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SOCAP 2024 Brief & Bold Talk with Jared Yarnall-Schane
FINAL TALK – Nature as Disruptor: Innovations for a Resilient and Circular Economy Have you ever watched beavers make a dam, turning what was once a forest into a pond? They are ecosystem engineers that…
Building a founder community for collective climate action
In today’s fast-paced world, we all seek connection, a sense of belonging and purpose that ties us to something greater than ourselves. The connection between the startup founders in our Ray of Hope Accelerator goes…
How Intentionality Drives Our Startup Selection Process
Intentionality breathes life into our Ray of Hope Accelerator’s mission and into our operations. Our mission is to accelerate the growth of nature-inspired startups to scale systemic solutions to the world’s most pressing environmental challenges.
Meet the 2024 Ray of Hope Accelerator Cohort
The Biomimicry Institute announced the 10 startups selected to participate in the transformational Ray of Hope Accelerator. The six-month accelerator is designed to propel nature-inspired startups towards commercialization through robust training, networking, $15,000 in non-dilutive funding…
An Interview with Sudoc, as They Scale Up Nature-Inspired Chemistry
Our Director of Innovation, Jared Yarnall-Schane, sat down with Roger Berry, CEO of Sudoc, and their investors Job Van Schelven of PureTerra and Martijn van Rheenen of Momentum Capital, to learn more about how this…
Exploring Big Questions at the 2024 Launchpad Retreat
The Biomimicry Institute has completed a weeklong nature immersion as part of our Launchpad Program. We brought together 20 of the most curious and creative minds from around the world in May to share ideas…
Biomimicry Institute Announces Winners of the 2024 Youth Design Challenge
The 2024 Youth Design Challenge saw remarkable participation from across the world, with submissions from 11 countries diving into the biomimicry process under the guidance of dedicated educators and mentors. From tackling issues ranging from…
Why We Evolved Ray of Hope from a Prize to an Accelerator
We know that to have a healthy and resilient ecosystem we need the entire system to work together. There cannot be one winner. The Ray of Hope Accelerator will support the technologies, industries, and people…
Can Brainless Life Have Answers That We Don’t?
What does it mean when the most powerful and well-funded organizations, NASA to the United Nations, turn to a brainless blob for answers?
