Gütersloh-based Schüttflix announced that it has raised €45 million in a financing round led by the founders and existing investors and supplemented by a working capital line. New equity investors include FJ Labs, DEVK Insurance and various family offices. In addition, Goldbeck, one of Europe’s leaders in commercial construction, and the waste management specialist IK… …
Bike Club, one of Europe’s largest subscription provider of kids’ bikes, has agreed to acquire Bicircular, a Barcelona-based bike subscription platform for children in Spain. Founded in London in 2016, Bike Club enables parents to subscribe to premium light-weight bikes for their children, and then exchange the bikes for larger sizes as their children grow…. …
Adopting a culture of ultra-fast fashion is what not to do if you want humanity to have a future wearing clothes. Right now the industry comes with a critically high price tag, causing 10% of all global greenhouse gas emissions. But is one of the world’s worst emitters changing its appearance. According to journalist and …
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In the last of our three-part series on social entrepreneurs, Enactus Aryabhatta – led by students at Aryabhatta College, Delhi University, the team invites us inside the stylish homes combatting climate change with a little help from Project Ibtida. What is Project Ibtida? The students of Enactus Aryabhatta have taken a bold initiative with Project Ibtida. Ibtida …
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Open to all artists worldwide 35 and younger the ‘RCE Youth Art Challenge: From Waste to Art’ is looking for works inspired by community action advancing SDG 12 — responsible consumption and production. The competition is being organised by UNESCO and the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS). “We’re looking …
Students at Aryabhatta College, Delhi University are behind innovative social entrepreneurship organisation, Enactus Aryabhatta, which runs projects focused on building a community that is socially, economically and environmentally sustainable. I caught up with the Enactus Aryabhatta team to learn more about three of these projects. And first up they told me about Project Palaash and …
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Vestbee, together with industry partners and leading investors, has recently launched Hello CleanTech. The program aims to support startups that develop impactful tech solutions, accelerate the cleantech sector and make a real impact on the world’s energy industry. CleanTech is one of Europe’s most exciting market areas at the moment with innovative startups developing solutions… …
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Today, Dutch investment firm, Polestar Capital has secured new backing to add €85 million to its Circular Debt Fund (PCDF), bringing the total to €187 million – all dedicated to fueling the transition to a circular economy. Transitioning towards a circular economy is one of the key parts of creating a more sustainable society. It… …
Polestar Capital extends its Circular Economy Debt Fund to €187 million Read More »
On April 20-21, 2023, we will be welcoming you again to our annual EU-Startups Summit in Barcelona! This year, the event will be bigger and better than ever before and we’ll have lots of exciting speakers, panel discussions, networking activities, pitch competitions and much more. The EU-Startups Summit will gather over 2,000 founders, startup enthusiasts and investors… …
Journalist and author, Lucianne Tonti is the the fashion editor of The Saturday Paper and a regular contributor to The Guardian where she writes the weekly series Closet Clinic. Lucianne has also written her first book: Sundressed: Natural Fabrics and the Future of Clothes – which she spoke with me about on Inside Ideas this …