Orbisk is a developer of fully automated food waste monitoring equipment aimed at enhancing sustainability within the food service industry. The company's innovative solution includes a smart camera equipped with an artificial intelligence image recognition algorithm that identifies food ingredients from images. By integrating this technology into waste bins, Orbisk enables hospitality organizations to gain comprehensive insights into their food waste, quantifying large volumes of discarded food. This data-driven approach allows restaurants to identify inefficiencies in their food-providing processes, facilitating significant reductions in food waste and contributing to improved sustainability and profitability.
Neutreeno
Seed Round in 2024
Neutreeno is a deep tech spinout from the University of Cambridge that specializes in developing an intelligent decarbonization system aimed at helping businesses achieve net zero emissions. The company's system is scientifically designed to prevent emissions at their source while providing clarity and transparency throughout the complex value chain. Neutreeno's technology offers efficiency insights that empower clients to analyze resource efficiency, minimize waste, and enhance circularity, ultimately guiding them towards achieving absolute zero emissions.
Matter is a tech startup based in Bristol that specializes in developing innovative solutions to capture, harvest, and recycle microplastics. The company focuses on eliminating microplastic contamination at various levels, including residential, commercial, and industrial settings. Their technology is designed to filter water and capture plastic micropollutants from wastewater systems, thereby improving water quality and reducing pollution risk. By making these microplastics valuable for safe reuse, Matter aims to address environmental concerns related to microplastic contamination.
Arrive Recommerce
Series A in 2023
Arrive Recommerce is a technology and reverse logistics company that specializes in the resale market, providing a sustainable and scalable channel for brands and retailers. The company focuses on transforming returns and excess inventory into profitable resale opportunities, enabling brands to turn cost centers into profit centers. Arrive's suite of tools, including Recommerce Management Technology and Storefront Technology, facilitates increased revenue, customer engagement, and operational efficiency. By collaborating with companies in returns management, logistics, and e-commerce enablement, Arrive enhances value and margin for its partners. The company has been recognized for its innovation, ranking as the 4th Most Innovative Retail Company by Fast Company in 2022, and has established notable partnerships with brands like YETI and Burton Snowboards.
Ruminant BioTech
Seed Round in 2023
Ruminant BioTech is a company focused on developing innovative slow-release devices aimed at mitigating methane emissions over an extended period. These devices utilize a naturally occurring organic compound to achieve significant reductions in methane production, thereby assisting farmers in lowering their greenhouse gas emissions. By providing an effective solution for long-term methane control, Ruminant BioTech contributes to environmental sustainability in agriculture.
Nature Coatings
Seed Round in 2023
Nature Coatings transforms wood waste into black bio pigments for various applications such as textiles, cosmetics, coatings, and printing. Founded in 2017, the company operates from Los Angeles, California.
Greyparrot
Venture Round in 2023
Greyparrot applies artificial intelligence to enhance global recycling efficiency. Its platform, Greyparrot Analyzer and Sync API, provides real-time insights on waste composition across multiple locations, enabling stakeholders to increase recycling rates, optimize resource recovery, and reduce environmental impact.
Cruz Foam
Series A in 2022
Cruz Foam, Inc. is a Santa Cruz, California-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in manufacturing structural foams from chitin, a biopolymer derived from shrimp shells. The company addresses the global plastic pollution crisis by providing bio-benign foam solutions that serve as eco-friendly alternatives to traditional petroleum-based foams. Cruz Foam's products are designed for a variety of applications, including consumer packaging, consumer electronics, automotive, and business-to-business packaging. By utilizing naturally sourced biopolymers, the company creates scalable and compostable materials that can be integrated into existing supply chains at competitive costs. Cruz Foam collaborates with key industry leaders across various sectors, including consumer electronics, appliances, shipping, and consumer packaged goods, to promote sustainable practices and contribute to a cleaner environment.
Tulu is an on-demand rentals platform that provides household and lifestyle products through its application and IoT-enabled smart rental units installed in buildings. Based in Tel Aviv, Israel, it offers residents, students, and offices access to brand-name appliances, grocery staples, micro-mobility and entertainment devices on demand, with the aim of optimizing space usage and reducing waste. The platform analyzes usage data to improve inventory management and personalize the user experience. Tulu operates in cities across the United States and Europe, working with large landlords and real estate partners, and collaborates with manufacturers such as Bosch, Hoover, Kärcher and Unagi to deliver a broad range of items.
SmarterX empowers retail companies and consumer product brands like Costco, Albertsons, Lysol, Miracle-Gro, and Colgate to optimize their supply chain management. Our platform provides intelligence on regulated consumer products, helping clients maintain compliance, avoid fines, and minimize environmental impact.
CleanO2
Seed Round in 2022
CleanO2 Carbon Capture Technologies develops devices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. Founded in 2013 and based in Calgary, Alberta, the company has produced residential and commercial carbon capture devices, including CARBiNX, aimed at recovering heat and capturing carbon for use as a by-product. The technology converts waste carbon into chemicals used in the soap and detergent industry, enabling businesses to lower emissions and energy demand while pursuing global deployment.
Colorifix
Series B in 2022
Colorifix is a biotechnology company that pioneers biological methods for textile dyeing. It converts agricultural by-products into colorants suitable for textiles, eliminating harsh chemicals and significantly reducing water consumption.
VitroLabs
Series A in 2022
VitroLabs specializes in 3D tissue engineering, focusing on the development of real leather using stem cell-based technologies. Founded in 2016 and based in San Jose, California, the company aims to create luxury quality lab-grown leather with a low carbon footprint, thereby reducing harm to animals.
Cruz Foam
Convertible Note in 2021
Cruz Foam, Inc. is a Santa Cruz, California-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in manufacturing structural foams from chitin, a biopolymer derived from shrimp shells. The company addresses the global plastic pollution crisis by providing bio-benign foam solutions that serve as eco-friendly alternatives to traditional petroleum-based foams. Cruz Foam's products are designed for a variety of applications, including consumer packaging, consumer electronics, automotive, and business-to-business packaging. By utilizing naturally sourced biopolymers, the company creates scalable and compostable materials that can be integrated into existing supply chains at competitive costs. Cruz Foam collaborates with key industry leaders across various sectors, including consumer electronics, appliances, shipping, and consumer packaged goods, to promote sustainable practices and contribute to a cleaner environment.
VitroLabs
Series A in 2021
VitroLabs specializes in 3D tissue engineering, focusing on the development of real leather using stem cell-based technologies. Founded in 2016 and based in San Jose, California, the company aims to create luxury quality lab-grown leather with a low carbon footprint, thereby reducing harm to animals.
PANGAIA offers lifestyle products and accessories. That products include sweatshirts, t-shirts ,tops, track pants, activewear, jackets, outerwear, and knitwear. They allow consumers to directly buy goods or services from a seller over the internet using a web browser or a mobile app.
Arrive Recommerce
Seed Round in 2021
Arrive Recommerce is a technology and reverse logistics company that specializes in the resale market, providing a sustainable and scalable channel for brands and retailers. The company focuses on transforming returns and excess inventory into profitable resale opportunities, enabling brands to turn cost centers into profit centers. Arrive's suite of tools, including Recommerce Management Technology and Storefront Technology, facilitates increased revenue, customer engagement, and operational efficiency. By collaborating with companies in returns management, logistics, and e-commerce enablement, Arrive enhances value and margin for its partners. The company has been recognized for its innovation, ranking as the 4th Most Innovative Retail Company by Fast Company in 2022, and has established notable partnerships with brands like YETI and Burton Snowboards.
CleanO2
Seed Round in 2021
CleanO2 Carbon Capture Technologies develops devices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. Founded in 2013 and based in Calgary, Alberta, the company has produced residential and commercial carbon capture devices, including CARBiNX, aimed at recovering heat and capturing carbon for use as a by-product. The technology converts waste carbon into chemicals used in the soap and detergent industry, enabling businesses to lower emissions and energy demand while pursuing global deployment.
SmarterX
Seed Round in 2018
SmarterX empowers retail companies and consumer product brands like Costco, Albertsons, Lysol, Miracle-Gro, and Colgate to optimize their supply chain management. Our platform provides intelligence on regulated consumer products, helping clients maintain compliance, avoid fines, and minimize environmental impact.