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Social Innovators

Get to know SoTecIn Factory Social Innovators and their tech-driven solutions, based on higher R circular economy strategies and aiming to transform the industry into low-carbon in food, water & nutrients, textiles and plastics & packaging value chains.

These mission-driven, social innovation ventures (50 in total) are supported through project’s EUR 3.3M funding & support programmes (2 in total), each awarding 25 innovators with up to 15,000 EUR in Phase 1. From this group, 15 innovators will engage in a pre-market technological demonstration with up to 85,000 EUR additional funding in Phase 2.  Besides equity-free funding, the beneficiaries have  access to capacity building and business support through multiple resources and to the consortium’s in-depth expertise on circular business models, systemic change, social entrepreneurship, funding strategies and industrial value chains.

The selected solutions are tackling circular challenges (proposed by the applicant or targeting one of the industrial challenges previously selected by the project), based on at least one of the following project’s sustainable industry Missions as regional circular objectives:

Social Innovation
Circular Economy

SFFCE – Smart Farming for Circular Economy

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Circular Economy

TREE – Blockchained transparency and traceability for textiles.

Social Innovation
Circular Economy

Developing a novel biodegradable cosmetic packaging utilizing biowaste in an advanced biotechnological process.

Social Innovation
Circular Economy

Data-driven ERP app for fast, flexible, no waste knit production at SME manufacturers in EU.

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INFINITE – Unmanned Aerial Systems and Artificial Intelligence for Vineyard Disease Detection.

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Circular Economy

CAFOOF tool for the calculation of the carbon footprint of agricultural crops.

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Circular Economy

Smart reusable packaging for the food industry.

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Circular Economy

CO2Path – A software platform enabling trustable emissions quantification & reporting for shippers, carriers & Logistics Services Providers.

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Circular Economy

Multi-actor platform for building networks of sustainability circles supporting responsible, local producers.

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Circular Economy

EcoMeat – Eco-Friendly Plant-Based Meat Made from Sustainable Byproducts.

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