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Circular economy startups compete at Circularity 2020, taking on shoes to shelf-life

GreenBiz

Circular economy startups compete at Circularity 2020, taking on shoes to shelf-life. At Circularity 20, GreenBiz’s online circular economy event, five startups presented their potentially world-altering ideas during the Accelerate competition. Holly Secon. Mon, 08/31/2020 - 01:00. minute pitch of their technology to the audience.

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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q1 2021

Greentown Labs

The Greentown Labs community continues to grow and we’re excited to introduce you to the 16 climatetech startups that joined our Boston and Houston incubators in the first months of 2021! Meet these startups that are powering the climatetech revolution: Agtech + Water. Transportation. Want to engage with the Greentown community?

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Inside Impact Investing: How Startups Can Turn to Mission-driven Investors During this Challenging Time

Greentown Labs

If you’re a startup and making a difference in the world is what gets you out of bed every day, there’s a type of investor who could be ready to support your vision. Here’s what they said about how impact investing can support startups, especially during times of crisis. Can this company succeed?

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Inside Impact Investing: How Startups Can Turn to Mission-driven Investors During this Challenging Time

Greentown Labs

The second installment of our Investor Speaker Series connected three impact investors from Greentown Labs’ network to our community of entrepreneurs to discuss what impact investing offers relative to traditional investing and how startups can tap into this type of funding. What do startups that are seeking impact investments need to know?

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Ecosystems for good: How collaborator networks achieve sustainability

GreenBiz

The startup has created a recycling ecosystem tracked by blockchain where members receive a premium for the materials they collect, which in turn helps them provide basic family necessities such as groceries, school tuition and health insurance.

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Circular economy startups compete at Circularity 2020, taking on shoes to shelf-life

AGreenLiving

Circular economy startups compete at Circularity 2020, taking on shoes to shelf-life Holly Secon Mon, 08/31/2020 – 01:00 A circular economy is urgently required for the shift to a more sustainable planet. This GreenBiz tradition began in 2012 at its VERGE events, offering a venue where startups make a 2.5-minute

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These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health

GreenBiz

All comments expressed are those of the individuals and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of their organizations. In addition, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has estimated that roughly a third of all food produced in the world is lost or wasted along different stages of the value chain.

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