The largest green business idea competition in the world took place this past week and today we have the winners for you!This competition is ClimateLaunchpad and it helps create opportunities for presenting and launching green ideas that can turn into businesses. This is a great chance for any inventors and innovators willing to make a change as many of world-renounced investors and companies attend this event!
ClimateLaunchPad 2017 attracted 1000 clean tech start-ups from 35 countries globally! However, just 105 teams made it in. Then, only 15 made it to the finals… In the end, 3 were the finalists! The three finalists were from Kenya, Switzerland and Austria. For more detail on the ClimateLaunchPad winners, keep on reading…
First Place: Bio-Alkanol Gel
So, the Bio-Alkanol gel is the product made by the Kenyan startup that made it to #1 on their country’s first time competing! Essentially, the product is is a thick liquid fuel which is a mixture of alkanol, cellulose and water. Its focus is on providing an alternative type of bio fuel! It can be made through the microbial fermentation of sugars in sugars in mango,banana,watermelon,orange and papaya fruit peelings egg shells. This process is definitely a new and an innovative way of recycling our waste and making it into great products!
Second Place: MeduSoil
Third Place: Vienna Textile Lab
Finally, in third place is the Vienna Textile Lab which works to identify bacteria, growing bacteria, extracting colorants and purifying the pigments to use and sell them to textile companies.
We cannot wait to see these future of these products and we also would like to congratulate them!
Thanks for reading! What are your thoughts on the winners and their projects? Please let us know in the comments below!
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