Every year, huge amounts of material are thrown away that could have been used again. In Sweden, 96% of the material used comes from new, non-recycled sources (Circularity Gap Report Sweden, 2022). In a world where resource scarcity and climate challenges are high on the agenda, the startup Collecct wants to change the way we look at waste. Through its digital platform, Collecct ... Read more
How to increase the profitability of wind turbines using data? For Algorithm Energy, it's about giving utilities something that has been missing until now: concrete insights and recommendations - instead of just information. Their Software as a Service (SaaS) solution is aimed at wind turbine owners who want to get more out of their investments. Instead of ... Read more
Adsorbi has developed a breakthrough cellulose material that effectively traps air pollutants - on average three times better than current methods. Today, air filters are often made with fossil carbon, while bio-based alternatives are mainly made from coconuts that are transported long distances. The market lacks fossil-free, European alternatives - a gap Adsorbi is now ready to fill. ... Read more
After eight rounds of the Forest Business Accelerator, BizMaker invited forest industry players and startups to the premiere of the Forest Meetup. The event became a meeting place to exchange experiences, make contacts and explore future innovations in the forest and industrial sector. During the eight rounds of the accelerator, BizMaker has collaborated with many promising startups that today are ... Read more
When Linda Magdalena Jonsson, then working in the fashion industry, became aware of the toxic substances found in our clothes, her drive to create change was awakened. Today, she runs the start-up Alder Olmai and creates organic paints with pigments from the Swedish forest. -"Experimenting with the forest has been a way to find the right palette. At the same time ... Read more
Where others see waste, Collecct's founders, Daniel Pluntky and Martin Tengsved, see an untapped resource. Through their data-driven platform, they want to transform waste management into a truly circular system. With extensive experience in the waste industry, they saw a strong opportunity to renew the approach to residual materials and waste, and two years ago they chose ... Read more
Clean air is far from a given today. Every year, more than 3 million people die prematurely from diseases caused by polluted air at home, according to the WHO. At the same time, air purification often relies on fossil fuels and requires large amounts of materials. Start-up company Adsorbi wants to change that. They have developed a super material made from ... Read more
The eighth round of BizMaker's Forest Business Accelerator, a program that has so far attracted 54 companies with forest innovations to Västernorrland, is now underway."We act as the catalyst that connects startups with the right networks, opens doors and creates opportunities for sustainable solutions," says Pelle Berglund, business advisor at BizMaker and project manager for Forest Business ... Read more
Start-up company Original Creation is taking big steps forward with its digital traceability system. With funding from Vinnova and new contacts from BizMakers Forest Business Accelerator, the company is approaching its first pilot. In December, Original Creation was granted just over SEK 1 million in support from Vinnova through the research and innovation program Advanced Digitalization. The money will be used to develop a working product during the first ... Read more
Safer workplaces are the goal of DIRI Safety Solutions, which is developing a system for digital risk cards based on its own experience. The company is now leaving the pilot phase with several customer agreements - and is preparing to scale up. - Whatever the industry and product, people are needed to work, service and maintain it. We are the ones who keep people safe, ... Read more
Using a combination of AI and robotics, FLOX Robotics has developed a technology that is completely revolutionary. Four years after the idea was born, the company has customers in a range of industries where the common denominator is that they somehow have to deal with or relate to wildlife. - Through our participation in Forest Business ... Read more
The main driving force for the founders of the start-up company Bright Day Graphenes is to contribute to a better and more environmentally friendly world. Now they have found the location for their first facility to produce the material graphene - Ånge in Västernorrland, Sweden. "For us, Västernorrland is an interesting region because there are both suppliers and customers here. We choose ... Read more
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