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At the start of 2022, a new Circularity Gap Report revealed that since the Paris Climate Accord in 2015, humanity worldwide has consumed half a trillion tonnes of virgin materials . To make the point more ‘concrete’: that’s 70% more than the earth can safely replenish to ensure a habitable planet for future generations. It’s clear that we need to rapidly reimagine our economy in order to use fewer raw materials and prolong the lifespan of the goods we consume – in short – to create a Circular Economy .

Incubating impact

That’s why – at Impact Hub Berlin – we run the Circular Together incubator programme for Berlin-based circularity innovators. For its second year, we rebranded and revamped the programme, making it ‘official’ that circularity remains at the heart of our impact strategy for the coming years.

Circular Together showcases alternatives to linear economic models, promoting circular approaches that take into account resource scarcity, threatened biodiversity and securing an equitable future for a growing global population. As impact entrepreneurs, our participants contribute to solving societal challenges through innovative entrepreneurial solutions .

We enable these entrepreneurs to experiment with sustainable business models in order to build a new, circular economy. And since our work at Impact Hub Berlin borrows heavily from design thinking methods, our programme emphasises a user-centric approach, collaboration , and participation of all stakeholders. For impact entrepreneurs, pilot partnerships are also of key importance, which is why we put partnership-readiness at the programme’s core.

After holding a hybrid Demo Day at the end of last year for our second cohort, we wanted to take the opportunity to inspire you with a summary of their progress on the programme and plans for the future. With their innovative ideas across fashion, tech and materials – let’s meet the ventures .

Wearing your values

myriad fashion

myriad fashion offers fashion labels a pathway to a more sustainable supply chain through their beechwood fibre waste-based material. The entire production process and supply chain is based within Germany, further minimising the carbon emissions of the end product.

Lotta Ludwigson

Lotta Ludwigson aims to pioneer innovative and sustainable production practices for business attire. Their first suit has already been designed, created using long-lasting but biodegradable materials that ensure the used resources return to nature’s cycle.

Circular Sweater Project

The Circular Sweater Project has also developed an initial product during their time on the Circular Together programme: an organic, fair trade leisurewear sweater that can be returned to the producer for repair. Their first sweaters are being dispatched to customers, and in the team are also working on a B2B offer for business uniforms and merchandise.

Tech for good

Kolo.Track

Kolo.Track (pictured) reduce the barriers for farmers wanting to practice more sustainable, circular agriculture, through their all-in-one software platform that allows users to manage their stock, certifications and regulatory compliance.

Numcamp

Numcamp also offer a B2B software solution for companies aiming to manage and measure their circularity and sustainability credentials. Their cloud-based platform offers a software as a service solution enabling corporate sustainability managers to save on time and money.

GoodieGo

The founders of GoodieGo realised that many ‘on-the-go’ food and drink products whose stocks had built up during the first Covid-19 lockdowns were approaching their use-by dates and would soon be going to waste. In response, they prototyped a new smart vending machine, in which such products could be sold directly to consumers in a short turnaround time.

A material world

Funk

Funk is tackling the issue of e-waste by developing kitchen appliances that are locally made from recycled and reused materials (pictured). Watch this space for news about their first product – a multi-purpose, modular and repairable blender.

Moving Light System

Moving Light System is an adaptive shading system that reduces carbon emissions from buildings. Using sustainable materials, the sophisticated set-up prevents both overheating in hot weather and under-cooling in cold.

VYLD

VYLD designed a new solution to the problem of plastic waste arising from menstrual health products. Their innovative use of seaweed as a base material for their products makes them both bio- and marine-degradable, allowing resources to return to nature. VYLD’s Circular Together Demo Day pitch won the interest of impact investors in attendance, leading to the team securing pre-seed funding shortly afterwards.

The next edition of Circular Together is open for applications from early-stage, Berlin-based circular economy ventures. If your idea is ready to take advantage of monthly co-founder stipends, access to our coworking space and community of entrepreneurs, and connection to our network of mentors and experts, apply before the next deadline of 6th February 2022 .

F-LANE is a five-week virtual accelerator for impact-driven entrepreneurs who have developed an innovative digital solution that has the potential to impact millions of girls and women around the globe.

In collaboration with the Vodafone Institute for Society and Communications, since 2017, Impact Hub Berlin has helped to design and deliver the programme, which has supported five cohorts of entrepreneurs to scale their impact.

Alumni

Partners

Questions about Impact Hub Berlin's involvement in the F-LANE programme? Ask away! Clara Niedt, Consultancy Team

We’re excited to welcome you to the next edition of this #SustainableFood online event series! Tune in to hear ‘to-the-point’ input from selected expert speakers, and stay for the active discussion to ask your questions. Looking ahead into the new year, we’ll take a look at sustainable food trends in:

Agriculture : agroforestry Deep Dive with Julian Zuth of Berlin’s renowned Michelberger Hotel ;
Consumers : “you are what you eat” Deep Dive with Christine Schäfer of Zürich’s Gottlieb Duttweiler Institut ;
Retail : (Deep Dive speaker TBC)

Whether you’re a sustainable food pro or new to the topic, there will be plenty of interesting food for thought. This series of digital events is co-organised by Impact Hubs in Berlin, Inverness, Islington, Hamburg, King’s Cross, and Vienna. Learn more about Impact Hub Berlin’s Sustainable Food Ecosystem , and sign up for the newsletter to be the first to hear about the next call for applications to our Sustainable Food incubator programme: Feeding the City. Photo credit: Tiny Farms

The New Impact Hub Berlin

Opening Soon!

With our partners LXSY Architekten and TRNSFRM , we’re hard at work prototyping, renovating and hustling, to co-create the CRCLR House – a site built and operated according to sustainable, circular economy principles. This will be a space where you can connect with other innovators, attend inspiring events and access the resources needed to grow your impact. With 25 team offices, maker spaces, a café and rooftop greenhouse, it will be Europe’s largest Impact Hub to date.

Credit: LXSY

More Space for Impact

Since 2014, we’ve run Impact Hub Berlin’s community, coworking space, and consultancy for sustainable and social innovation from our Kreuzberg home. Having grown our local community to over 200 entrepreneurs and supported the growth of hundreds more impact ventures through events, accelerators, and hackathons, the next exciting chapter is now on the horizon – a new home with more space to create impact.

We’re excited that our implementation partner for the interior space design again is LXSY Architekten, the architectural firm that won the German Design Award for their work on our current space.

Want to be one of the first occupants of one of our 100+ desks upon opening?

Credit: LXSY

Why are we taking this step now?

We’re convinced that to build back better after the pandemic, we need to empower a new generation of entrepreneurs – one that focuses on creating a future that works for all. Our ambition to change the economy for the better in the long term can only be achieved if we offer more space to inspire, connect and enable an even larger number of innovators. For more on our mission and vision,

read our impact report

Brewing change

We found the right home in the right environment at the Kindl Areal in Rollbergstraße in Berlin-Neukölln. The Kindl Areal is already home to a number of sustainable and socially-oriented organisations, including CRCLR, whose purpose is to drive Berlin’s development towards a circular economy – one in which resources are reused and repurposed instead of wasted.

Over the past few years, the CRCLR team has played a central role in planning the conversion of the former Kindl warehouse, known as the CRCLR House. This building will soon become the new home of Impact Hub Berlin, and will serve as a lighthouse project for circular architecture and sustainable operations.

Where impact happens

A home for our ecosystems

We’ve also sharpened our thematic focus in line with this next big step. From this year on, we’re focussing on supporting innovation and entrepreneurship in four key ecosystems: diversity and inclusion, sustainable food, green technology, and the circular economy. Each of these impact ecosystems comprises events, publications, innovation programmes, and – of course – our local and global community of changemakers.

Credit: Open Funk

Circular Economy Ecosystem | We must rapidly reduce waste by transforming our economy from linear (take, make, waste) to circular (reduce, reuse, recycle).

Credit: The Good Run

Diversity and Inclusion Ecosystem | A diverse and inclusive world, irrespective of gender, race, age, ethnicity, religion, income, or any other factor, is the only one we want to be a part of.

Credit: Orora Tech

Green Tech Ecosystem | Impact entrepreneurs have the potential to drive the green transition and contribute to ensuring climate justice for all.

Credit: Roots Radicals

Sustainable Food Ecosystem | To ensure a just, healthy, and sustainable future, we need to mainstream innovative food solutions that meet the needs of current and future generations.

Be Part Of The Change

Building on seven years of experience enabling impact entrepreneurs, we’re looking forward to putting all our learnings into action and writing the next chapter of Impact Hub Berlin. And we want you to be a part of it! If you’re interested in coworking or digital membership, then sign up today , or contact our team if you have specific questions.

Join us

Feeding the City is an incubator programme that supports teams in Germany to develop innovative sustainable food solutions in their community by starting a business. Each participating team benefits from:

Mentoring : industry-specific mentoring from food and business experts
Masterclasses : training and mentoring from our consultants and partners on financial planning, impact modelling, and more
Visibility : opportunities for media attention
Office Hours : focused time to work on your business model
Network : access to the Impact Hub global network of 100+ Hubs and over 24,000 members
Partnerships : connection to potential pilot partners