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01/18/2024

Passionate about shaping urban communities, fostering identity, and building for a sustainable tomorrow? Share your vision with us! 💡 Apply now and be a catalyst for positive impact.

Applications close February 15th - link in the bio.

12/21/2023

Happy Holidays from the URBAN-X team! We can’t wait to see what 2024 brings. 🤩

12/20/2023

That’s a wrap for cohort 13! 👏

Another remarkable group of teams dedicated to pioneering innovative solutions for cities and our planet.

Look out for what these teams do next, we know it will be great. 🚀

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The cohort 13 teams:

Algoma - New York, NY - partners with real estate developers to automate the repeatable delivery of zero-carbon buildings.

- San Francisco, CA - unlocks energy equity by solving for accessibility, building a new category of smart, affordable energy storage to add millions of homes to the smart grid.

Enspi - Minneapolis, MN - empowers clean energy producers like solar and wind farms, energy storage facilities, and eco-conscious municipalities by facilitating participation in demand response programs and monetizing excess energy production.

HubOn - San Jose, CA - offers the cheapest and most eco-friendly transport for goods starting with delicate goods through non-monetary partnerships with retail shops serving as drop-off and pickup locations (”hubs”).

Upward - New York, NY - collects, stores, and analyzes building energy data to drive operational success.

Vy-Carb - Brooklyn, New York - developing a novel solution to autonomously measure the changes in CO2 and other inorganic carbon (HCO3 and CO3) in water.

12/15/2023

Incoming content from the 2023 MINI Impact Program 📲

What innovative solutions excites you most? 💡
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The 2023 MINI Impact Program teams:

Circleback - Berlin, Germany - builds software and services for the circular economy of packaging.

- São Paulo, Brazil - helps companies to avoid CO2 emissions. Rewards employees with cash back and gift cards while choosing green transports such as bike, bus, electric and ethanol vehicles in daily commuting work-home.

- Mexico City - offers online courses to conscientize and specialize companies in the Latin-American region about topics within renewable energies/energy transition and sustainable practices.

- Alicante, Spain - cleans plastic from the oceans with traditional fishermen to recycle and transform the plastic waste, specially fishing nets, into public furniture, innovative products and raw materials for the industry.

- Lisbon, Portugal - designs and launches food growing hubs in city centers, supplying residents & restaurants with true local greens & delicious fresh products. Raiz empowers communities to grow their own food via intuitive hardware & bio-design, integrated with an easy to use software to enhance plant growth.

- Capetown, South Africa - enables and encourages many imperfect zero-waste lifestyles.

12/07/2023

Six international startups successfully completed the 2023 MINI Impact Program with a full week of expert sessions, ecosystem meetings, and events in NYC, igniting innovation and fostering global collaborations that promise to reshape the future of sustainable solutions.

We can’t wait to see what these teams do next. 🌎 🚀

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The 2023 MINI Impact Program teams:

Circleback - Berlin, Germany - builds software and services for the circular economy of packaging.

Ecomilhas - São Paulo, Brazil - helps companies to avoid CO2 emissions. Rewards employees with cash back and gift cards while choosing green transports such as bike, bus, electric and ethanol vehicles in daily commuting work-home.

ENERYOU - Mexico City - offers online courses to conscientize and specialize companies in the Latin-American region about topics within renewable energies/energy transition and sustainable practices.

Gravity Wave - Alicante, Spain - cleans plastic from the oceans with traditional fishermen to recycle and transform the plastic waste, specially fishing nets, into public furniture, innovative products and raw materials for the industry.

Raiz Vertical Farms - Lisbon, Portugal - designs and launches food growing hubs in city centers, supplying residents & restaurants with true local greens & delicious fresh products. Raiz empowers communities to grow their own food via intuitive hardware & bio-design, integrated with an easy to use software to enhance plant growth.

Regenize - Capetown, South Africa - enables and encourages many imperfect zero-waste lifestyles.

12/07/2023

Six international startups successfully completed the 2023 MINI Impact Program with a full week of expert sessions, ecosystem meetings, and events in NYC, igniting innovation and fostering global collaborations that promise to reshape the future of sustainable solutions.

We can’t wait to see what these teams do next. 🌎 🚀

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The 2023 MINI Impact Program teams:

Circleback - Berlin, Germany - builds software and services for the circular economy of packaging.

Ecomilhas - São Paulo, Brazil - helps companies to avoid CO2 emissions. Rewards employees with cash back and gift cards while choosing green transports such as bike, bus, electric and ethanol vehicles in daily commuting work-home.

ENERYOU - Mexico City - offers online courses to conscientize and specialize companies in the Latin-American region about topics within renewable energies/energy transition and sustainable practices.

Gravity Wave - Alicante, Spain - cleans plastic from the oceans with traditional fishermen to recycle and transform the plastic waste, specially fishing nets, into public furniture, innovative products and raw materials for the industry.

Raiz Vertical Farms - Lisbon, Portugal - designs and launches food growing hubs in city centers, supplying residents & restaurants with true local greens & delicious fresh products. Raiz empowers communities to grow their own food via intuitive hardware & bio-design, integrated with an easy to use software to enhance plant growth.

Regenize - Capetown, South Africa - enables and encourages many imperfect zero-waste lifestyles.

11/10/2023

Introducing the MINI Impact Program 2023 Teams! 🚨📣

Gravity Wave - Spain - cleans plastic from the oceans with traditional fishermen to recycle and transform the plastic waste, specially fishing nets, into public furniture, innovative products and raw materials for the industry.

Circle Back - Berlin, Germany - builds software and services for the circular economy of packaging.

Ecomilhas - São Paulo, Brazil - helps companies to avoid CO2 emissions! Rewards employees with cash back and gift cards while choosing green transports such as bike, bus, electric and ethanol vehicles in daily commuting work-home.

Eneryou - Mexico - offers online courses to conscientize and specialize companies in the Latin-American region about topics within renewable energies/energy transition and sustainable practices.

Rain Vertical Farms - Lisbon, Portugal - designs and launches food growing hubs in city centres, supplying residents & restaurants with true local greens & delicious fresh products. Raiz empowers communities to grow their own food via intuitive hardware & bio-design, integrated with an easy to use software to enhance plant growth.

Regenize - Capetown, South Africa - enables and encourages many imperfect zero-waste lifestyles.

These teams will be joining URBAN-X at Newlab next week for a week long immersion working with our EIRs to build their startup's business strategy, product design, fundraising plan, and more.

Stay tuned for more MINI Impact Program content!

10/04/2023

Introducing ⚡️💨

Enspi is a trailblazer in the energy management space, providing a cutting-edge virtual power plant solution that leverages AI/ML for unprecedented performance.
The Cohort 13 team cater to utilities, system operators, and enterprise customers seeking advanced energy management capabilities.

The platform empowers clean energy producers like solar and wind farms, energy storage facilities, and eco-conscious municipalities by facilitating participation in demand-response programs and monetizing excess energy production.

Dwayne Caldwell is an Army veteran, who realized the potential of alternative energy sources while on deployment - it was there, as he relied on a solar pack charging station to power his DVD player, the potential of sustainable energy revealed itself to him. As he transitioned from the military to the world of business, Dwayne’s dedication to harnessing this potential only grew. From running a successful solar company to realizing that software was the key to addressing grid volatility.

Tichakunda Mangono is an AI/ML engineer with more than a decade of developing complex data-driven web applications for governments, nonprofits, and businesses across several sectors. Tich is passionate about building high-impact platforms for health, energy, and the environment.

Welcome to Cohort 13, Enspi! 🚀

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10/02/2023

The team from Algoma was beaming during Climate Week NYC 2023. 😁 🌟

The Cohort 13 team is currently looking for real estate developers to partner with on two exciting mass timber initiatives in Atlanta and New York.

If you are interested in learning more or if you know a real estate developer in New York City or Atlanta, please reach out and connect with the team at [email protected]!

09/29/2023

A warm Cohort 13 welcome to HubOn! 🪴

HubOn offers the cheapest and most eco-friendly transport for goods starting with delicate goods (plants, baked goods, refrigerated food) through non-monetary partnerships with retail shops serving as drop-off and pickup locations (”hubs”).

Gent Dirga is serial entrepreneur and self-taught programmer. He got his engineering degree from Purdue and Stanford University with a specialization in Operation Research and Computer Science.

Liony Azali is a food scientist from UC Davis. She has done 100+ popup events and is very well-connected to many local makers, businesses, and non-profit organizations including 10+ plant societies and FB groups.

We are so excited to work with this incredible team. 👏

09/26/2023

Next up in Cohort 13 introductions is Upward! ⬆️

Upward makes it easy for companies to collect, store, and utilize building energy data. For real estate companies, Upward enables compliance and energy savings. Understand your buildings, find the right solutions, and automate your compliance.

For consultants and vendors, Upward drives accelerated growth. Easily collect and manage building usage data through our platform. Use that data to drive more sales now and in the future, and build lasting relationships with customers.

Max McCafferty (based in NYC) holds a BS, BA (Mathematics, English, Economics) from NYU and has cleantech experience from his work at Build Edison, most recently as their COO. Max is also a self-taught full-stack engineer.

Arvind Ramgopal (based in SF) holds a BS from NYU (Computer Science) and has experience as a front end developer working for IBM, Lume and Palo Alto Networks.

Welcome to the team, Upward! ⚡

09/20/2023

What a way to kick of ! 🎉

Over 100 entrepreneurs and climate solution minded people gathered in Brooklyn at on Monday to talk about the future mobility in urban environments.

Thank you to our panelists Alexander Bilgeri, Tiasia O’Brien, Alex Lubinsky, and Adam Esposito for a productive discussion - the first of many conversations for this community.

Check out images from the event - featuring a very special guest, the new Mini Countryman E who made it’s U.S. debut at the Navy Yard. 🤩

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