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Epoch Biodesign develops natural solutions to scale and industrialize biology to address climate challenges. The company designs and develops enzymes by combining biology, artificial intelligence, and engineering to break down plastics into reusable chemicals, enabling biorecycling as a tunable enzymatic process that converts plastic waste into everyday chemicals. It provides industrial biotechnology services aimed at reducing plastic waste and advancing sustainability.

Nala Earth provides data and tools that enable businesses to better understand and connect with the natural world.

Findable is a software as a service platform that automates building document workflows using artificial intelligence and machine learning. It serves building owners, operators and general contractors by organizing and managing documents, reducing manual work, and improving document quality to support compliance, sustainability, and efficient facility management. The platform automatically organizes both existing files and new documents and provides consistent sorting to optimize building operations, due diligence in real estate transactions, and ongoing documentation governance. Launched in 2020, Findable aims to unlock value in building documentation and make it more accessible.

Treble Technologies is a company that focuses on advanced wave-based sound simulation products tailored for the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. It offers specialized acoustics design software that enables the creation of physically accurate and perceptually realistic virtual acoustics. This software aids in minimizing risks and ensuring that designs adhere to all relevant regulations and certification standards. Additionally, it streamlines the process of importing, exporting, and reconfiguring models, ultimately saving time and costs for users. Treble's services find applications across various sectors, including automotive design, building architecture, immersive reality, and artificial intelligence, supporting studios and artists in delivering high-quality projects.

Optiml empowers real estate asset managers to make sustainable decisions using its AI-powered platform. It helps understand assets' status quo, optimize investment strategies, plan renovation actions, and ensure long-term regulatory compliance.

Again operates as a developer of advanced emission control technology that transforms carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals and proteins through a proprietary bacterial process. The company captures CO2 emissions from industrial facilities within a bioreactor, where the bacteria convert the greenhouse gas into products like feed for poultry and aquaculture. This innovative approach not only helps clients reduce their environmental impact but also allows them to avoid costly emission taxes. As a pioneer in carbon negative manufacturing, Again is positioned to meet global demand for sustainable chemical solutions while actively contributing to the fight against climate change.

Prewave GmbH is a technology company based in Vienna, Austria, founded in 2017. It specializes in developing a data analytics platform that utilizes machine learning to predict risks in supply chain networks. By analyzing social media data, Prewave's solution monitors and communicates potential supply chain anomalies, allowing businesses to anticipate upcoming risk events and address sustainability challenges. The company's innovative approach enables organizations to enhance their logistics management and mitigate disruptions through timely and informed decision-making.

Vizcab is a company based in Lyon, France, specializing in the development of software solutions aimed at addressing low-carbon challenges in the construction industry. It offers a data-driven platform that facilitates the design of low-carbon buildings by enabling users to import 3D models from digital mock-ups and create a comprehensive database of architectural and technical alternatives. The platform employs data visualization techniques to explore design options, fostering creativity and informed decision-making among designers and builders. In addition to its software offerings, Vizcab provides consultancy services and conducts research projects with leading industrialists and designers, focusing on environmental assessment, energy efficiency, and the integration of big data into building practices.

Found Energy develops aluminum-based fuel that converts aluminum scrap and waste into a carbon-free energy carrier. It recovers aluminum waste from landfills and, through a carbon-free process, produces hydrogen on demand at under $0.50 per kilogram, with hydrogen having five times the volumetric energy density of liquid hydrogen. The aluminum fuel is designed to supply carbon-free thermal power to heavy industries, offering competitiveness with fossil fuels in price and energy density and enabling a faster transition to renewable energy.

Ecoworks specializes in climate-neutral renovations of multi-family houses. Utilizing industrial prefabrication, digital processes, and efficient energy systems, the company modernizes buildings with up to four floors within weeks, providing carbon-free heat and electricity from rooftop solar panels.

Vizcab is a company based in Lyon, France, specializing in the development of software solutions aimed at addressing low-carbon challenges in the construction industry. It offers a data-driven platform that facilitates the design of low-carbon buildings by enabling users to import 3D models from digital mock-ups and create a comprehensive database of architectural and technical alternatives. The platform employs data visualization techniques to explore design options, fostering creativity and informed decision-making among designers and builders. In addition to its software offerings, Vizcab provides consultancy services and conducts research projects with leading industrialists and designers, focusing on environmental assessment, energy efficiency, and the integration of big data into building practices.

Material Evolution is a manufacturing company focused on decarbonizing the cement industry through AI and machine learning-enabled chemistry and a low-capital, energy-efficient production process. It develops smart, sustainable concrete and a cement replacement made from hyper-local waste streams, with the aim of rapidly reducing carbon emissions and helping construction sectors meet their sustainability goals.

Helios is a technology company that develops novel technologies to ensure viable and sustainable life on earth and beyond. From Moonshot to Earth Impact: Helios began as a space technology company with the bold mission to extract oxygen from the moon, with the challenge to enable the separation of oxygen from lunar minerals in extreme environments, where zero emissions are not an option but a necessity. Helios efforts resulted in a breakthrough zero-emission process for metal production, applicable also on Earth – known as the Helios Cycle™. Enabling Zero-Emission Iron Production: the Helios Cycle™ revolutionizes iron production. It produces iron from iron ore using mostly thermal energy, emitting only oxygen. This eco-friendly method requires significantly less energy, cuts costs, minimizes environmental impact, and maximizes existing resource utilization. Beyond Iron: the Helios Cycle™ doesn’t stop at iron. It extends to other critical elements—silicon, copper, nickel, and lithium—offering a greener path for resource extraction. Helios has evolved from its lunar origins to focus on green steel innovation. Through partnerships and collaborations, Helios aims to impact the steel industry.

Prewave GmbH is a technology company based in Vienna, Austria, founded in 2017. It specializes in developing a data analytics platform that utilizes machine learning to predict risks in supply chain networks. By analyzing social media data, Prewave's solution monitors and communicates potential supply chain anomalies, allowing businesses to anticipate upcoming risk events and address sustainability challenges. The company's innovative approach enables organizations to enhance their logistics management and mitigate disruptions through timely and informed decision-making.

CyanoCapture is a biotechnology company focused on making biological carbon capture a scalable and affordable process. Utilizing genetic engineering and synthetic biology, the company captures carbon dioxide through specialized bacteria that not only secrete valuable compounds to offset the cost of carbon capture but also enable the conversion of the remaining biomass into graphite, sustainable biocrude, and syngas. This innovative approach positions CyanoCapture as a solution for industries seeking efficient and effective carbon removal, addressing the limitations of current mechanical and chemical capture technologies. By providing long-term carbon removal capabilities, CyanoCapture aims to facilitate rapid scale-up in carbon capture efforts.

Founded in 2020, Tynt Technologies specializes in developing smart windows that minimize glare while preserving views. These windows enhance occupant comfort and significantly reduce energy consumption from lighting and HVAC systems.

BeamUP employs artificial intelligence to scrutinize millions of data points from building assets, workforce, standards, and system design data. This analysis generates solutions aimed at reducing costs, ensuring compliance, and optimizing operations.

StructShare is a technology company that provides a cloud-based procurement platform for construction materials, automating the purchasing and material handling workflows for contractors and suppliers. The platform enables quick field orders, purchase order management, price comparison, and seamless accounting and ERP integration, along with automated invoice reconciliation and warehouse inventory control. It supports data collection and dashboards to monitor performance, automate follow-ups, resolve disputes, and provide supplier performance insights. Built to connect contractors with existing and new suppliers, the system uses data-driven tools and artificial intelligence to streamline procurement, reduce time and costs, and improve visibility across the supply chain. StructShare was founded in 2017 to rebuild the construction material ecosystem from the foundation up.

Fruitcore Robotics specializes in the design and development of robotic systems aimed at automating industrial processes. The company utilizes advanced software and innovative mechatronics to create optimized robotic solutions. Its technology is applicable in various industrial contexts, encompassing tasks such as workpiece handling, fitting, assembling, screwing, palletizing, stacking, packaging, and workpiece testing. By implementing these robotic systems, Fruitcore Robotics enables manufacturers to enhance operational efficiency while reducing both time and costs associated with production tasks.

Sustain.Life is a developer of sustainability management software aimed at helping organizations effectively reduce and manage their environmental impact. The company's platform provides a comprehensive suite of tools designed to facilitate data collection, automate processes, and set science-based targets. It allows businesses to engage in scenario planning and track their progress in sustainability initiatives. By offering features that enable organizations to analyze their performance and prioritize action areas, Sustain.Life empowers companies to improve their environmental and social governance. The platform also helps users compare their sustainability outcomes with industry standards and regulatory benchmarks, supporting a broader commitment to sustainable practices worldwide.

Makersite is a cloud-based software company that specializes in product data management, focusing on helping manufacturers manage product sustainability, cost, and compliance. The company's platform addresses the challenges of siloed data and expertise in product life cycle management by providing instant, simultaneous results across key product criteria. Makersite uses artificial intelligence and a graph-based data model to integrate both external and internal data sources, creating a digital twin of products in design. This enables engineers to make informed decisions about regulatory compliance, environmental impact, supply risk, and production costs concurrently. The platform's API-first architecture facilitates easy integration into existing IT infrastructures, providing richer, fresher, and more timely product data. By leveraging this technology, companies can significantly accelerate their decision-making processes, achieving results up to 40 times faster than traditional methods while enhancing the quality of their products.

Prewave GmbH is a technology company based in Vienna, Austria, founded in 2017. It specializes in developing a data analytics platform that utilizes machine learning to predict risks in supply chain networks. By analyzing social media data, Prewave's solution monitors and communicates potential supply chain anomalies, allowing businesses to anticipate upcoming risk events and address sustainability challenges. The company's innovative approach enables organizations to enhance their logistics management and mitigate disruptions through timely and informed decision-making.

Findable is a software as a service platform that automates building document workflows using artificial intelligence and machine learning. It serves building owners, operators and general contractors by organizing and managing documents, reducing manual work, and improving document quality to support compliance, sustainability, and efficient facility management. The platform automatically organizes both existing files and new documents and provides consistent sorting to optimize building operations, due diligence in real estate transactions, and ongoing documentation governance. Launched in 2020, Findable aims to unlock value in building documentation and make it more accessible.

Sustain.Life is a developer of sustainability management software aimed at helping organizations effectively reduce and manage their environmental impact. The company's platform provides a comprehensive suite of tools designed to facilitate data collection, automate processes, and set science-based targets. It allows businesses to engage in scenario planning and track their progress in sustainability initiatives. By offering features that enable organizations to analyze their performance and prioritize action areas, Sustain.Life empowers companies to improve their environmental and social governance. The platform also helps users compare their sustainability outcomes with industry standards and regulatory benchmarks, supporting a broader commitment to sustainable practices worldwide.

Offsite construction (OSC) platform powered by calculation and design automation Prefabrication and modular construction allow us to reduce time, cost and waste in construction projects. To unlock the full potential of prefabrication, Modulize will enable simplified information extraction from complex 3D building models. With its component extractor, contractors can process models to automatically turn relevant parts of the model into tenders to be shared with manufacturers. In addition, we are developing generative design and optimisation algorithms that will enable designers and manufacturers to seamlessly collaborate to maximise the use and benefit of prefabrication and modular design. In particular, Modulize will enable design-manufacturer fit by linking manufacturers and customers based on manufacturing capacity and capability, as well as compliance with local rules and regulations. Prefabrication and modular construction allow us to reduce time, cost and waste in construction projects. Our solution, Modulize, will unlock prefab adoption through 1) automated component extraction from 3D models and 2) generative design and optimisation algorithms that let designers, contractors and manufacturers maximise the use and benefit of prefabrication.

Minut is a technology company established in 2014, with operations in Shenzhen, China, and Malmö, Sweden. It specializes in designing and manufacturing smart home security devices. Minut's flagship product, Point, is a camera-less device that monitors noise, temperature, motion, and other environmental factors within homes. When it detects anomalies, it sends alerts to users' smartphones, enabling them to maintain home security without compromising privacy.

Viridian Analytics provides a climate and weather analytics platform that helps investors and financial stakeholders quantify climate risk and plan resilience strategies. The platform emphasizes data precision and reliability, with models that analyze and validate information to deliver a clear view of a portfolio's climate risk profile and opportunities. By integrating ESG metrics into decision making, Viridian enables users to identify information gaps and make informed investment choices related to climate risk, exposure, and resilience planning.

Founded in 2020, Tynt Technologies specializes in developing smart windows that minimize glare while preserving views. These windows enhance occupant comfort and significantly reduce energy consumption from lighting and HVAC systems.