Back Market has joined France’s growing 2022 list of unicorns with mega funding this January, after reaching over €5 billion in valuation following a €449 million funding boost. This comes after a mega-funding round in May 2021 and reflects sustained belief in the young startup’s offering and French tech as a whole. The funding was… …
Responsible, a startup with Belfast roots and founded in 2021, has just raised €5.8 million for its pioneering embedded finance platform for the fashion industry. The funding was led by Barclays Sustainable Impact Capital and Techstart Ventures, participants include InPost founder Rafał Brzoska and Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar. With the vision to make meaningful change… …
28th Dec’21 To build a circular economy society, we need a broad shift in attitudes and operating methods. Professionals, specialists, and decision-makers will play a critical role in constructing a new world, both now and in the future. Education plays an important role in developing experts. In response to the transition away from conventional forms of …
Pieter Pot, the fully circular e-grocer launched in 2019 in Rotterdam, has just received a €9 million investment boost led by ETF Partners. With the surge of plastic use continuing across the world, and the associated increasing emissions from its production and pollution through its waste, we are at a critical time where we need… …
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The South Korean city of Busan this month signed an historic deal to build the world’s first sustainable floating city. Blue tech pioneer and designer of the prototype city, OCEANIX, along with UN-Habitat, are collaborating with Busan Metropolitan City to test what promises to be a transformative solution for citizens in coastal cities threatened by …
The Circular by Design Challenge connects creative minds with technology, manufacturing and traditional industry to kick-start the development and market launch of new circular products, services and digital solutions. The second edition of the Circular by Design Challenge is on track, and candidate companies have until 3 December to apply! Organised by the Luxembourg Creative… …
The fashion industry, currently responsible for up to 10% of global emissions, can still reach net-zero by 2050 if $1 trillion of investment is mobilised to scale a range of targeted solutions, a report published today reveals. Co-authored by Fashion for Good, the Apparel Impact Institute, and sponsored by HSBC, the report headlines with the …
Founded in 2017, Deesup is the first Italian online marketplace to purchase and sell iconic and second-hand design furniture, with an aim to make the furniture supply chain more ethical and sustainable. The startup from Milan is dedicated to high-quality second-hand design, has just closed a new €1.4 million investment round, with participation from ALIcrowd… …
Fairown, founded in 2018, is on a mission to empower more brands to shift from a linear to a circular economy, and in doing so put sustainability as a core part of business models. The young company bootstrapped to €1.2 million revenue, becoming profitable and has been expanding across eight countries independently. In the past… …
The Circulars Accelerator ’22 was launched this year by Accenture in collaboration with the World Economic Forum. And there are five days remaining to apply to join the six-month programme, which is designed to catalyse actions that can accelerate the global transition to an equitable and circular economy. “We are looking for early to growth stage entrepreneurs, …