NextSTEP Portfolio
Pulpatronics
Pulpatronics is transforming RFID technology with their groundbreaking metal-free and chipless tags, designed to protect natural resources. Using an innovative laser-induced process, they imprint conductive circuitry directly onto paper, eliminating the need for metal components and simplifying manufacturing. This approach not only reduces costs but also cuts CO2 emissions significantly, saving 2,400 kg of CO2 for every million tags produced. Fully recyclable and eco-friendly, Pulpatronics’ tags set a new standard for sustainability, minimizing waste and environmental impact.
2024
UK
Fashion
Pre-Seed
ClearWatt
The easy-to-use app, enhanced by a proprietary ML-powered algorithm (patent pending), accurately measures and certifies EV range and battery health. ClearWatt’s unique GPS-based approach eliminates third-party data limitations and enables OEM and telematics-agnostic deployment, ensuring maximum coverage and rapid scaling. ClearWatt EV Health Reports provide detailed advanced performance metrics, fostering trust between buyers and sellers throughout the entire sales process.
2024
UK
Mobility
Seed
Must Had
MustHad provides a sophisticated excess inventory management software that enhances circularity in the fashion industry. Their data-driven platform automates waste management, ensures traceability, and reports impact KPIs, benefiting both the environment and businesses by improving efficiency, reducing costs, ensuring regulatory compliance, and supporting Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
2024
Italy
Circular Economy
Bridge to Seed
Atium
Atium’s advanced reusable filter technology provides a highly effective and cost-efficient solution for the selective removal of toxic mercury from water. This technology, grounded in electrochemistry, is the culmination of several years of dedicated research at Chalmers University of Technology.
2024
Sweden
Water
Seed
Chloris Geospatial
Chloris Geospatial employs cutting-edge technology to quantify carbon storage in terrestrial ecosystems. Through their advanced machine learning algorithms, Chloris is able to integrate data from various Earth observation satellites to deliver precise measurements of above-ground biomass stock, as well as data on forest cover and change.
2024
US
SpaceTech
Bridge to Series A
Agrisky
Agrisky offers an IoT and AI solution for indoor farming that monitors, analyses and calculates carbon footprint, and delivers carbon credits to its users while helping the decision making in order to improve farming performances.
2024
Italy
AgriTech
Angel
ToMove
ToMove innovates urban mobility with sustainable vehicle designs, prioritizing environmental impact reduction to enhance city life.
2024
Italy
Mobility
Pre-Seed
Nina Energy
Nina.Energy transforms agricultural waste into solid biofuels and biochar, offering sustainable alternatives to fossil fuels. Their innovative technology yields diverse secondary products like biochar, torrefied biofuels, and liquid products, enriching soil, reducing CO2 emissions, and providing sustainable energy solutions for various sectors.
2024
Equador & UK
Biochar & Biofuel
Pre-Seed
Ganiga
Ganiga is an innovative startup revolutionizing waste collection efficiency and sustainability with their patented smart bins, ‘Hoooly!’, which communicate with citizens, autonomously sort waste, and utilize AI for data analysis, ultimately reducing costs, enhancing recycling practices, and cutting pollution.
2023
Italy
Waste Management
Pre-Seed
iotilize
iotilize.me is a startup that enhances waste collection efficiency and sustainability by utilizing fill-level sensors and advanced algorithms to optimize collection routes, reducing costs by 30% and CO2 emissions significantly.
2023
Italy
Waste Management
Angel
Bufaga
Bufaga is a smart device that can be mounted on any vehicle in order to improve air quality. Its purpose is that of removing pollutants from air through a specific filtering process and gathering data about pollution levels, with the aim of reducing the environmental footprint of company fleets in our cities. We are fighting pollution, simply by driving.
2023
Italy
Mobility
Pre-Seed
The First Element
The First Element pioneers clean energy solutions with Smart Tank technology, enabling safe, scalable green hydrogen generation. From homes to industries, TFE empowers users to contribute to net-zero emissions, using water and renewable electricity.
2023
UK
Hydrogen
Pre-Seed