Concept Validation Volunteers
Can you spare one hour each month?
Nature's clock is ticking. Our nature-tech and biodiversity startups have solutions, but they need your help to make them work.
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The greatest threat to a nature-tech startup isn't a lack of ideas, it's a lack of real-world feedback. Without it, they risk building solutions to problems that don't exist, wasting precious time and resources – time we don't have when it comes to biodiversity. Our startups are tackling critical issues in biodiversity protection and restoration, but they need your expertise to ensure their solutions are effective.
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Can you spare an hour a month to make a real difference? Your insights, even if tangential, could be the missing piece of the puzzle. You'll be directly supporting the development of innovative solutions to protect our natural world. Give an hour. Give nature a chance.
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Contact Mike Kelly: mkelly@biodiversitystartups.com
Examples
The following descriptions are just a taste of more than 100 biodiversity-tech and nature-tech startups that we work with.
Transforming waste water into environmental benefits.
This startup is exploring how to transform waste water from various industries. For example, distilleries producing CO2 emissions and nutrient-rich pot ale (a by-product of whisky production), into algae. This algae is a highly versatile and valuable product that can be used as organic fertilizer, feed for aquaculture, or raw material for bio-based products like bioplastics and biofuels. Does your company produce waste water in the production process? Perhaps you have an angle that they have not considered?
Biodiversity data for decision-making.
We work with multiple startups that are either directly collecting biodiversity data or collating it from thousands of sources. This data is the key to designing a biodiversity-friendly future. From planning new builds to rewilding existing sites. It is also critical for examining the sustainability of supply chains and proving compliance. Is your company looking to provide sustainability of supply chains? Does it need more or better biodiversity data for other reasons? Perhaps the startups are missing an opportunity that seems obvious to you?
Ocean-based drones for habitat monitoring.
Evaluating the potential for cost effective autonomous ocean based drones enabling marine and citizen scientists to efficiently and accurately map the coverage of sub-tidal coastal seabeds, increasing the frequency and effectiveness of marine habitat monitoring.
Nature inclusive design for windfarms.
This startup is building data-driven solutions for Nature-Inclusive Design planning at individual offshore sites to help reduce biodiversity loss/ achieve biodiversity net gain.