO of Propelair, the UK clean tech start-up designer and manufacturer of the world’s lowest water-flush toilet, backed by Investec and Earth Capital. Prior to this, David was the MD of Dyson UK & Ireland, where he led the turnaround of the territory and has also served as the CEO of Aqualisa, the shower company. David loves selling great engineering, and is inspired by technology which saves water, money and improves hygiene. David is also Chair of MYCS, a fast-growing €40m European eCommerce retailer of customised furniture; Chair of Motocaddy Golf, the £30m electric trolley business backed by Ethos Partners; a sometime golfer, CEO a follower of rugby and football, father, husband, son, and until recently, the Chair of the UK’s leading independent boys’ prep school.

David Hollander

Provenance Achieving verifiable impact by empowering brands and consumers with open source transparency.

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Blockchain

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Germany, UK, US

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Jessi Baker

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Founder & CEO

provenance.org

Provenance is in the business of transparency, empowering brands to make the sourcing and impact behind their products transparent. They exist to enable citizens to access and trust in business sustainability efforts beyond today’s marketing hype. With their software, businesses can easily gather and present information and stories about products and their supply chains, including verified data to support them. By connecting this information to products - consumers can discover the origin, journey, and impact of the products they buy. Provenance has built a network of honest businesses and equips them with the tools they need to prove what matters most about their goods: from the source of ingredients, to their impact on the environment and society. Winner of the “Blockchains for Social Good” Horizon 2020 prize from the EU Commission, they champion tech for good.

Jessi Baker is MBE, technologist, designer and Founder and CEO of Provenance.org, the leading transparency programme and software platform for supply chain and impact transparency. With a Master’s in Engineering from Cambridge University and Design from the Royal College of Art, Jessi has worked with many brands on digital design strategy, including Adidas, The Four Seasons, The Guggenheim Museum, Will.I.Am, British Airways, and Louis Vuitton. Currently, Jessi works with global FMCG brands, such as Unilever, Founder & CEO Pernod Ricard, and Princes Group to make the origin, journey and impact behind their products transparent for shoppers in a meaningful way.

Jessi Baker

Swedish Algae Factory Extracting natural algae material for efficiency enhancement of solar panels, CO2 absorption, and the production of sustainable products.

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Environmental Technology

Swedish Algae Factory extracts a material from an algae group called diatoms, which is naturally designed for efficient light manipulation, blockage of UV light and uptake, and the release and blocking of chemical substances. This uniquely structured mesoporous silica material is branded Algica. Today, Algica is sold as a certified multi-functional organic (COSMOS & ECOCERT) ingredient in the personal care Industry. It is moisturizing, cleansing, rheology modifying, anti-polluting, and SPF boosting and replaces ingredients that are bad for our ecosystems and health. Swedish Algae Factory seeks to disrupt the advanced materials industry and transform the way the industry views organic material.

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Australia, Denmark, Finland, South Korea, Sweden, US

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Sofie Allert

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Co-Founder & CEO

swedishalgaefactory.com

Sofie Allert is the Co-Founder and CEO of Swedish Algae Factory. The company was founded based on her and her Co-Founder Angela Wulff ’s passion for making use of algae, a natural resource that can create a lot of sustainable value for society. With a Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology and a Master’s degree in Entrepreneurship and Business design from Chalmers University of Technology, the company was founded whilst Sofie was still writing her Master’s Thesis. Sofie is an active spokesperson for the Swedish Algae Factory, giving talks at the UN and OECD events Co-Founder & CEO as well as garnering several awards, most recently winning the prestigious green start-up competition, Postcode Lotteries Green Challenge in 2019.

Sofie Allert

Urchinomics Providing the seafood industry with urchin roe while rehabilitating lost kelp forests.

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Aquaculture and Fisheries

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Urchinomics is a restorative aquaculture venture aiming to turn an environmental challenge into a commercial, ecological and social opportunity. Overfishing of predatory species, climate change and pollution have allowed sea urchins to explode in population. Uncontrolled quantities of sea urchins overgraze kelp forests and seagrass meadows, turning once pristine and vibrant marine ecosystems into lifeless, barren deserts, or “urchin barrens”. Urchinomics specifically targets these ecologically destructive, empty sea urchins and re-homes them into their ranching systems, where they are converted from an ecological pest to premium sea urchin roe, or “uni”. And by removing them from the barrens, they help kelp forests recover to their original healthy ecosystem.

Canada, Japan, Norway, US

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Brian Tsuyoshi Takeda

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Founder & CEO

urchinomics.com

Brian Tsuyoshi Takeda is a global citizen. Born in Japan, raised in Canada, studied in part in Chile, lives in Norway, and works in the Netherlands— he brings unique insights into cultures, people and opportunities to do good. A consummate entrepreneur, he co-founded Muzi Tea, helping to introduce Matcha green tea to North America. Later as the Marketing Director of Norway Pelagic and Director of Innovation at Kaston, he cultivated numerous innovative ventures, including what would then become Urchinomics. Brian’s guiding passion for innovation manifests in his desire to prove that for-profit ventures can be a powerful driver of positive change. With proper incentives, clear ethical boundaries and the Founder & CEO right amount of human ingenuity, he believes restoring coastal ecosystems and creating meaningful jobs can be done responsibly and profitably.

Brian Tsuyoshi Takeda

Vivid Edge Reducing carbon footprint at zero out of pocket cost.

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Sustainable Infrastructure

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Ireland

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Tracy O’Rourke

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Founder & CEO

vividedge.ie

Vivid Edge is an energy innovator, empowering large organisations to increase their energy efficiency with zero out of pocket cost. Their pioneering “Energy Efficiency Service” model for large multinationals taps into wasted energy to fund energy upgrades, reducing energy consumption by 71% to date. Vivid Edge addresses sub-optimal performance in energy infrastructure such as heating, cooling, lighting and control systems. Their in-house engineering, risk and finance expertise enables them to execute and accelerate energy efficiency projects for a sustainable difference. By working with their customer’s chosen suppliers, Vivid Edge delivers energy efficiency to large multinationals at scale, conducting impartial reviews of technical solutions, chosen equipment and supplier promises. Vivid Edge’s service model removes the barriers of complexity and economics that often prevent businesses from implementing longterm energy efficiency projects. Backed by institutional energy efficiency funds, Vivid Edge can support and scale projects globally. With Vivid Edge, more is possible!

Tracy is Founder and CEO of Vivid Edge, helping large multinationals reduce carbon emissions with zero out-of-pocket costs. Following a corporate career in financial services, Tracy wanted to build a commercial business with social impact. She has led a dedicated team from concept to market validation, securing a multimillion-euro revenue stream, a €30m+ project funding facility, and an exciting sales pipeline. Vivid Edge is a multi-awardwinning business with Tracy being named among others, Top 100 Woman in Social Enterprise 2021, and a Fellow of the Cartier International Women’s Initiative, a global award for female impact entrepreneurs. Her ambition is Founder & CEO to change the way energy efficiency is delivered globally. She believes climate action targets are achievable with a different way of thinking.

Tracy O’Rourke

Zeigo Helping corporates find renewable energy using smart technology.

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Access to Clean Energy

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50 countries

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Juan Pablo Cerda

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Founder & CEO

zeigo.com

Zeigo is a climate-tech platform deploying machine learning to reduce the complexities surrounding renewable energy procurement. Used by corporations, energy suppliers, and renewable energy developers, Zeigo is the one-stop-shop for stakeholders to transition to clean energy through Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) and short-term contracts. Zeigo’s solution creates a simple and efficient process to connect corporate energy buyers with renewable energy developers that is cheaper, more time-effective and transparent than alternative solutions. Zeigo offers a wide range of tools, like market analytics, energy forward curve, or a business case report, to help corporate buyers make informed decisions on a procurement purchase without external consultants or industry knowledge. Its mission is to increase the uptake of renewable energy across the world, not just by the largest corporations, but by everyone who wants in.

Juan Pablo Cerda has a strong background and stellar experience in Operations & Trading for physical commodities, having worked for companies like BP, Shell and ED&F MAN. He founded and exited a successful consultancy focused on advising large corporates on their go-to-market strategy for 100% renewable energy. During this time, he noticed a gap in the market to apply smart technology to simplify the process of contracting renewable energy directly from wind and solar farms for the corporate sector. As a result, he founded Founder & CEO Zeigo, a tech platform that makes the process of contracting energy directly from wind and solar farms, simple, efficient and cost-effective.

Juan Pablo Cerda

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