As we look towards 2050, a staggering projection looms: more than 70% of the global population will be urban dwellers. The way we develop and manage our cities and their infrastructures in the next few decades will be critical. Governments globally are called to transform cities into inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable habitats by 2030. The clock is ticking, and the role of cities as primary energy consumers and greenhouse gas emitters only amplifies the need for rapid, transformative action. We recognize the power of cities to shape the future, and that's why we have dedicated ourselves to the cause. By building bridges between business, public sectors, academia, and citizens, Impact The Future catalyse the implementation of sustainable solutions, vital for our urban futures.

We're disrupting the red ocean that is the potato chips industry. We create heavily seasoned premium kettle cooked potato chips, in protective boxes that also double as a serving tray. Our boxes are decorated with artworks from international art talents, with whom we collaborate to constantly showcase exciting art on our products. We strive to create the ultimate snacking experience for specialty retail stores and the hospitality industry, one chip at a time.

We help businesses add human faces to real-time AI chatbots, assistants and agents. Our customers typically build AI tutors, AI receptionists, AI coaches, AI mock interviews, AI employee onboarding, you get the picture! Try talking to a human avatar here: https://www.simli.com/demo Our Docs: https://docs.simli.com/introduction Discord: https://discord.com/invite/yQx49zNF4d

We are on a mission to make work more joyful - We believe everyone should look equally forward to Fridays and Mondays ❤ Workjoy is the all-in-one solution for a better workplace WorkJoy is the modern, flexible People Success solution. We provide ambitious leaders what they need most — a powerful platform all-in-one platform for collaboration, knowledge sharing, personal growth, talent attraction and HR to efficiently manage their businesses and people. We believe that happy people and great business performance goes hand in hand. Great results can't be achieved without happy people but ambitious people can't be happy if they are not creating great results. We have built a platform that makes it easier for you to achieve both happy people and great results at the same time.

SMRT Systems is a cloud-based business management platform designed by dry cleaners for dry cleaners. Originally founded in San Francisco, we have our main engineering hub in Malmö Sweden and our HQ in the Raleigh NC. We are a passionate team of builders on a mission to help digitalize the dry cleaning and laundry across the globe. Our tech stack includes Typescript / React / Tanstack / GraphQL / AWS ECS / CouchDB Python / PHP / NodeJS.

FÓLK is an emerging Icelandic interior and lifestyle brand founded in 2017. At FÓLK our mission is to accelerate the green transition through design and our vision is to enable and inspire people to live a more sustainable lifestyle.” We work with progressive designers and manufacturers on homeware, furniture and lifestyle products focused on sustainability, responsibility, circularity, and transparency around the production process.

We're an innovative biotech startup specialising in alternative protein on a mission to tackle food scarcity caused by overpopulation and climate change. We're redefining the way we feed the world with the help of mushrooms. We're addressing global food scarcity - a critical issue impacting billions. As traditional agriculture struggles to meet the growing demand for protein, strains resources, leading to deforestation, excessive water use, and increasing emissions. Our solution provides sustainable and nutritious alternative protein which plays a role in mitigating food scarcity challenges. The founders, driven by a shared passion for both scientific innovation and ecological preservation, came together to address this urgent issue. We believe that our actions today can create a lasting positive impact on the world, ensuring that future generations have access to nutritious food without compromising the health of our planet.

AquaFood has a patent-pending method for extracting high-value, food-grade components at cold temperatures from the side streams of fish production (e.g. heads, backbone, scales, etc.). The components we extract are; pure fish oil that fits as a supplement, a unique protein mass with high functionality (almost minced meat consistency) that fits perfectly for fish balls, fish burgers, or even tubed fish spread, and lastly, we extract a fine collagen powder that fits for dermatological applications. Today, the side streams of fish production account for 40-70% of the fish that is brought into the processing plants. This is a remarkably higher amount than any other food-producing industry. At the same time, the food production system worldwide accounts for 1/3 of green-house gas emissions, 1/3 of land usage, and 2/3 of groundwater withdrawal. The seafood industry has problems of their own, where 95% of our fish stocks are fully utilized and about 30% have already collapsed. There simply is not way for us to increase or even continue to produce the way that we are in a sustainable way. But we still need to increase food production as the globally increasing population will demand a doubling of protein production in the year 2050 compared to now. AquaFood believes that resource efficiency is a huge stepping stone toward reaching a sustainable food production system. A system where we use our resources efficiently and to their full potential is what needs to happen to step into a sustainable future. In our process, we can make sure that the FULL fish is used to its full potential. Through our process, we use no heating steps and the only effluents from our process are the water that we introduce to the system mixed with a small amount of protein. Therefore, our process is highly efficient, sustainable in terms of lower energy and water consumption but also in terms of the resource efficiency that it brings. Our technology is research-based and stems from decades of research in the area of utilization of aquatic biomasses.

We are on a mission of becoming the first match-point for support in order to prevent an emotional breakdown. We are building HU-MAIN, a platform for people to be able to ask for help when suffering with a specific life challenge. We connect users with mentors who have been through the most difficult and stigmatised struggles such as burnout, substance abuse, bullying, coping with panic attacks, loss, coming out, depression, amongst others.

Agoprene is a biotech startup based in Oslo and Copenhagen. Agoprene is developing furniture foam from biomass to help the furniture industry reduce their need for petrochemicals. ​ Globally, furniture foam, which is derived from petroleum, accounts for 105 million tonnes of CO2 emissions annually. One armchair for example, emits an average of 43 kg CO2e, almost half of which is due to furniture foam. ​ Agoprene's foam is completely free of petrochemicals. We believe finding planet-friendly alternatives isn’t a challenge; it’s an opportunity.

Pas Normal Studios is a Copenhagen based brand of contemporary, technical cycling clothing. The concept of Pas Normal Studios is to create technically perfect apparel, combined with visionary aesthetics. Through innovative designs, brand collaborations and sourcing of new production methods, Pas Normal Studios strives to bring out collections that define modern cycling in a different context. The brand honors the great traditions of cycling, but is above all committed to the patterns and colors that define state of the art fashion today. The uncompromised attention to detail and hand-made, sustainable quality is paired with an inspired take on today’s look and feel. Pas Normal Studios produces high-end clothing with textiles and methods at the same level as demanded by professional riders – but at the same time, all styles created for long-term usage and durability. Based in Scandinavia, but with a specific international element, Pas Normal Studios can now be found throughout Europe, parts of Asia and the United States.

Widr.io is a cutting-edge startup that specializes in providing digital templates for communication in short video formats. The company's mission is to revolutionize the way people communicate through video by making it easier and more efficient to create professional-quality content. Widr.io's platform allows users to choose from a variety of customizable templates that cater to different types of communication needs, whether it be for social media, marketing, or personal use. Users can easily add their own content and branding elements, such as logos and colors, to create a cohesive and visually appealing message. One of the key advantages of Widr.io's platform is its focus on short video formats, which have become increasingly popular in recent years due to the rise of social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram Reels. These formats offer a more engaging and memorable way to convey information, making them ideal for businesses and individuals who want to stand out in a crowded digital landscape. Overall, Widr.io is an innovative and forward-thinking startup that is poised to transform the way people communicate through video. With its user-friendly platform and commitment to creating high-quality templates, the company is well-positioned to become a leader in the short video communication space.

1: Short description (the pitch) Yuta AI is developing a platform to help DevOps teams to solve toolchain complexity, remove mundane tasks, work efficiently with the conversational and generative power of AI. 2: The What: What are you solving + more in depth details Several studies show that an average DevOps team spends 20% of the time in unproductive tasks (searching for information, mundane or repetitive tasks, troubleshooting human errors etc). The plethora of automation tools used to solve some of these problems, has introduced a side effect of toolchain complexity. A typical DevOps engineers works with 5 to 6 tools, languages & frameworks. This increases the barrier to entry, creates silos and a steep learning curve. 3. The How: Describe how your startup is solving this DevOps engineers can work productively and efficiently using Yuta's AI enabled DevOps platform. Using Yuta AI, engineers can easily retrieve information from knowledge systems within the company. Using conversational AI, several typical DevOps workflows can be triggered, removing the need to manually perform operational tasks. 4: The Why: What motivated you to get started As a DevOps professional over the last 8 years, I have toiled hard with many DevOps tools. While the tools have improved the productivity of DevOps engineers, the complexity keeps increasing with the addition of every new tool, workflows spanning across multiple process & tools & methods decrease the stability, and make DevOps a silo function in the organisation. With the power of conversation & generative AI, DevOps workflows can be simplified, lowering the barrier to entry, and empowering the engineers to focus on high value tasks.

Sometimes life renders our skin damaged, aesthetically displeasing and functionally compromised. This can lead to restricted lifestyles, lower quality of life and mental distress. Over 100 million patients acquire scars from surgeries yearly, and millions suffer from traumatic skin defects. In addition, our skin is affected by aging and environmental factors. Linio Biotech is dedicated to change this for millions of people. After more than a decade of research and development, a sterile cell-free innovation for tissue regeneration is available for those suffering from severe scars, other skin defects and aged skin.

Unseen Bio™ was founded in 2018 with a vision to increase awareness of the importance of gut health as a means of preventing disease. Our mission is to strengthen the microbiome in order to improve the biodiversity crisis in the gut. Based on a thorough analysis of the microbiome, we provide personal dietary recommendations aimed at increasing biodiversity and improving gut health for the individual. Based on the latest knowledge in the microbiome area and with a focus on preventive healthcare, we are constantly developing our digital platform for intestinal health Digital Gut™.