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23 November 2020 17:00Online Event


At the Grand Finale, these 19 teams will pitch their ideas to an exclusive jury that will select the Top Three Climate Action startups. Winner  #1 will qualify directly for a spot in the Sting Accelerate Climate Action program that starts in February 2021. Winners #2 and #3 will go directly to the pitch-final for Sting Accelerate Climate Action. The top 3 teams will also receive office space & membership at the Norrsken House for two months and an invitation to the Norrsken Impact Week as well as to Sweden Sustaintech Venture Day. The audience will be able to select the best pitch in the "People's choice" category. 

Join us at this exciting event where the next generation of climate startups are created!

This is a by invitation only event. In the days before the event you will receive the link to join the online event.

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Agenda

17:00

Welcome to Grand Finale!

17:10

10 startup pitches

18:00

Break

18:10

9 startup pitches

19:00

Break – Online Mingle

19:50

Jury announces the winner + rewards

20:00

Closing remarks

Your hosts

Funda Sezgi
Chief Growth Officer Norrsken

Henna Keränen
Moderator & Program Lead Test Drive

Henna Keränen is the Communication and Partnerships Lead at the Startup Climate Action initiative. At Sting she is responsible for Sting's strategic partnerships, the startup community and marketing. 

Karin Ruiz
Deputy CEO & Business Coach Sting, Lead Startup Climate Action

Karin is Deputy CEO of Sting and an experienced business coach within SustainTech, EdTech and Health. She has 25+ years international business development experience from leading positions in startups and corporates and has been coaching several well-known Sting companies such as Beleco, Klimato and imagiLabs. She is the Project Lead of the Startup Climate Action initiative.

Our climate startups

Retrofit
Green & Clean Transport

Retrofit is making transition to emission-free electric motorcycles more affordable and sustainable for developing countries like India where two-wheelers are a major mode of transport, by retrofitting with an in-house developed ingenious ‘e-wheel’. 

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Penaka Solar’s
The Future of Food

Penaka Solar’s technology is combining three wide sustainable business domains: Agriculture, Solar, Water into an efficient, mutually profitable module, all on the same piece of land, in a way never done before. 

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FROOT
The Future of Food

FROOT is Karma for household food: a cool, human-centered platform built around tracking, inspiring, and repurposing food and food waste into new resources by tapping into the power of community. 

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Build up Nepal Engineering
Green Buildings & Sustainable Cities

Build up Nepal Engineering provides machines and training to driven entrepreneurs and rural communities, empowering them to produce climate-friendly bricks and build safe, affordable houses at scale.

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SDK-Marine OTWENS
Renewable & Clean Energy

SDK-Marine OTWENS is a wave energy solution to decarbonize electricity generation along coastal areas and insular territories helping them achieve energetic independence with no use of land, scalable, practical and effective. 

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MbeguSolar
Renewable & Clean Energy

MbeguSolar is a platform connecting people with solar energy using a novel self-financing mechanism in Sub-Saharan Africa. 

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ReShore
The Human Ocean

ReShore is challenging marine infrastructure to be environmentally sustainable instead of environmentally destructive; thereby contributing to rebuilding ecosystems, protecting coastlines and ensuring food security.

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The Grapheneers
The Human Ocean

The Grapheneers is transforming the boating industry through TechAiLos – our 3D-printed, fully customizable boat hull made of smart, sustainable material empowered by an AI platform ensuring sustainability throughout a boat’s lifecycle. 

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EKEN Forestry Financing
Carbon Capture & Storage

EKEN Forestry Financing is a readily available, rapidly scalable, profitable, natural carbon capture solution with the potential to store billions of tons of CO2e in European and North American forests.

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Direct Air Capture
Nordic DAC Group

Direct Air Capture is building a market platform – directaircapture.com to launch and iterate with customers and our network of partners within direct air capturing.

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Animaeh
Energy Storage & Integrated Energy Systems

Animaeh is helping humanity become sustainable by solving the need for renewable energy by local green Hydrogen production.

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Cando
Reduced Carbon Emissions

Cando is a social shopping app inspiring better choices by making consumers aware of their carbon impact. We are changing the game by helping consumers build sustainable habits.

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Bluemethane
Reduced Carbon Emissions

Bluemethane will develop methane capturing technologies allowing hydro-power companies to generate up to 8% more energy from their current infrastructure while protecting the environment.

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Cling Systems
Recycling & Reduced Waste

Cling Systems is a logistics company and a marketplace platform that enables traceable and safe electric vehicle battery recycling. We get the right battery to the right place. One box. One market. Infinite loops. 

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Another Closet
Resource Efficiency & Circular Economy

Another Closet is helping clothing companies to reduce emissions and waste by giving them the data and insights needed to move into the clothing rental market and profitably scale their rental service. 

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Platypus
Energy Efficiency

With the Platypus AC-to-DC electricity conversion device, they are reinventing the efficiency of in-building distribution, delivering 5-10% reduction in electricity consumption, with no behavioural changes needed by the end user.

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Planboo
Sustainable Materials

Planboo is capturing carbon with bamboo, the fastest growing plant. Engaging and educating businesses to reach Net Zero transparently and affordably, whilst empowering communities in the Global South. 

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GREENer Materials
Sustainable Materials

GREENer Materials is producing bio-elastomer from birch bark that will replace fossil fuel-derived rubbers in many applications. 

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Skrym
Green & Clean Transport

Skrym combines different sources of underutilized data to solve a fundamental problem in eCommerce – getting rid of the air in packages, cutting both costs and emissions.

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Jury

Karin Edström
Investment Manager Almi Invest Greentech

Maria Ljungberg
Director Investor Relations Sting & CEO Propel Capital

Jane Walerud
Investor Walerud Ventures, Climate Champion “Carbon Capture & Storage”

Agate Freimane
General Partner Norrsken VC

Magnus Rehn
Business Coach Sting

Magnus is an experienced business coach at Sting within SustainTech, CleanTech and EnergyTech. He has coached several well-known SustainTech startups such as Worldfavor, Surfcleaner and Greenlytics.He is also one of the key persons behind Sweden SustainTech Venture Day and part of the Startup Climate Action project team. 

Prof. Henrik Österblom
Science Director @ SRC

Henrik Österblom is Science Director and Professor at the Stockholm Resilience Centre. His research focuses on ocean stewardship, global cooperation and marine ecosystems. He is also leading the Keystone Dialogues, a global co-production project including major private actors in global seafood, which has resulted in the establishment of the Seafood Business for Ocean Stewardship (SeaBOS) initiative, aimed to transform global seafood towards more sustainable practices.


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About Startup Climate Action and Test Drive

Startup Climate Action is a challenge-driven initiative by Sting and Norrsken inspired by SDG 13 Climate Action, aiming to create more fast-growing startups that contribute innovative and scalable solutions to combat climate change. Startup Climate Action was launched in June 2020, when 13 leading Swedish Climate Champions presented 13 Climate Challenges that need to be solved. The initiative is made up of four phases: Ideation, Deep Dive, Test Drive, and Accelerator.

The 19 pitching early-stage startups have advanced through the Ideation and Deep Dive phases to the Test Drive program, passing two selection processes along the way. In the Test Drive program, consisting of a series of evening workshops combined with some individual coaching and mentoring, they have received tools, methods, and support to further develop, test, and validate their business ideas. On 23 November it is time for the Test Drive Grand Finale where the 19 new climate startups will pitch their ideas to a jury of investors and experts and Top 3 Winners will be selected. 

In 2021 Sting will run a dedicated Climate Action Accelerator for six carefully selected startups, providing tailored acceleration support to up and coming climate startups. The #1 Winner from the Test Drive will qualify directly for one of the slots in the accelerator, and the #2 and #3 Winners will be invited directly to the selection pitch-finals. It is open for applications until 1 December 2020.

Organizers

Sting


Norrsken


Startup Climate Action