Demo day

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 Play video

Part I: Circular Economy and Low-Carbon Materials

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 I: Circular Economy and Low-Carbon Materials

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

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

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

Team Repair - Undaunted The Greenhouse Cohort 4

Team Repair

Encouraging the next generation to repair not replace, tackling the electronic waste crisis and teaching kids skills.

Cool Undaunted The Greenhouse Cohort 4

Cool

Tech that up-cycles carbon dioxide into an advanced material, permanently storing emissions in a profitable and scalable application.

Cresco Undaunted The Greenhouse Cohort 4

Cresco

Creating low carbon architectural materials with biomanufacturing and industrial waste. The future is grown.

SHADY.CLUB Undaunted The Greenhouse Cohort 4

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.

DyeRecycle Undaunted The Greenhouse Cohort 4

DyeRecycle

We give dyes and colours a second chance using green chemistry.

Food and nature-based solutions

Radiant Foods Undaunted The Greenhouse Cohort 4

Radiant Foods

Radiant Foods makes healthy, plant-based meat that is genuinely good for you. Our products are free from ultra-processed ingredients and have exceptional taste and texture.

Alo Mundus Undaunted The Greenhouse Cohort 4

Alo Mundus

Alo Mundus offers a platform and network solutions for investing in urban forestry with the ability to create tangible social and biodiversity impacts beyond carbon offsets.

Acer Farms Undaunted The Greenhouse Cohort 4

Acer Farms

Building warehouse-style vertical farms for mainstream customers.

WaveX Undaunted The Greenhouse Cohort 4

WaveX

WaveX harness wave energy to generate electricity and restore beaches.

Wonki Collective Undaunted The Greenhouse Cohort 4

Wonki Collective

The first B2B matchmaking technology for food manufacturers to efficiently track and sell surplus ingredients.

System efficiencies

Gridicity Undaunted The Greenhouse Cohort 4

Gridicity

A B2B software service that makes charging and discharging schedules for electric vehicle fleets to earn them money while reducing emissions.

designwise Undaunted The Greenhouse Cohort 4

designwise

designwise is an AI-Copilot for sustainable product design.

Tak Tuk Undaunted The Greenhouse Cohort 4

Tak Tuk

Tak Tuk help retailers decrease packaging use for their e-commerce operations with innovative design reducing overall material needs and enabling reuse.

Nodum Undaunted The Greenhouse Cohort 4

Nodum

ChargeBridge by Nodum - Bridging the charge gap. We provide EV charging solutions for terraced home residents.

BlueNose Undaunted The Greenhouse Cohort 4

BlueNose

BlueNose improves the aerodynamics of the merchant navy ships to reduce their fuel consumption by up to 5%.