NextSTEP Portfolio

Have a look at our amazing startups.

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

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