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Season 3 Finale episode is out now, wrapping up this season focusing on Circular Economy! Featuring Romain Diaz, Founder of the Europe and Africa focused climate impact fund, Satgana. Romain's humility and graciousness is so wonderful and inspiring! Amazing to hear about how he and his team are leading the fund's investment and advisory activities guided by their ethos and passion for solving for the climate crisis.  Romain shares his story of starting as an entrepreneur in Morocco, followed by experiences in South Africa and ultimately following his passion to set up Satgana. He talks about risk-appetite while also being laser-focused on the climate - problem space, and at the same time combining his expertise in emerging markets to find high potential start-ups beyond Europe in African markets like Ethiopia, where VC investments are marginal to date.Satgana's portfolio companies in Circular Economy, highlighted in this episode are as follows: - Kubik, Addis Ababa: turning plastic waste in low-carbon, affordable housing- Onima, Paris: producing sustainable alternative protein from beer yeast- Loewi, Paris: accelerating the transition to electric bikes with a full-stack refurbishment platform-  Arda, London: transforming waste feedstock into biomaterials for use in fashion, automotive and other sectorsTune in to this episode to hear the conversation with Romain Diaz from Satgana, and don't forget to share your feedback!Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! (https://www.linkedin.com/company/86013913/admin/)

Proud to bring to you a brand new episode in this season! We welcome Elin to Clean Catalyst. Elin Bergman is known for being the Circular Economy Queen of Sweden. She the COO and spokesperson of the Swedish circular economy network Cradlenet, and is also one of the co-founders of the Nordic Circular Hotspot a collaboration platform for accelerating circular economy in the region.In this episode, Elin elaborates how circular business models are existing and more prevalent than we believe, while also outlining some of the blockers that founders face when setting up circular solutions. Reports mentioned in the episode:- Product-as-a-Service in the circular economy: the nine critical challenges and how to fix them - Nordic Roadmap for Circular FinancingBooks mentioned in the episode:- Waste to wealth, the circular economy advantage: by Jakob Rutqvist, Peter Lacy - Cradle to cradle, by  Michael Braungart, William McDonoughVisit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! (https://www.linkedin.com/company/86013913/admin/)

Christian Schiller, CEO and Co-founder of Cirplus came upon the idea of founding this company in the middle of the ocean, off the coast of Colombia. It was a moment of epiphany that evolved into a solution with the ambition to change the way the world consumes plastic. More recently, Christian was invited byt he German government to join the consultation process for creating the National Circular Economy Strategy for Germany.  Max Meister, Founder's Associate at Cirplus joins us in this episode to tell us all about their journey so far, and their ambitions in the future. IT's a tight-knit team, going through a lot of firsts together, starting with a certification system for quality of recycled plastic. Tune in to this episode to hear more about their story. Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! (https://www.linkedin.com/company/86013913/admin/)

So excited to present to you Circunomics, a B2B marketplace and proposition to give second-life to EV batteries. They are revenue positive and gearing up for Series A round of fundraising this year. We have in conversation with us in this episode the CEO and Co-founder of Circunomics, Felix Wagner, joining us from Germany!With strong backers and validation from the beginning, Circunomics has tackled various challenges starting from the pandemic to a tough B2B environment, in order to reach their current state of progress. Felix's story is a fascinating one of resilience and drive, and we can only share their passion and excitement for more successes ahead.Listen to this episode to find out more and discover how Circunomics works, and all the excitement lined up for them. Hope you enjoy the conversation with Felix and we would love to hear how it made you feel.Follow Circunomics and connect with Felix on LinkedIn.Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! (https://www.linkedin.com/company/86013913/admin/)

New year, new season, this time focusing on Circular Economy. I'm Richa, your host, bringing this introductory episode, followed by a line-up of interesting, innovative start-ups in this space. Stay tuned for more!For this season introductory episode, I go through some trends and statistics describing the current state of affairs in the Circular Economy sector. Top of mind examples from Fashion, Food and Packaging industries, to show how much effort and investment is still needed in this space, and fast!Listen to the episode to learn more and share your feedback and comments about what more you would like to learn about. Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback!(https://www.linkedin.com/company/86013913/admin/)Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! (https://www.linkedin.com/company/86013913/admin/)

For our very first start-up feature, we have with us in this episode the CEO and Co-founder of Rentle now Twice Commerce, Tuomo Laine, all the way from Finland!Twice Commerce in it's newly launched avatar, is a very cool proposition to help customers extend the life of products and the team are all set to scale and grow! Tuomo gets into the depths of how they got inspired to start this journey and what keeps them going and excited for more successes ahead.Listen to this episode to find out more and discover how Twice Commerce works, and all the excitement lined up for them. Hope you enjoy Tuomo's story and get a chance to try out their offering.Follow Twice Commerce and connect with Tuomo on LinkedIn.Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback!(https://www.linkedin.com/company/86013913/admin/)Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! (https://www.linkedin.com/company/86013913/admin/)

For our season finale episode, we welcome Mark Bernstein to share his insights on opportunities in the Mobility space given his extensive experience across academia, government and private equity in this sector. Currently running Earthshot, a non-profit aimed at inspiring climate action through presenting a positive cleantech vision in the future, Mark talks about their plans to energise and inspire people into taking positive action to solve the climate crisis. He also reflects his several decades of experiences across multiple roles, including for instance being part of the Clinton administration, and why he is optimistic about our future. Listen to this episode to find out more and discover how Earthshot is out to offer game-based education and engagement. Hope you enjoy it and participate in their launch in the near-future. Follow Earthshot and connect with Mark on LinkedIn.Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! (https://www.linkedin.com/company/86013913/admin/)

And last but not least - our 6th featured start-up in this season focused on Mobility  solutions, Vesputi!Based in Leipzig Germany, Vesputi as described by CEO and Co-Founder Linus Frank, is a remarkable offering that seeks to optimise existing public transportation infrastructure with the ambition to reduce carbon footprint. The concept is so elegant in its simplicity - it started with API-enabled backend integration and is evolving into a platform for providing a bundled offering across providers. Find out more about Vesputi's upcoming plans and connect with Linus on LinkedIn. Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! (https://www.linkedin.com/company/86013913/admin/)

In this episode we are featuring Luna Systems, in the words of CEO and Co-Founder Andrew Fleury.Luna Systems based in Dublin, Ireland supports efficiency and safety for scooters as a more viable and sustainable alternative for urban transportation. Founded by a team of entrepreneurs who have common background in their education as well as running another Mobility start-up, Luna Systems has big ambitions to change the face of urban commuting and short-distance mobility.Find more about Luna Systems and connect with Andrew on LinkedIn.Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! (https://www.linkedin.com/company/86013913/admin/)

We change tracks to look into innovative solutions in EV design and engineering. First up is Infinite Mobility based in Oslo, Norway - hear their story in the words of Co-founder Lupi Love. Taking head on the problem of charging and of efficiency of EVs by changing the design of the EV itself - that's what Infinite Mobility is about. Launching Cargo Bikes, 2-wheeler and 3-wheeler solar powered light-weight EVs for urban mobility and last-mile delivery solutions. Listen to Lupi describe the journey up to the launch and how the team's phenomenal background and ambition has been instrumental in turning this vision into a feasible and remarkable product offering. Find out more about Infinite Mobility and their prototype launch and interact with Lupi on LinkedIn. Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! (https://www.linkedin.com/company/86013913/admin/)