Ventures
Supernovas
How does it make it better?
Our planet is facing its biggest treat yet: by 2050 there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish. With a yearly loss of over $120BN, “sustainability” has become a strategic imperative for corporations: the value of the Consulting for Sustainability Projects Estimated to Reach $43.8 Billion by 2025. For the past twenty years there has been a major Corporate PR effort to focus the attention of media on “the problem”, resulting in an attempt to inhibit specific consumer behaviours, for example the consumption of plastic. Differently, the concept of “upcycling” shows how abandoned materials perceived as ”the problem” can in fact be transformed into materials with new textures and patterns that are exciting and can be used to create new content and products to enter into the Furniture and Accessory Design Market worth $ 182BN.
How does it make it happen?
Supernovas was setup to make sustainability pop! With the ambition to become the go to brand in the industry, Supernovas team starts their journey with a content platform to establish their presence on the market, attracts corporations for the development of consulting projects aimed at delivering a new breed of Supernovas content & products to make sustainability more engaging and relevant to today’s engaged consumers. Make Sustainability Pop!
Industry
Design
Founder
Massimiliano Rossi LinkedIn
Wasted
How does it make it better?
In the Netherlands alone, every year, 230 Mio tonnes of plastic are burnt instead of recycled: the equivalent of 72 Erasmus bridges and € 30 billions of plastic are wasted. Recycling has become a popular issue. People do want to take action, but they don’t know how. Technology enables collective actions. Consumers are becoming prosumers. Waste is seen as a resource. Marketplaces for shared infrastructures are proven concepts. WASTED is a platform that brings together public & private enterprises with citizens in the effort of recycling refusing and collecting plastic.
How does it make it happen?
By transforming wasted materials into premium and tradable commodities, WASTED is solving urban pollution waste by bringing together entrepreneurs, citizens and large corporations.
Corporations use wasted to do ad hoc research into the brands products and recycling potential, create marketing campaigns to collect separated plastic waste streams, use the collected wasted™ plastic to create affordable products with our partners.
Circular start-ups and SME’s use wasted to promote their products and provide discounts for citizens that take part in wasted initiatives.
Citizens use wasted to get an economic incentive for recycling and refusing virgin plastic as well as to provide plastic recyclables to brands that want to create new products.
Industry
Materials, Information Technology, Utilities
Founder
Elisha Weeber LinkedIn
Waste or Wonder
How does it make it better?
In a world of angry teenagers calling for punitive measurement to save the world from waste, we urge to share a positive alternative is possible: we can prevent further production of waste, we can reduce and reuse waste by transforming it into new materials. We (artists, fans, promoter, sponsors the whole of the music industry) have the power to transform to make change: By 2030 we are going to make the whole of the music industry circular and transform waste from music industry (Music Waste) into products for the same music industry and prevent for it to go in landfill and in the oceans!
How does it make it happen?
“Waste or Wonder” (aka WOW) - a JV between SUPERNOVAS, TileYard and Spin Ventures - was set up to make by 2030 the whole of the music industry circular and transform waste from music industry into products for the same music industry and prevent for it to go in landfill and in the oceans:
* by USING DATA to create a transparent system to assess, track and communicate impact.
* by PROMOTING reducing, reusing recycling PRACTICES in the music industry.
* by CREATING DEMAND for recycled materials amongst consumer, businesses and corporations.
* by DELIVERING PRODUCTS for consumer, businesses and corporations made of recycled materials.
* by promoting access to waste management, transformation and recycling INDUSTRY.
* by promoting and implementing CIRCULAR ECONOMIES PRACTICES in the music industry.
Industry
Clean Tech
Founder
Spin Ventures LinkedIn
TALIA COLLECTIVE
How does it make it better?
Talia is a content platform on a mission to "style a carbon neutral" future!
How does it make it happen?
Talia team combines a thorough ongoing research on the latest quintessential product for a more sustainable lifestyle with engaging content delivered in their very own super surreal design.
Industry
Media
Founder
Rebecca Prunali LinkedIn
How do we select our ventures?
Investment Strategy
We Invest in Seed / Pre Series A stage cleantech ventures, with a focus on circular supply and value chain solutions. Each venture drives a specific contribution, or optimisation to the group plan to close the loop in the Sports, Music and Entertainment Industry.
Investment Criteria
The venture operates in the clean tech sector. Our investment is instrumental in unlocking Early Stage Circular Supply & Value Chain Solutions potential by enabling CAPEX / OPEX cash flow to significantly contribute to accelerate growth. The venture is operational in the market, generating ARR >$500K. The ventures will present a 7 years trajectory to positive cash flow and positive EBITDA. Global geography.