Norway-based, Chooose builds an all-in-one climate toolkit/ SaaS for businesses (of all sizes), so that they can offer their customers climate options at check-out, in-app, or anywhere they meet them. E.g. American Express GBT opted for Chooose to build a new “calculator” (across air travel, ground transportation & accommodation) to allow its customers to i) measure the carbon emissions of their business travel (integrated in its Neo booking tool, for which the company also recently acquired US-based digital travel mgmt. start-up Egencia), ii) access a “verified offset” marketplace, to allow them to opt-in to e.g. carbon removals & sustainable aviation fuel. Chooose also works with other leading aviation, travel & logistics firms such as Air...

Poland-based, NapiFeryn BioTech (NFB) has developed a (patented) process to obtain rapeseed proteins (Raptein®) from the side stream of (canola/ rapeseed) oil pressing. In doing so, NFB is able to transform a low-value/ widely available raw material into a high-value & quality protein, at an affordable price (as “20% of our raw material is made up protein”). NFB thus seeks to innovate in the "plant-based protein" market, beyond the usual crops like soy, wheat & peas (ps: for startups innovating in the "insect protein" market, see our coverage of Entocycle). The startup was able to test its tech (dubbed “Alseos”) with grant support from Horizon 2020 & will use the new funds to bring it...