The green start-up scene is diverse: as demonstrated by the three companies that recently qualified for the Green Start-up Program of the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU): AI.Land from Kempen, circuly from Bielefeld and the Berlin-based company SolarWorX. The three start-ups will each receive technical and financial support of around 125,000 euros over the next two years.
Robots in agriculture
The start-up AI.Land has developed the ETAROB system. "This field robot is controlled with an app and can independently perform tasks that are dangerous or simply not feasible for humans," explains founder Josef Franko. At the same time, the robot should require significantly less fuel and be able to perform work more accurately and with less pesticide.
Renting products made easy
Renting instead of buying is one approach to saving resources and emissions. So far, there are only a few companies that offer a rental model. The start-up circuly has recognized this gap and wants to close it: "We offer software for companies that extend their existing sales platform to include the rental offer," says founder Victoria Erdbrügger. The system can be integrated quickly and with little effort, she adds.
Electricity in all places
SolarWorX is electrifying rural areas south of the Sahara: "We are developing modular and compact solar home systems that temporarily store solar power in a battery and make it available to power household appliances," says Alexander Hoffmann, founder of SolarWorX. A new grid solution also makes it possible to interconnect several of these systems to form a smart microgrid to power larger appliances such as water pumps, he added.
Read more in our press release on the topic
Further information on funding and application can be found here: https://www.dbu.de/startup
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