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Dear Friends,
Bethesda Green’s Innovation Lab is excited to announce the seven companies that will be joining our Spring 2021 Accelerator cohort.
The Innovation Lab supports entrepreneurs who are building innovative, scalable solutions in the areas of Environmental Sustainability and Food Systems through a collection of programs designed to support companies from idea-stage through Series A.
The new members of our Accelerator are creating exciting solutions within the circular economy, expanding compost capacity within the region, reducing the carbon footprint of online fashion sales, increasing access to fresh and healthy foods and beverages, and developing distributed ledger technology to incentivize responsible purchasing. Please read on to learn more about their work.
We’re excited to welcome this diverse, motivated group of founders to our growing community, and invite you meet them at our Community Welcome Event on Thursday, January 21st.
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If you’d like to get involved, or want to learn more about our programs, I invite you to reach out to our team at innovationlab@bethesdagreen.org.
Thank you all for your ongoing support of our work.
Best wishes,
Patty Simonton, Director, Be Green Business
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Welcome Spring 2021 Accelerator Members
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Founders of the following companies will participate in a rigorous five-month, virtual program. Learn more about the Accelerator program here.
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Founded by Nadee Bandaranayake, Cinnamon Tree Organics helps chefs and home cooks make exceptionally delicious food with fresh and potent spices like Ceylon cinnamon, turmeric, black pepper imported directly from small organic farmers her home country of Sri Lanka. Learn more.
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Greenlist™, founded by Jess Owens, is a patent-pending technology that enables the direct transfer of merchandise from a customer returning a product to another customer who wants to purchase the product. By eliminating the middle steps in the current returns model, this solution saves stores time and money, and lessens the environmental impact of each return. Learn more.
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Founded by Commander Jeffrey Neal, Loop Closing manages a network of onsite mechanized composting machines that enables organizations to compost their food scraps at the source to meet their zero waste goals and live their values while dismantling structural inequalities. Learn more.
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MāKā Superfood’s Founder and CEO, Brian Hill, has developed a line of carbon-neutral ready-to-drink beverages that are a delicious combination of wheatgrass, herbal tea, and fruit juices. +Energized+ by yerba mate & guayusa and infused with a light carbonation, MāKā provides enough organic-certified fuel to equal a cup of coffee. At the beginning of 2021, MāKā will be found in stores in DC and LA. Learn more.
*Company Announcement*
MāKā Superfood has just launched three exciting flavors - Hibiscus Passionfruit, Mango, and Lemon. Use BEGREEN until Jan. 21st for 20% off your first order & free shipping. Fulfillment of online orders will commence in mid-January. Sign up to their community newsletter at www.livingmaka.com for more information about the launch, new releases, and promos.
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Founded by John Hansen, Paradigm One is developing a closed loop, circular economy PaaS solution to address the challenge of single-use waste in the foodservice sector by providing durable, reusable food containers to companies and consumers on a subscription basis. Learn more.
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Plastic Tree, founded by Lara Ilao, is a waste management company building a circular economy solution by collecting clean, undamaged, intact materials from consumers and connecting them with local end-markets and businesses for REUSE. Learn more.
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Founded by Shawn Hutchinson, Universal Schedule is developing SmartPrices™️ a game changing financial technology infrastructure platform that can be deployed in ways to stabilize food prices. To commercialize this technology, Universal Schedule is developing LocalCart, an integrative e-commerce platform that gives customers a better way to “buy local.” Learn more.
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The team at Grateful Gardeners is offering beautiful pressed-flower art, winter greens, and branded merchandise for the holiday season, via their website. Quantities are limited, so hurry to get a lovely gift for the plant lover in your life!
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Have you seen the new Mighty Bite cookie from BergBites? Made from plant protein, natural sugar, prebiotic fiber, and heart-healthy oats, this is definitely the sort of snack you want on hand to get you through the winter. Check out their growing array of offerings here.
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