Trashcon wins 2019 Impact Makers Award: Xynteo Norway

#Announcement(Startup) #Celebration [ via IoTGroup ]
#Organizer : XYNETEO / Trashcon #City : Oslo, Norway #StartDateTime : 9 OCtober 2019

In the context of economic growth, and how we reinvent that growth model, there is the vast scale of the challenge to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The magnitude of the task at hand, if we’re to reach these goals, can be estimated in financial terms – an estimated US$3 trillion in additional investment per year.

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Given the scale of the challenge and the response needed, business must play a central role in any credible response to challenges such as climate change and social inequality.
That’s why the Xynteo Exchange is a place where business leaders (and changemakers from other spheres) are invited to come together to drive a new kind of growth – growth that sits at the intersection of commercial interest and human need.

At the Marketplace we showcase start-ups and initiatives that are responding to the growth challenge. We enable them to connect with possible partners, and with capital, so they can scale their potential.
Many of history’s most significant innovation breakthroughs were generated by bold, unconventional entrepreneurs. In recognition of this, and to add weight to our efforts in supporting the scale-up of promising initiatives, all participants at the Exchange cast a vote, choosing the Marketplace start-up they feel has the greatest potential to reinvent the growth model.
The winning project will be awarded the Impact Maker Award, which includes a €50,000 cash grant.

This year we have 35 amazing Impact Maker finalists, from 16 countries, including:
• Winnow Vision, an AI solution to reduce food waste and transform the food system
• Zeleros, the venture behind the development of the Hyperloop in Europe
• TrashCon, an Indian start-up solving one of the key waste problems by converting mixed waste into bio-degradable and non-biodegradable waste
• Simusolar a provider and financier of accessible, affordable, and energy-efficient equipment designed for off-grid businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa

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