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Circularity

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🛰️ Hyperspectral Imaging 2.0
LockSimple

Mar 10, 2026

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9 min read

🛰️ Hyperspectral Imaging 2.0

13 startups turning invisible data into economic advantage

Laura Hodgkiss
Laura Hodgkiss

Circularity

+7

⚒️ 42 Startups Reinventing Industries
LockSimple

Sep 10, 2025

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19 min read

⚒️ 42 Startups Reinventing Industries

Hear from SOSV, DCVC, Pangaea Ventures, Voyager Ventures, Streetlife Ventures, Extantia, Deep Science Ventures, Atlantic Labs, Buoyant Ventures and 5 more VCs on who are the 'ones to watch'

Laura Hodgkiss
Laura Hodgkiss

Manufacturing

+2

🪨 100 Metals and Mining Mavericks to Know
LockSimple

Jul 22, 2025

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8 min read

🪨 100 Metals and Mining Mavericks to Know

Plus 6 Metal and Mining Opportunities Ripe for Investment

Laura Hodgkiss
Laura Hodgkiss

Manufacturing

+2

🛠️ The 200+ Startups Manufacturing the Future of Climate Tech
LockSimple

Jul 2, 2025

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8 min read

🛠️ The 200+ Startups Manufacturing the Future of Climate Tech

Plus hear from the CEOs of Turnover Labs, Synonym and Syre on their unique approaches to scale

Laura Hodgkiss
Laura Hodgkiss

Industry Map

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♻️ 8 Approaches to Plastic Reuse, Recycling and Circularity
LockSimple

Jun 3, 2025

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5 min read

♻️ 8 Approaches to Plastic Reuse, Recycling and Circularity

Plus 5 VCs weigh in on the Next Frontier of Plastic Circularity

Laura Hodgkiss
Laura Hodgkiss

Industry Map

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👕 10 pitfalls and possibilities to scaling new materials
LockSimple

May 12, 2025

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9 min read

👕 10 pitfalls and possibilities to scaling new materials

From navigating commercialization and ensuring transparency to funding CapEx-intensive infrastructure and designing for end of life.

Laura Hodgkiss
Laura Hodgkiss

Circularity

+4

🧬 8 Technologies at the Intersection of Protein and DeepTech
LockSimple

Apr 29, 2025

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12 min read

🧬 8 Technologies at the Intersection of Protein and DeepTech

From molecular farming to using AI to discover new proteins, hear from 15 experts working on Protein technologies on what the future of protein looks like

Laura Hodgkiss
Laura Hodgkiss

Circularity

+7

📈 150 ClimateTechs to Watch
LockSimple

Mar 11, 2025

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51 min read

📈 150 ClimateTechs to Watch

Investors at World Fund, Climentum Capital, Satgana, Lightrock, Atlantic Labs, Spin Ventures +40 more investors share their 'ones to watch'

Laura Hodgkiss
Laura Hodgkiss

Circularity

+8

👩‍🔬 45 Women with PhDs Behind Leading Climate Startups
LockSimple

Mar 4, 2025

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17 min read

👩‍🔬 45 Women with PhDs Behind Leading Climate Startups

Plus a list of 750+ Women working in Climate Tech ahead of International Women's Day

Laura Hodgkiss
Laura Hodgkiss

Circularity

+6

🦄 25 Climate Soonicorns, According to VCs
LockSimple

Feb 19, 2025

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20 min read

🦄 25 Climate Soonicorns, According to VCs

Investors at Extantia Capital, Atlantic Labs, PeakBridge, Exa, DeepTech & Climate Fonds, Vireo Ventures, ECBF, PT1, AFI Ventures, Silence VC, Grey Silo Ventures and more, have their say

Laura Hodgkiss
Laura Hodgkiss

New Materials

+1

 🐰 Fur Fashion of the Future
LockSimple

Oct 22, 2024

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10 min read

🐰 Fur Fashion of the Future

From fur to faux to future, discover the startups behind fur of the future

Meg Kendall
Meg Kendall

New Materials

+2

 🪸 Seaweed-Based Fabrics
LockSimple

Sep 24, 2024

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11 min read

🪸 Seaweed-Based Fabrics

12 startups making waves in seaweed-based fabric and dyes

Meg Kendall
Meg Kendall

Circularity

+2

🧱 Plastics for Bricks and Cement
LockSimple

Sep 10, 2024

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13 min read

🧱 Plastics for Bricks and Cement

From waste to walls, meet the startups using plastic for construction

Meg Kendall
Meg Kendall

New Materials

+1

🛠️ Biomining
LockSimple

Aug 13, 2024

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14 min read

🛠️ Biomining

25 startups using microbes to extract metals

Will MacNamara
Will MacNamara

New Materials

+2

🍄 HackTrends: Mycelium for Construction
LockSimple

Jul 2, 2024

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14 min read

🍄 HackTrends: Mycelium for Construction

21 startups growing sustainable building materials

Meg Kendall
Meg Kendall

Energy

+2

🏡 HackTrends: Home Decarbonisation
LockSimple

May 28, 2024

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16 min read

🏡 HackTrends: Home Decarbonisation

21 startups helping us to heat our homes without heating the planet

Meg Kendall
Meg Kendall

New Materials

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🧬 HackTrends: SynBio for New Materials
LockSimple

Apr 16, 2024

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13 min read

🧬 HackTrends: SynBio for New Materials

28 startups making better materials with synthetic biology

Meg Kendall
Meg Kendall

Manufacturing

+3

🧫 HackTrends: Bioreactor Bottlenecks
LockSimple

Feb 20, 2024

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14 min read

🧫 HackTrends: Bioreactor Bottlenecks

Filling the Technology Gap in the Scale of Alternative Proteins

Emily Baksa
Emily Baksa

Manufacturing

+2

🪵 HackTrends: Wood Alternatives
LockSimple

Jan 16, 2024

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13 min read

🪵 HackTrends: Wood Alternatives

20 startups behind lower-carbon construction materials

Meg Kendall
Meg Kendall

New Materials

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Leather alternatives: sustainable style or simply ‘plant-based’ plastic?
LockSimple

Sep 13, 2023

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13 min read

Leather alternatives: sustainable style or simply ‘plant-based’ plastic?

Louise Burfitt
Louise Burfitt

Food

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🍄 HackTrends: Fungi for future
LockSimple

Jul 18, 2023

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13 min read

🍄 HackTrends: Fungi for future

12 startups capturing carbon with fungi

Louise Burfitt
Louise Burfitt

New Materials

+2

Seaweed packaging: the sea change the packaging industry needs?
LockSimple

Jun 6, 2023

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12 min read

Seaweed packaging: the sea change the packaging industry needs?

Louise Burfitt
Louise Burfitt

Circularity

+3

Sustainable dyeing: the companies re-colouring the fast fashion industry
LockSimple

May 30, 2023

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13 min read

Sustainable dyeing: the companies re-colouring the fast fashion industry

Louise Burfitt
Louise Burfitt

Manufacturing

+2

Green mining & metals: the race to decarbonise
LockSimple

Mar 13, 2023

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13 min read

Green mining & metals: the race to decarbonise

Louise Burfitt
Louise Burfitt

New Materials

+1

Building green: companies building climate-conscious cement
LockSimple

Feb 14, 2023

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11 min read

Building green: companies building climate-conscious cement

Louise Burfitt
Louise Burfitt
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