The Greenhouse is one of Undaunted's flagship activities, supporting the growth of young, sustainable businesses looking to tackle climate change. Over the past 12 years, we've developed and refined our model for accelerating applicable, practical and adaptable solutions that make a difference on a global scale.
Cohort 4: Positive Vision for the Future
On 26 September 2023 we welcomed Undaunted's climate innovation community to The Royal Institution to hear the 15 startups in Cohort 4 pitch to investors. The overall theme for the day was 'Positive Vision for the Future'. Watch again below!
The Greenhouse Cohort 4 Demo Day: 26 Sept 2023
Part I: Circular Economy and Low-Carbon Materials
Team Repair | Cool | Cresco | SHADY.CLUB | DyeRecycle
HSBC UK CEO, Ian Stuart, presented our introductory keynote, praising climate innovators' resilience in turning clever, scalable ideas into reality.
Cohort 4's Greenhouse programme was funded by HSBC UK, the Greater London Authority and the European Union Regional Development Fund; Undaunted Director, Alyssa Gilbert, emphasised how vital this support is.
Pitches under the theme of Circular Economy and Low-Carbon Materials then began.
Part II: Food and Nature-Based Solutions
Radiant Foods | Alo Mundus | Acer Farms | WaveX | Wonki Collective
Our second keynote speaker - Futerra CEO, Lucy Shea - talked Selling Sustainability. Futerra's mission? "Make the anthropocene awesome."
"This is all of our careers for the rest of our lives", she continued, "moving from that extractive, exploitative economy, to the solutions economy. So, how are we going to do that...?"
Pitches under the theme of Food and Nature-Based Solutions then followed.
Part III: System Efficiencies
Gridicity | designwise | Tak Tuk | Nodum | BlueNose
Our final set of pitches follow the theme of System Efficiencies.
The theatre event ended with prizes for the top pitches of the day, as voted for by our audience, before delegates headed out to meet the innovators over a drink at the celebration showcase.
Circular Economy and Low-Carbon Materials
SHADY.CLUB
SHADY.CLUB is breaking the barriers to conscious shopping with SHADE: an easy-to-use browser extension for finding sustainable fashion anywhere on the web.
Food and nature-based solutions
Acer Farms
Building warehouse-style vertical farms for mainstream customers.
System efficiencies
Tak Tuk
Tak Tuk help retailers decrease packaging use for their e-commerce operations with innovative design reducing overall material needs and enabling reuse.
BlueNose
BlueNose improves the aerodynamics of the merchant navy ships to reduce their fuel consumption by up to 5%.
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