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Culture Care Collective is a health support program that integrates community health workers and supportive technology into hospital-based care.

Greenly is on a mission to help everyone reduce his ecological footprint in a fun and rewarding way, offering individuals more choices for sustainable living. To nudge you into adopting greener daily habits, our application automatically measures the environmental impact of everything you buy and gives you credit when you reduce your emissions. We do this by linking to your bank accounts securely, and enriching financial data with ecological information. We recommend to our users changing their spending habits towards greener brands engaged to make the energy transition happen. In transportation, taking the train, the bus or carpooling is greener and translates into avoided emissions. For your housing, switching to a green electricity provider makes a difference. For your shopping, greener brands make a difference. And when it comes to eating, go vegan or vegetarian to reduce your footprint. We make it easy and fun to switch progressively to more sustainable consumption habits.

Operator of a tech-powered cloth renting platform intended to offer special occasion attire. The company facilitates to conduct a style assessment quiz and upload a selfie and based on the assessment the company curates a list of suitable products, enabling customers to have the best fit by connecting them to independent designers.

We are a trustworthy marketplace where people can offer or hire services through an app, changing the way people access services today.

Nibi operates a marketplace platform designed to enhance the social sector by connecting individuals, charities, and companies focused on social and environmental initiatives. The platform aims to facilitate impactful actions that promote sustainable habits and social responsibility. By automating corporate social responsibility efforts, Nibi enables businesses to collaborate with foundations and programs, fostering a community dedicated to social and environmental betterment. Through its initiatives, Nibi seeks to improve engagement in social action and support the development of sustainable practices within organizations.

ChurchSpace is a platform established in 2019 that offers flexible rental options for commercial spaces, specifically targeting underutilized church properties. Founded by Day Edwards, the company aims to alleviate financial pressures on churches by converting their unused real estate into venues for events, meetings, and commercial kitchen operations. This innovative approach allows both businesses and individuals to access affordable local church spaces for various occasions, thereby generating additional revenue for the churches while providing cost-effective solutions for renters.

The Nu Wardrobe are redefining what it means to wear something ‘new’. The Nu Wardrobe is a platform that lets users bring their wardrobe online so they can share their clothes with others. As a community, The Nu Wardrobe extends the life cycle of people’s clothes and significantly reduces garment waste, without compromising on style.

Developer of a personalizable social space component intended to build personal cloud computing tools. The company's tools ensure data ownership and interoperability for netizens looking to improve participatory representation, enabling teams, communities, and site owners to build personalized community platforms.

Javari is a technology startup that helps consumers discover local places and events anywhere.

Loop Closing offers a comprehensive food waste solution by replacing dumpsters and trash cans with an on-site composting system and returning the finished compost to the soil, closing the ecological loop and solving waste problems. It helps organizations regenerate soils, the environment, and communities by composting their food waste on-site. It operates in dense urban environments reducing existing pest and smell pressures from current food waste practices for around the same cost.

Scrible, Inc. is a technology company based in San Mateo, California, that offers a cloud-based platform for online reading and research. Founded in 2009, Scrible allows users to bookmark, highlight, and annotate web pages directly in their browsers, facilitating the organization, sharing, and collaboration of Internet-based research. This service addresses the outdated methods traditionally used for research, such as printing and handwritten notes, by providing efficient tools that streamline the research process. Scrible's platform is particularly beneficial for individuals in environments where the effective management and analysis of information are crucial, helping users catalog, search, and filter web content seamlessly. The company aims to transform how people conduct research online, making it easier and more efficient to gather and manage information in the digital age.

Makeena is a mobile and web-based platform that connects healthy and eco-friendly brands with shoppers who are looking for good for them, good for their family, and good for the planet products. For the Brand, Makeena provides a streamlined, location-aware mobile and web consumer engagement platform for natural and sustainable brands, automating tracking and redemption for the shopper across multiple platforms, brands, and retailers at the point of purchase (online or in-store) for a single shopper account. By pushing location and context-aware incentives to shoppers, then tracking and rewarding their engagement, brands build new shoppers, and increase loyalty and repeat purchases. On the backend, brands upload their own information and decide where, when, and how much to offer. Makeena then collects the shopper data and provides the brands with a way to analyze and manage that data, delivering to the brands deeper shopper insights, where their products are located (in what stores and where on the shelf), and what encourages their shoppers to stay loyal to them.

Nul is a not-just-for-profit company with the mission to make the personal and household care industry more sustainable by offering eco-friendly alternatives that actually work. No water. No plastic. No toxins. No nonsense. Nul believe in giving back; pledging 1% of all sales to environmental charities as a member of 1% for the Planet.

TrashCon is an automated zero waste system, with globally awarded waste recycling technologies and circular economy models.

Provider of delightful building materials intended to protect natural resources from being depleted. The company uses biological waste and food waste as raw materials to be used in interior design and industrial design products, enabling designers to upcycle green waste and perform zero-waste designing.

At EroeGo we create a global community of informed and conscious buyers that acknowledge the impact of their purchases and choose to make a difference with every shopping bag.

Provider of environmental services intended to reverse carbon dioxide emissions by turning construction waste into fresh concrete for construction. The company's services decompose concrete waste into original carbonate powder and gravel components, enabling clients to recycle and produce fresh concrete.

Urban Connect is a corporate mobility platform offering company employees access to a fleet of low-carbon, shared vehicles like e-bikes, bikes, e-scooters and e-cars. The offering is structured as a mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) solution. The company services large blue chip clients like Roche, Avaloq, Hilti, Sonova or Zurich Insurance. The team is composed of a number of people from different nationalities & backgrounds, all with the common goal of helping companies reduce their carbon and space footprints.

ReCircula Solutions is a technology company that offers waste management solutions for the urban cities and pharmaceutical industries.

Developer of novel industrial packaging systems designed to minimize logistics inefficiencies, increase sustainability, and digitize supply chains. The company offers reusable modular industrial packaging systems that attach from any direction to create any required size box and can be used for high load capacity for heavy-duty cargo transportation and high handling convenience, enabling clients to transform one-time-use consumable industrial packaging material into intelligent assets, orchestrating an effective circular economy.

Enable anyone, novice or experienced, to discover nature and the outdoors, through facilitating camping and other outdoors activities and services, in a simple, honest and friendly way.

Building CLIP, a portable consumer device that can be easily attached to any bike to instantly upgrade it into an electric bike. Our mission is to disrupt e-bikes by developing augmentation tech that can be easily “clipped” on to regular bicycles to make biking effortless & safer, at a fraction of the technical and operational complexity of building, distributing and selling an e-bike.

Tradeblock provides the community with an easy and secure way to trade and use their kicks as currency. It uses its shared database to connect with other collectors. It does not only serve as a broker to help in finding the specific trades but a middleman as well, to ensure authenticity and a seamless trading transaction.

Provider of curated vacation homes designed to bridge the gap between boutique lodging and reliable hospitality, aiming to elevate travel experiences for modern millennials and Gen Z. The company provides upscale yet affordable homes that feel like cosy personal dwellings, enabling travellers to enjoy comfortable stays with convenient hotel-like services, fostering authentic connections with local communities.

Cat in a Flat is a cat-loving, cat-sitting community that connects cat owners with trusted and insured cat sitters in their neighbourhood. Its mission is to help cats stay in the comforts of their own home while the owner is away. No more stress, no more catteries, no more guilt. Cat in a Flat is a start-up in the sharing economy using geo location search, notification system, online booking calendar and mobile payment. Each sitter can set their own rate and has their own well designed web page as part of our system - like a digital business card. Cat owners can review, rate and share the best sitters and build long-lasting cat-loving relationships. Cat sitters undergo all the checks and are required to write a full, personal profile.

The Etho is a Certified B Corp marketplace that operates an online shopping platform designed to connect conscious consumers with ethical brands and artisans. The platform offers a curated selection of sustainably sourced products, primarily created by women, catering to socially responsible shoppers. By facilitating direct access to these ethical brands, The Etho enables consumers to make informed purchasing decisions that align with their values, promoting a sustainable and ethical lifestyle.

Power2Peer operates a blockchain-secured energy trading platform known as P2PConnect, which serves as a virtual marketplace for renewable energy. This platform enables small-scale energy producers and consumers to buy and sell clean energy locally, facilitating connections among community members and local micro-grids powered by solar panels and other renewable resources. Power2Peer provides an accessible and affordable alternative for individuals who cannot invest in large-scale renewable installations, such as rooftop solar panels. The platform offers value to corporate clients and small businesses by allowing them to offset their carbon footprints with locally sourced clean energy, enhancing their sustainability efforts. The company has engaged over 150 investors through an equity crowdfunding campaign and is focused on further developing the P2PConnect marketplace.

YOLO seeks to unite drivers who travel from one city to another with users who wish to send documents, packages, or products to the same destination as the driver. In this way, it can take advantage of the trunks and make trips more profitable.

Collective Liberty is an advocacy group dedicated to combating human trafficking across the diverse spectrum of over 25 identified trafficking types in the United States. Recognizing the interconnected nature of trafficking networks, the organization emphasizes collaboration among various stakeholders, including law enforcement, social service agencies, and legislators. By leveraging data analysis, Collective Liberty aims to enhance both the prevention and prosecution of human trafficking cases. Central to its mission is the identification and elevation of local solutions and heroes, fostering a nationwide network that facilitates shared learning and cooperative efforts. The organization focuses on disrupting traffickers' operations while simultaneously providing support to survivors.

Developer of collaborative learning platform designed to connect, create, and manage project-based courses. The company's platform features centralized communication, a document sharing, and storage tool, a video calling system, webinars, and other related features that aid instructors in managing collaborative programs and activities in one place, enabling university instructors and administrators to connect with students in different countries as well as create shared lessons and activities.

Developer of cloud software designed to help managers capture values and solve problems through managing collaborations. The company's software aids in diagnosing collaborative breakdowns, pinpointing spots with uncaptured collective value, and provides recommendations to build effective and productive teams, enabling managers to understand the unique contribution each individual makes and the collaboration flow that determines how a team functions.

Round up electronic spare change from your everyday purchases, team up with friends, and donate to any nonprofit with a single tap.

Provider of reusable packaging solutions intended to recycle post-consumer plastic bags and film. The company offers a network of reusable containers and delivery bags that can be shared and reused by businesses and consumers, businesses to reduce reliance on single-use packaging and potentially contribute to a more sustainable supply chain and waste reduction efforts.

travelEZ a TripAdvisor-like service that connects people with accessible places. TravelEZ is proving itself to be a venture capable of improving the status quo. TravelEZ removes the guesswork and hassle of planning by crowdsourcing, gathering, and organizing accessibility information. TravelEZ will initially provide accessibility reviews for over 1,500 restaurants, bars, and cafes. Each accessibility review includes pictures, checklists, and comments on features like entrances, spaciousness, and restrooms.

Manufacturer of tech-enabled packaging products designed to eliminate single-use food or beverage containers. The company manufactures stainless steel and silicone to-go cups, bowls and containers that allow a returnable, plastic-free takeout solution that is paired with a proprietary easy-to-use application, through which containers are as easy to check out and return, enabling organizations to save money, meet their sustainability goals and market their zero waste initiatives.

Cinchy Inc. is a technology company based in Toronto, Canada, that specializes in a data collaboration platform utilizing data fabric technology. Founded in 2014, Cinchy's platform connects various data sources within a unified networked architecture, allowing organizations to manage and protect their data more effectively. This innovative approach enables real-time collaboration among multiple systems and users without the need for separate application databases. By facilitating a cross-application data network, Cinchy enhances data accessibility while improving security for both customer and employee information. The platform has been recognized for its capabilities, having received accolades such as best-of-show at Finovate and being featured in Gartner's "Cool Vendors in Data Management." Through its unique architecture, Cinchy aims to eliminate data fragmentation, reduce costs, and streamline operations for enterprises.

Cinchy Inc. is a technology company based in Toronto, Canada, that specializes in a data collaboration platform utilizing data fabric technology. Founded in 2014, Cinchy's platform connects various data sources within a unified networked architecture, allowing organizations to manage and protect their data more effectively. This innovative approach enables real-time collaboration among multiple systems and users without the need for separate application databases. By facilitating a cross-application data network, Cinchy enhances data accessibility while improving security for both customer and employee information. The platform has been recognized for its capabilities, having received accolades such as best-of-show at Finovate and being featured in Gartner's "Cool Vendors in Data Management." Through its unique architecture, Cinchy aims to eliminate data fragmentation, reduce costs, and streamline operations for enterprises.

GotSpot is an online marketplace that facilitates short-term rentals of commercial spaces, resembling the concept of Airbnb but tailored for various types of business environments. The platform connects local businesses with underutilized spaces, allowing entrepreneurs to rent facilities such as kitchens, galleries, studios, warehouses, workshops, bars, and restaurants for brief periods. This arrangement not only enables entrepreneurs to seize new opportunities but also provides local businesses with an additional revenue stream. By fostering these transactions, GotSpot aims to enhance the local economy and promote community resilience.

Swoovy is a platform designed to address the challenges of volunteering by connecting individuals with daily volunteer opportunities while fostering companionship among participants. Recognizing that many Americans express a desire to volunteer but face barriers such as time constraints and lack of information, Swoovy simplifies the process through an easy-to-use interface that allows users to sign up for events with a single click and find partners to attend with. The platform caters to singles, couples, and eventually groups, promoting the concept of accountability partners to enhance participation. Swoovy generates revenue from both users and non-profits, offering a unique business model that encourages non-profits to promote the platform for volunteer engagement. Non-profits benefit from a dedicated dashboard to manage and promote their opportunities, along with marketing support to enhance visibility. Through these features, Swoovy aims to make volunteering accessible and integrate it into the daily lives of more individuals.

Artisans List is uniquely focused on building and serving the affluent community united by old home lifestyles and sustainable, traditional living. Our foundation of lifestyle content attracts users to our commerce offerings and experiential tools to drive loyalty and fosters engagement.

ReFly S.A. de C.V., established in 2016 and headquartered in Cuautitlán Izcalli, Mexico, operates an online marketplace that enables users to buy and resell airline tickets. This platform allows individuals to sell unused flight tickets at discounted prices, providing an opportunity for buyers to purchase travel at lower costs. By facilitating peer-to-peer transactions, ReFly helps users recoup some of their expenses from tickets they no longer plan to use, making air travel more accessible and affordable.

ConsolHub is an online pricing and booking system for ocean consolidated shipments. Consolhub was created to simplify the search, access and booking of consolidated cargo. It simplifies and automates the logistics process Consolhub platform provide instantly to the shipper a range option in terms of the shipping companies (consolidators), departure dates, transit days, routes and price. The platform (consolhub.com) allows buyers to search for routes, pricing, itineraries and, then, securely book and upload all the documentation required. The advantages to the shippers (buyers) from using Consolhub include: • Time savings: less phone calls and emails to get the best options • 24/7 service: an online platform to book 24/7, where all the processes are automated and documents are managed online, saving more time and reducing errors • Access to better prices

Futz connects people with delicious dishes that otherwise would not have been sold, creating an extra income for the establishment and an eco friendly environment

GreenChoice is a data-driven grocery shopping platform that empowers consumers to buy the best food products for their health and the planet. Our team has dietary restrictions, health goals, tight budgets, and big hearts. We’re making grocery shopping easier for anyone shopping with dietary needs or specific values. Food is medicine for us and Mother Earth; let's live well together!

Operator of a luxury clothing care company intended to optimize the everyday closet experience. The company's hangers are flexible, and durable and come with a hanger facility, and do not cause stretching, wrinkling, bumps and creasing, enabling customers to accommodate clothes of different collar types and make a positive impact on the fashion industry.

Lab Grown Source directly connects buyers and sellers of lab-grown diamonds.

Operator of the monetary contribution intended to solve a current world issue. The company offers a range of apparel, accessories, and home appliances through its online portal, enabling customers to choose from a wide range of products and thereby contribute to every purchase they make.

We balance the power in the accommodation industry by connecting accommodation providers worldwide and using their collective power to resolve issues they are facing. WhosYourGuest (WYG) platform allows accommodation providers to review their guests, positively or negatively. By searching our database ho(s)tels can check out the guest before they check in helping them prevent problems before they occur. This can save hotels millions of dollars in prevented damages and losses to their establishment and reputation while at the same time betters the stay quality and safety of their other guests.

SeeVoov is the first and only end-to-end video based travel planning platform, offering a unique visual-based approach to digital travel. The company aims to change the way people all around the world address their trip experiences, from planning, through executing, to post-trip sharing. SeeVoov offers a social, interactive, video based trip planner, enabling people with the opportunity to start enjoying their trip experience right from the planning process. Our offering encompasses both a user facing end-to-end interface (B2C), as well as unique B2B cooperation with airlines, cruise-lines, OTA's, and TV broadcast networks, integrating the platform (white labeled) into their own business offering (website, apps, on-board screes, smart TV's). This enables such partners to expand their product & service offering, enhancing customer engagement & loyalty, providing valuable user data and additional revenue streams. SeeVoov is changing the entire perception of the planning cycle from a lonely, tedious task, into a fun, exciting and time effective activity one can do together with family and friends!

Developer of an online clothing rental platform designed to offer a wide variety of clothes for rental. The company's platform helps users to change their looks according to their wishes and wear high-end outfits for a few days, enabling users to enjoy unlimited dressing all year.

Cleancult is a company focused on creating sustainable cleaning products that reduce reliance on single-use plastics. It manufactures refillable items in aluminum bottles and offers all-natural laundry detergents in the form of cleaning pods. These pods contain powerful stain-fighting ingredients and a non-toxic formula, making them suitable for customers with sensitive or allergy-prone skin. By promoting eco-friendly practices and providing effective cleaning solutions, Cleancult aims to support a sustainable lifestyle for its consumers.

Operator of an ingredient and food technology company intended to focus on the repurposing of food waste. The company's services produce tasty and nutritious snacks from Brewers' Spent Grain which is typically sent to landfill or fed to livestock and also provide education on sustainability and make savory and sweet treats that positively impact the environment, enabling consumers to get sustainable food that has a significant impact on food waste while delivering quality and healthfulness.

PROTRASH is a social enterprise that enhances the quality of life marginalized communities in Mexico by exchanging their recyclable waste for money.

Save money | save lives | just by driving! CLUPP is a mobile app that rewards good driving with points that can be redeemed for amazing rewards, such as fuel, insurance, car wash, car shops, parking, restaurants, etc. The better you drive, the more points you earn, the more you save money and lives.

Operator of a community motorcycle workshop designed to let biking enthusiasts learn and apply motorcycling skills. The company's services specialize in offering a range of different membership programs that let bikers learn new techniques of bike riding, acquire motorcycle troubleshooting skills, and learn how to repair among others, enabling motorcycle owners to connect with biking experts and improve knowledge about bikes, automotive tools, and related mechanical stuff.

Tunnll operates a mass transportation service focused on sustainable mobility for small-town residents. The company provides an application that enables users to order a bus at the cost of a standard bus ticket, offering greater flexibility in urban transport. By allowing customers to summon a bus via their smartphones, Tunnll eliminates the need to adhere to traditional timetables, thereby enhancing the convenience of travel within their towns. This service aims to improve accessibility and mobility for individuals, adapting to their schedules and needs.

Takachar creates a network of waste management enterprises in Kenya that turn unmanaged agricultural residues into charcoal, a low-cost, non-toxic, and eco-friendly cooking fuel for low-income households. They have developed a series of low-cost (US$20), locally manufacturable technologies to enable waste-to-char conversion, which has been tested and refined in Kenya for the past 3 years. Since 2011, They have set up or directly helped 7 nascent and locally run waste-to-charcoal enterprises in Kenya, some of which have since even demonstrated operational profitability and paying customers. So far they have created about 100 jobs and sold 50 tons of eco-char. Moving forward, they are trying to prove the long-term financial viability of these enterprises, which, if successful, will be the basis of a franchise network.

Developer of a food rescue platform intended to supply edibles to the needy. The company's platform connects those with excess food, like grocery stores, co-ops, and restaurants, with nearby emergency food providers who serve those in need, enabling volunteers, nonprofit organizations and supporters to streamline the process of getting surplus food to those who need it most.

tripBuddy is a carpooling platform that connects commuters together

Walkli is a platform that consolidates the experiences of locals, travel professionals, and fellow travelers to assist users in planning their activities and destinations during travel. By offering guided walking routes and sharing sightseeing maps, Walkli aims to modernize urban exploration and provide a social approach to travel planning. This service enables users to discover what to do and where to go upon their arrival at various travel locations, enhancing their overall travel experience.

Manufacturer of bicycle and cycling apparel intended to provide an eco-friendly way of traveling. The company manufactures a type of electric and cargo cycle and also provides other accessories required while cycling, enabling customers to buy bicycles that keep them healthy and fit.

2Gether is a community app-based service that uses music to reduce loneliness. 2Gether is helping Alzheimer's caregivers take care of their loved ones.

BUHO is a sustainable fashion & lifestyle platform with products for women, men, kids & home under one banner for the first time. We're rooted in an uncompromising commitment to sustainable contemporary fashion that’s easy to find, fun to wear, and earth-loving. Our company was born out of a belief that fashion can do better, because we know better. By combining fashion and social impact, BUHO provides consumers the opportunity to shop by the values most important to them. As an active member of 1% For the Planet, BUHO commits to donate 1% of all sales to support environmental programs and is a fully circular business with biodegradable packaging and an easy recycle program that distributes items to one of our non-profit partners repurposes it into new materials. We are currently going through our B-Corp Certification Process.

Glicq is an intelligent collaboration platform that aims to simplify and streamline real estate transactions. It addresses the common challenges of using unfamiliar applications by providing users with secure access to frequently used features of popular tools within a familiar environment, specifically email. By facilitating instant sharing of contracts and documents, Glicq fosters transparent communication among real estate agents, deal makers, developers, and managers. The platform enhances collaboration through automated workflows, thereby reducing errors and improving efficiency in the transaction process. This approach not only encourages contributions from team members but also ensures timely updates, ultimately making electronic collaboration smoother and more effective.

GuestBox is a welcome box service providing hosts high-end, quality essentials needed for their guests' stay.

Backspace is junk removal with an environment saving twist. Rather than taking items to the landfill, Backspace can recycle most of it. We donate what we can like clothing and furniture, but if not then we can recycle it. We can recycle computers, appliances, metal, cardboard, mattresses, and lots of other items.

Ungrocery connect people over quality food.

Komeeda is a culinary platform designed to connect food enthusiasts with local restaurants through a variety of services, including delivery, catering, cooking classes, and pop-up feasts. The platform facilitates an online marketplace that promotes ethical consumerism by allowing users to support local businesses. Komeeda emphasizes community engagement and offers a significant revenue share to restaurants, ensuring that they retain ownership of their consumer data and benefit from online transactions. In addition to restaurant services, Komeeda provides culinary competitions, food recipes, and cooking methods, fostering direct interaction between chefs and food lovers. This approach not only enriches the dining experience but also enhances the visibility and profitability of local culinary talents.

XOC offers a unique learning experience and it creates an energy awareness that will allow users to save energy in short and long term and at the same time contribute to the environment. XOC is designed for a new energy-based economy. Where buying and selling energy will be a fundamental activity in the near future, where smart cities will be incorporated to the Smart grid.

RePark Social Parking is a mobile application-based service that enables private parking space owners to rent their spaces by the hour. It was launched in 2014 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Trueke is a travel management platform that emphasizes socially responsible travel experiences. It connects travelers with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and local communities engaged in various public welfare initiatives, such as anti-poverty campaigns, free education programs, health check-up camps, and hunger elimination efforts. Through its platform, Trueke enables travelers to immerse themselves in the community, gain new insights, and contribute to sustainable tourism that fosters economic benefits for the communities involved. By facilitating these connections, Trueke aims to create meaningful travel experiences that not only enrich the traveler but also support the development and welfare of local populations.

Concord Spirits reduces the environmental footprint of the spirits industry.

Nesterly is a trusted service for intergenerational homesharing that makes it easy for households to share an extra room. Nesterly is a digital marketplace that helps older homeowners rent their spare rooms to young people in exchange for help around the house. Housemates can exchange basic help like grocery shopping, dog walking, and tech support for lower rent.

Bussi is a transportation network that gives the possibility to transport groups in a Van, linking people with same routes. we make dynamic routes based on traffic behavior and people destination. Through a platform that gives unique user experience to people who wants to move between hard dense urban points to jobs and principal places in main cities with a mobile app. Our goal is to give an affordable cost service atmosphere with help crowdsourcing and on demand service.

Creating a waste management system in secondary cities that collect urban waste for composting and anaerobic digestion to produce Fertilizer and Energy. We imagine a world in which cities obtain social, economic and environmental value from waste and are therefore healthier and more sustainable places. Our mission is to change how cities in sub-Saharan Africa view their waste. Through innovation of waste systems in small and medium-sized African cities we will provide fertilizer to farmers, energy to businesses, improve the local environment and community health, and create jobs to reduce poverty.

Oomf, Inc. is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company established in 2015, specializing in the design and development of a cloud-based software platform that facilitates the sharing economy. The platform allows users to locate and temporarily use shareable devices, primarily focusing on portable chargers for smartphones and laptops. Oomf partners with manufacturers to integrate their products into its system, making them accessible for short-term use at low or no cost to consumers. The company primarily operates on collegiate campuses but plans to expand into other markets and explore additional shareable product integrations. Their application offers features such as theft prevention, managed support, and usage statistics, ensuring that users remain charged and connected. Oomf envisions a future where any shareable item can be accessed through its platform.

Evocco is your eco-friendly shopping assistant that helps you find the most nutritious food for the lowest environmental impact. Snap your receipt, build a basket, and track your progress over time. Evocco gives you all the sustainability tips and tricks you need to educate your inner eco-warrior and align your beliefs with what you buy.

Y2Y Harvard Square, a student-run overnight shelter, employs a youth-to-youth model to provide a safe and affirming environment for young adults experiencing homelessness. Y2Y guests will have opportunities to collaborate with service providers, other youth experiencing homelessness, and student volunteers to create sustainable pathways out of homelessness and develop skills for long-term success. Y2Y provides opportunities for both guests and volunteers to become the next generation’s leading advocates for youth-driven solutions to homelessness.

LeCycle is a company that specializes in producing gastronomic oyster mushrooms using repurposed coffee grounds sourced from local restaurants in Lausanne. By collecting used coffee grounds, the company not only creates high-quality mushrooms but also contributes to waste management efforts. The process involves transforming the coffee remnants into fertilizer, which can subsequently be reused to enhance soil quality. This innovative approach highlights LeCycle's commitment to sustainability and resource efficiency, turning food waste into valuable products.

Wheels is the social network of Sustainable Mobility that allows you to share trips in private vehicles, taxi services or bicycle plans, to go to the university, work, home or wherever you want.

Carengo is a peer-to-peer carsharing service that connects car owners with individuals seeking to rent vehicles for short periods. Through its digital platform, Carengo offers users a straightforward and efficient way to find and reserve cars that meet their needs. The service emphasizes affordability, allowing renters to access a wide selection of vehicles at competitive prices. By concentrating its offerings in specific areas, Carengo aims to simplify the car rental process while providing a diverse range of options for customers.

MoComics disrupts the rules of comics editing business in providing an internet based service plateform sustaining a unique - immersive, tactile and enriched reading experience on mobile. Mocomics connects new and confirmed Comics, manga, graphic novels and children books authors with their worldwide growing millennial audience, while offering direct revenue generation for authors through own production, direct readers funding and content sales via own on-line / mobile shop.

Social Fabric operates as a sustainable textile center with a focus on promoting ecological and socially responsible practices in the textile industry. The organization emphasizes a circular economy, innovative technologies, and decentralized manufacturing to provide customers with meaningful and customized garments. Additionally, Social Fabric is committed to work integration for refugees in Switzerland, creating opportunities for individuals while ensuring that the production of textiles remains sustainable. Through its community-based approach, the organization aims to foster greater awareness and usage of textiles and clothing that have a minimal ecological and social footprint.

ScienceMatters allows scientists to share their observations. ScienceMatters offers a platform with rich text editing and a modern interface to submit, edit, review, and publish observations.

Spaces to Go operates an online marketplace designed to connect individuals and groups with available recreational spaces. The platform facilitates private recreational facilities, including sports complexes, schools, YMCAs, and Boys & Girls Clubs, in promoting their available spaces such as basketball courts, fields, and pools. Users can easily search for, book, and pay for these spaces through a user-friendly app, streamlining the process for social, sports, and fitness organizations seeking venue access.

Clustermarket LTD. operates an online platform that facilitates resource sharing for life scientists, enabling them to list, discover, and book lab space, equipment, software, and expertise within their institutions or research clusters. Founded in 2015 and based in London, the platform serves a diverse clientele, including small startups, spin-outs, and established universities. Clustermarket's services allow users to rent resources to external parties and share them internally, streamlining the daily operations of lab managers. By making research and development in the life sciences more affordable and efficient, Clustermarket aims to enhance the potential for innovative breakthroughs in the field.

Bitemojo is an e-commerce application that offers self-guided culinary tours, allowing couples and small groups to explore various destinations through their local cuisine. The platform features a selection of local dishes and restaurants, providing users with insights into cultural background and information about the food they encounter. By taking biteTours, travelers not only enjoy tastings but also engage with local chefs and food vendors, enhancing their understanding of the culinary landscape. Additionally, participants can earn biteCredits during their tours, which can be redeemed for complimentary tastings, further enriching their experience.

Donii lets you donate your gently used clothes, household items, and kids' stuff directly to the people who need them most. Our platform connects donors with individuals and families in need, via the nonprofits, charities, and social workers that serve them. Each donation earns points which donors can use to shop a catalog of exclusive rewards. Give better with Donii.

Conscious apparel for the world citizen.

Clustermarket LTD. operates an online platform that facilitates resource sharing for life scientists, enabling them to list, discover, and book lab space, equipment, software, and expertise within their institutions or research clusters. Founded in 2015 and based in London, the platform serves a diverse clientele, including small startups, spin-outs, and established universities. Clustermarket's services allow users to rent resources to external parties and share them internally, streamlining the daily operations of lab managers. By making research and development in the life sciences more affordable and efficient, Clustermarket aims to enhance the potential for innovative breakthroughs in the field.

Castellano Ethnic Origins offers handbags, backpacks & friendship bracelets handmade by indigenous women in Colombia.

CareHood is an online platform designed to assist caregivers and their loved ones in discovering effective ways to provide support during challenging times, such as serious health conditions or life transitions. The platform simplifies the process by offering recommendations based on extensive research and consultations with medical professionals, ensuring that caregivers receive practical guidance. It also facilitates community involvement, allowing friends and family to contribute meaningfully by creating CarePackages tailored to the needs of those they wish to support. By fostering collaboration and informed support, CareHood aims to make a significant impact on the lives of individuals navigating difficult circumstances.

Personal Mattress specializes in delivering customized mattresses tailored to the unique body data of health-conscious consumers, aiming to enhance sleep quality. By leveraging crowd-sourced information alongside individual body metrics, the company offers a personalized mattress design that accommodates both singles and couples through its e-commerce platform. The mattresses feature a German-engineered design with U.S. patents, incorporating a configuration of 19 adjustable tubes that can be easily reconfigured as the user's body dimensions change over time. This innovative approach positions Personal Mattress as a leader in the customizable sleep system market, focusing on promoting healthier sleep through personalized solutions.

Envio offers a logistics platform that allows brands to deploy rental and a try-before-you-buy services.

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