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Accelerating Sustainable Food Business Solutions to Reshape Our Cities

Impact Hub

In 2018, Impact Hub King’s Cross kicked off an incubation program for UK-based social entrepreneurs aiming to combat the key challenges in our urban food systems. This is where the seed for the Feeding the City incubator was planted. Photo: Sutton Community Farm. Feeding the City. A translocal collaboration is born.

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The Future of Conservation NGOs Innovation Challenge is on!

Impact Hub

As the climate crisis intensifies and biodiversity loss accelerates, the work of nature conservation non-governmental organisations is becoming increasingly urgent. To remain relevant and legitimate, in addition to effectively dealing with the present global ecological crisis, conservation NGOs need to radically shift.

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Circularity tales: Environmental entrepreneurship in Dakar

Impact Hub

Despite this surge in initiatives, the available technical support and idea incubation opportunities remain limited. Wërngël-Bi supported a diverse range of projects, from eco-construction to ecological toilets, with the top three projects qualifying for funding opportunities following a Demo Day where participants showcased their progress.

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10 Zurich-area investors on Switzerland’s 2020 startup outlook

TechCrunch

Today, pitch competitions, incubators, accelerators, VCs and angel groups proliferate. I really wish that the business case for social and ecological startups will finally be proven (kind of like Oatly showed with the Blackstone investment). Ten years ago startups were unusual. What are some overlooked opportunities right now?

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Spain’s ten-year plan to put startups in the economic driving seat

TechCrunch

Hence the parallel goal of tackling a variety of gaps (territorial, gender, socio-economic, generational and so on) that might otherwise be exacerbated by a more single-minded rush to accelerate the size of the digital sector. We accelerate also that path — into innovative entrepreneurship system. “First is investment.

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