Monthly update from our startups

Kleiderly announced on LinkedIn that they are among the 45 finalists of the South by Southwest (SXSW) Pitch Startup Event 2022. The Berlin-based startup will present their innovation live on stage in Austin, Texas between March 12th and 13th. Kleiderly was nominated for the category Innovative World Technologies. Their participation in the competition might be a big step forward, because in the past the event has helped significantly to connect promising startups with the needed resources. South by Southwest takes 9 days in total and includes festivals, conferences, trade exhibitions and focuses especially on music, film and interactive media.

Find out more about the Pitch Startup Event and other nominees here

TrusTrace’s innovation is a digital platform for product traceability and supply chain transparency which focuses on the fashion industry. Producers and consumers profit from this data transparency that the startup creates by combining AI and blockchain technology. This month, TrusTrace celebrated 1 million transactions with real-time traceability. These transactions were done for one brand, covering 10,000 materials across 500 facilities, in less than three months. This is a big milestone in demonstrating that supply chain information can be automated and tracked at scale. Moreover, the startup was mentioned in an article by Apparel Resources presenting six traceability solution providers.

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In February, the former Green Alley Award finalist Sulfotools was featured in an article by Circular Stories. The key focus of the article is put on how the startup makes a sustainable impact on the chemical industry which has a really bad reputation in the world of circular economy: it is known to be one of the most energy-intensive industries and that production processes often require the use of many toxic solvents. Christina Uth, the co-founder of Sulfotools is convinced that “even in unattractive sectors like the chemical industry, green processes are possible”. Therefore, her startup developed a process called CPT (Clean Peptide Technology) to develop peptides in a more sustainable way. Peptides are very small biomolecules that are needed to produce cosmetics, food supplements or certain vaccines.

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Sustonable has been featured by MaterialDriven which is a platform for designers and artists to showcase innovative materials. MaterialDriven, whose expertise lies in locating and sourcing innovative materials, only feature materials that are string, clean, hygienic, supportive of human and environmental health and free of harmful contents. Sustonable fulfils all these criteria with their hybrid surface materials, which are lightweight, non-porous, highly impact-resistant, and fully recyclable material made from recycled PET (rPET) plastic bottles and natural stone and are aesthetic at the same time. In their newsletter, MaterialDriven say that they have been blown away by this “hybrid that truly excels in its properties and draws the best from both world”.

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Green City Solutions have installed their first CityBreeze in Germany, more specifically in Bestensee. The startup uses the natural ability of moss to cool air and bind and metabolize fine dust to improve the air quality in cities. Green City Solutions have installed their regenerative bio-tech filters in three products: CityTree, WallBreeze and CityBreeze. The latter combines moss filters with a screen and thus brings advertising and sustainability together. This new filter will stay in Bestensee for 6 weeks. In this time period, the company estimates that their technology will have freed 1.5 million m³ of air from about 25 grams of fine dust, which is a huge amount that equals to the volume of 600 Olympic swimming pools.

Find out more about CityBreeze here

After 3 years of being based at the Unreasonable office the Mimica announced that they are moving their office to another place. Unreasonable is an international company that supports a Fellowship for growth-stage entrepreneurs, channels exclusive deal-flow to investors, and partners with institutions to discover profit in solving global problems. Even though Mimica announced to be very excited about moving, they are very grateful for the time in Unreasonable office saying: “We met the most amazing people from companies working toward the same goal: to have a positive impact on the planet and reduce waste”. And did you know that they even shared the office space with another former Green Alley Award finalist Entocycle? Mimica will now move into Work Hub MadeSimple, which is also located in London at the centre of the UK’s startup scene. The technology development team will stay based in Wrexham.

Find out more about their new location here