H&M Foundation - Global Change Award
VC Fund
H&M Foundation - Global Change Award is a VC fund focused on Textiles and Biotechnology. Award for fashion start-ups
- Total investments:
- 25
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 92%
Last updated:
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Industries H&M Foundation - Global Change Award invests in
Stages H&M Foundation - Global Change Award invests in
Countries H&M Foundation - Global Change Award invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Grant
- $20k–$216k
Investment Focus
Industry
- Textiles 6 (24%)
- Biotechnology 5 (20%)
- Fashion 4 (16%)
- Recycling 4 (16%)
- Waste Management 4 (16%)
Stage
- Grant 12 (48%)
- Seed 1 (4%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (4%)
- Non-equity Assistance 1 (4%)
Country
- United States 4 (16%)
- India 3 (12%)
- United Kingdom 2 (8%)
- Kenya 1 (4%)
- Brazil 1 (4%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Christiane Dolva
Strategy Lead
|
Strategy Lead | Total investments: 10 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tereform is a company that operates in the chemical engineering, manufacturing, and recycling industries. The company's mission is to enable textile-to-textile recycling, addressing the issue of textile waste. Tereform combines various technologies and processes to achieve this goal. The company is particularly focused on promoting circularitywithin the fashion and textile industries, aiming to reduce the environmental impact of these sectors. | $20K / Grant / Jun 08, 2023 | ||
| KBCols sciences is a technology-driven startup in the field of bioprocess technology. | $20K / Grant / Jun 08, 2023 | ||
| ALT TEX is creating sustainable textiles regenerated from post-industrial waste. | $215.6K / Grant / Jun 08, 2023 | ||
| PhycoLabs is a biotech startup that focuses on developing and licensing algae-based technologies, in a business model. | $20K / Grant / Jun 08, 2023 | ||
| Refiberd develops an AI and robotics-based textile recycling system that sorts and recycles unsorted, discarded textiles into new. | $200K / Grant / Jun 08, 2023 | ||
| DyeRecycle develops an innovative dyeing fibers technology using recycled dye from textile waste. DyeRecycle was founded in 2020 and was headquartered in London, England. | $20K / Grant / Jun 08, 2023 | ||
| We are a team of stubborn optimists, researchers, scientists, and social entrepreneurs dedicated to building a just, inclusive planet-positive future for the materials industry. We work at the intersection of a sustainable materials future and regenerative agriculture. We do this by transforming agricultural waste, from smallholder farmingcommunities across Africa, into sustainable alternatives to petroleum-based synthetics. Our mission is to empower smallholder farming communities, promote environmental sustainability, and enhance livelihoods by upcycling agricultural waste into valuable products. We are committed to fostering innovation, environmental responsibility, and social impact. | $200K / Grant / Jun 08, 2023 | ||
| Creating the biodegradable material of the future from graphene that will transform industries and propel them into the future.Nanoloom is a developer of graphene-based sustainable fabrics. It produces sustainable and biodegradable materials from BioHastalexTM, a nanocomposite copolymer based on functionalized graphene oxide. It also provideswaterproofing, providing a versatile and sustainable alternative to environmentally harmful textiles. | $215.6K / Grant / Jun 08, 2023 | ||
| SXD is a fashion company that turns fashion brands' leftover and wasted textiles into beautiful and efficient zero-waste clothing. The company is about maximizing beauty using minimalism. It creates artful, versatile, and functional pieces that produce no waste and reduce the waste left by the fashion industry. It is building a design-techsoftware solution that turns leftover/wasted textiles into beautiful zero-waste clothing at about 55% lower cost. | $215.6K / Grant / Jun 08, 2023 | ||
|
ALGreen.Tech
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$20K / Grant / Jun 08, 2023 | ||
| See all 25 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does H&M Foundation - Global Change Award invest in?
H&M Foundation - Global Change Award invests primarily in Textiles, Biotechnology and Fashion startups, most often at Grant and Seed stage. Most of the 25 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does H&M Foundation - Global Change Award invest in?
H&M Foundation - Global Change Award typically joins rounds of $20k–$216k at Grant. These are whole funding-round sizes, not H&M Foundation - Global Change Award's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds H&M Foundation - Global Change Award took part in.
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Who are the partners at H&M Foundation - Global Change Award?
The team at H&M Foundation - Global Change Award includes Christiane Dolva (Strategy Lead). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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