With the support of Venture Lab, Durham University students and graduates are creating innovative and ambitious startups that positively impact the world. They are tackling issues ranging from food poverty to environmental sustainability.
Meet some of our inspirational founders below:
Alora was built to solve world hunger and is evolving to create the sustainable future of food. It achieves this by creating crops that can grow in high salt conditions such as salt soils in the Mekong Delta or in coastal saltwater on their floating ocean farms.
IMPOSSIBREW has a mission is to create the world's most complete alternative to alcohol that offers an experience beyond taste. It brews top quality, enhanced non-alcoholic beers developed for relaxation to offer a real alternative for those who don't want to drink alcohol, but still want to unwind with a pint.
Sphera is an award-winning speciality materials company focusing on low embodied carbon, next-generation construction material alternatives in the race to Net-Zero. Its products allow the creation of carbon negative concrete blocks with a better thermal insulation and thermal mass than incumbents.
Tred is a consumer fintech whose mission is to make money work for people and the planet. It has created and launched the UK’s first green debit card that lets you track and offset your carbon footprint as you spend, and plants trees with profits.
The Corporate Law Journal is one of the first digital newspapers dedicated to the political, technological, financial and environmental regulatory shifts in the changing world of business and their influence on international deals. It has grown into a large community of legal professionals and enthusiasts.
Key achievements:
Local Energy Systems is a student and graduate collaboration born out of a shared desire to accelerate decentralised energy development by automating the site feasibility process.The company looks to reduce the time and cost to set up small-scale energy projects, supporting communities across the UK.
VT Treatment has changed the world of skincare and the treatment of skin conditions; manufacturing patented skincare products with a particular focus on eczema, psoriasis, and vitiligo. The company also has other UK-registered brands that offer high-quality cosmetic and organic products. The treatments are now found in pharmacies and skincare clinics across the UK and are registered in many countries worldwide.
Charter is scaling spaceflight with the system of record for spacecraft manufacturing to enable superior space engineering and space insurance globally. It has created engineering and manufacturing software tools to enable more teams to build spacecraft faster and more safely, so they can tackle challenges like climate change, natural disasters, agriculture and sustenance, and geopolitical security.
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