Cohort five

A carbon-negative, non-toxic, fully biodegradable replacement for polystyrene and other polymer-based insulating foams, made with biochar.

Developing a methodology to drastically reduce carbon emissions in the built environment by using sustainable materials and designing for disassembly so that resources can have multiple lives.

Powering down home energy use with smart sensors and AI.

Developing carbon negative, non-toxic, and fully biodegradable fabrication materials as a radically green alternative to particle and fibre boards.

Heat stress management for workers in high heat, via low cost epifluidic sweat monitoring.

Identify and scale unsung bio-textiles for the fashion industry and beyond. We achieve game changing carbon reductions through material innovation and our unique end-to-end network.

A materials start-up developing the world’s first textile fibres out of potato harvest waste.

Guerrilla is a retrofittable device enabling roadside drains to capture particulate pollutionwhich would otherwise be washed into the ocean, without using any electricity or moving parts while maintaining high flow rates.

A deep-tech venture developing novel waste-to-hydrogen technology that produces green hydrogen using 75% less energy compared with water electrolysis.

Nium uses nanotechnology to decarbonise chemistry, beginning with the most polluting chemical industrial production on earth: ammonia production.

Recyclable carbon-based RFID tags made to preserve more of our world's resources.

Developing AI and Robotics to scale seaweed aquaculture.

Bridges the gap between manufacturers and consumers with a digital service record that offers product traceability and customer engagement throughout the product lifecycle.

Vuala X1 makes food waste recycling easy by automatically separating food waste from other wastes, generating raw material for energy production on site; saving 95% on logistics and labour costs, and 75% lower carbon emissions.

Optimising textile waste sorting – combining vision and AI-powered technologies to drive circularity in fashion textile recycling.