Circular Industrial Economy

Technologies for waste reduction, sustainability & efficiency

Connect by Mar 31 '21

Jun 7-Jul 16 '21 (6 weeks)

Chicago, US

The program is designed to take early-stage international startups to scale-up via a hands-on, structured investment program using Sente's proven methodology, tools, mentors and networks, makes investments in the top prospects, and connects them with Sente's network of corporate partners, mentors and logistics tech investors.

The program is focused on early-stage companies with solutions in the following areas. Applicants are post R&D stage (MVP ready or < 6 months away).

* CO₂ Capture & Reduction
* New & Upcycled Materials
* Clean Energy
* Waste Reduction
* Water Management
* Process Improvements
* Sustainable Supply Chain

The program has a robust set of industrial partners looking for pilot projects, backed by a built-in pre-seed investment model ($75k-125k) and great set of mentors representing both industrial and investment expertise.

More at https://sente.link more

Funds up to ^$125K per team

Takes 5% equity

Funds 5 startups per year

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Team

Why did you start this company? What excites you about it?
How did you meet your co-founders?
How long have you worked together? This can include time that *all* founders have worked together on a prior project or company.
If accepted, will you work full time on this startup with no other external obligations?

Customers

Describe the problem you are solving
How are your customers solving that problem today?
What is your solution to that problem? (If you have unique technology or unique business model, please describe)
Who are your competitors and how are you different? Please include URLs
How many customers/users do you currently have?
How do you plan to acquire customers?

Traction

What progress have you made in the last six months?
What steps have you taken to validate the market?
What is your revenue model or expected revenue model?
If your revenue model is "Other" please describe?
What is your monthly growth rate? Revenue or customers/users
Provide a 1 minute video of your product or technology. Please *only* post a video demo of your product or prototype. Videos longer than 1 minute will not be viewed Please submit your video as a YouTube or Vimeo URL. Do not password protect your video (you should be able to make it non-public/unlisted so that only directly visiting the URL shows the video).
Paste YouTube or Vimeo URL Link (ex. www.youtube.com/foo)
Please provide your latest investor pitch deck (Max file size 30MB.)

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