Meet the top 20 startups: Fragment, Grounded, Micovation, Mirjana Josifoska and Noosa
Meet top 5 candidates out of the top 20 competing for your votes in the public phase! These startups are at the forefront of reshaping the sustainability landscape, presenting innovative solutions to global challenges. Whether it's transforming waste into valuable resources or pioneering eco-friendly materials, each of these startups represents a significant step toward creating a sustainable planet. Read more about their products and missions, and help them in leading the charge toward a greener, more resilient future!
Fragment
Ever wonder where glass waste go? Fragment is a Serbian start-up that specializes in the production of innovative building materials. In their factory, they produce panels made from recycled glass as the primary raw material, using cement and additives as a binder. Fragment panels offer entrepreneurs, architects, interior and exterior designers, as well as furniture manufacturers, a new, sustainable, and aesthetically unique material. Their aim? To inspire and enable other businesses and individuals to embrace sustainability as a core value.
To know more about Fragment: Fragment
Grounded
This Danish startup develops cups made of 50% coffee grounds sourced from coffee shops, chains, and businesses. The grounds are blended with their patented formula, which includes fibrous polymers derived from plants, enabling the cups to biodegrade under both home compostable and marine compostable conditions. Their goal? To create the most sustainable product possible. If one of Grounded's cups ends up in nature, it can fully biodegrade in less than four months. Additionally, these cups can even serve as a natural fertilizer for plants.
To know more about Grounded: grounded (groundedcups.com)
MICOVATION
The Swedish startup is transforming brewery by-products into high-quality mycelium leather through its MICOVATION mycelium technology, which converts biowaste into a high-value material. The resulting biomass can be refined into a leather-like material that not only meets but exceeds customer expectations of traditional leather. How does it work? They collect brewery waste from local breweries, grow fungal biomass at the brewery, and then transform the biomass into leather. The final product can be customized with their patentable fungal leather.
To know more about MICOVATION: https://www.linkedin.com/company/micovation/
Mirjana Josifoska
How many things can we create with textile waste? This North Macedonian startup has the answer to that question by crafting sustainable and ethically produced headwear. Their mission goes beyond just reducing textile waste in their country; it extends to addressing workers' exploitation. The startup encourages conscious consumerism, where individuals purposefully purchase while expressing their style. In addition to headwear, they produce scrunchies and personalize packaging, all of which is plastic-free.
To know more about Marjana Josifoska: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mirjanajosifoska/
NOOSA
How can corn be used? This Belgian startup has the answer: NOOSA® fibre, created from corn, is 100% recyclable thanks to their NOOCYCLE® technology. Noosa guarantees that every textile made from their product will be recycled back into a pure, virgin, and strong fibre. Their product range includes fibres, filaments, and spun yarns, suitable for various applications such as apparel, activewear, workwear, and more. Committed to shifting towards a circular textile industry, they prioritize social and environmental responsibility.
To know more about NOOSA: Noosa - The Circular Fiber (noosafiber.com)