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DrinKicks is Transforming—and Decarbonizing—Sneaker Culture with Plant-leather Shoes and Education

Greentown Labs

Michael Fletcher and Kristeen Reynolds are bringing their passion for sneaker culture, circularity, and community engagement to the pavement with DrinKicks —a startup turning food waste and recycled materials into shoes with 89 percent lower carbon emissions than their cow-leather counterparts. Think again.

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Greentown Labs Announces Location of New Incubator in Houston’s Innovation District

Greentown Labs

North America’s largest climatetech incubator will expand to Houston’s Innovation District to accelerate the clean energy transition and reveals Microsoft, Rice Management Company, Saint-Gobain, Direct Energy, Naturgy, and FCC Environmental Services as additional partners. Somerville, Mass., and Houston, Texas, Sept. Somerville, Mass.,

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Greentown Go Build 2023 with Saint-Gobain Announces Startup Cohort

Greentown Labs

That’s why Greentown and Saint-Gobain partnered to launch Go Build 2023, which specifically sought innovations to extend product life cycles, find alternative raw materials, and enable technologies for waste revalorization. With incubators in Somerville, Mass. and Houston, Texas, Jan. billion in funding.

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Greentown Go Make 2023 with Shell Announces Startup Cohort 

Greentown Labs

11, 2023 — Greentown Labs , the largest climatetech incubator in North America, and Shell , a global energy leader, announce six startup participants for Greentown Go Make 2023 —a Greentown Go program focused on accelerating startup-corporate partnerships to advance carbon utilization, storage, and traceability solutions.

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Greentown Labs and Browning the Green Space Announce Inaugural Cohort for ACCEL, an Accelerator for BIPOC-led Climatetech Startups

Greentown Labs

ACCEL combines startup acceleration with a curated curriculum, incubation at Greentown, and extensive mentorship from Greentown and BGS’s networks of industry experts. The program, which is designed to support underrepresented founders, welcomes six startups Somerville, Mass., and Houston, Texas, Feb. Active Surfaces (Salem, Mass.)

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Greentown Labs Announces Go Build 2023 with Saint-Gobain

Greentown Labs

The partnerships-focused accelerator is accepting applications from startups with innovations to extend product life cycles, develop alternative raw materials, and revalorize waste Somerville, Mass. With incubators in Somerville, Mass. billion in regional economic impact.

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Greentown Go Move 2022 with BASF and Magna Announces Startup Cohort Focused on Automotive Industry Decarbonization

Greentown Labs

Endeavor Composites is pioneering high-performance, low-cost, and zero-waste composites to solve difficult manufacturing problems. Throughout the program, startups will benefit from mentorship, networking opportunities, educational workshops, and partnership-focused programming to support their collaborations. About Greentown Go.