Laudato Si' Challenge
VC Fund
Washington, United States
Laudato Si' Challenge is an accelerator for climate change startups. The Laudato Si’ Startup Challenge, inspired by Pope Francis is a global initiative, an urgent call-to-action, that encourages early to mid-stage startups to grow their breakthrough solutions to the world’s boldest challenges. Teams of young people, of all faiths, allbackgrounds, on every continent, are being asked to scale their profitable, innovative and sustainable products and services which address a grand challenge.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 67%
Last updated:
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Industries Laudato Si' Challenge invests in
Stages Laudato Si' Challenge invests in
Countries Laudato Si' Challenge invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Convertible Note
- $100k–$100k
Investment Focus
Industry
- Manufacturing 2 (33%)
- Sustainability 2 (33%)
- Solar 1 (17%)
- Energy 1 (17%)
- Internet 1 (17%)
Stage
- Convertible Note 3 (50%)
- Seed 1 (17%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (17%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (17%)
Country
- United States 2 (33%)
- China 1 (17%)
- United Kingdom 1 (17%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ahmad Ashkar
Co-Founder
|
Co-Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Kyle Ballarta
Founding Partner
|
Founding Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Peter Benhur O. Nyeko
Fellow
|
Fellow | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mandulis Energy develops and operates renewable energy projects, with a focus on emerging markets. | $120K / Pre-Seed / Sep 01, 2018 | ||
| Mandulis Energy develops and operates renewable energy projects, with a focus on emerging markets. | $1M / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 27, 2017 | ||
| Bakers, chefs, and food manufacturers are always looking for the next hottest ingredient. People love food that is low in calories, nutritious, and sustainable. They at RISE have the perfect product. Their flour has more protein than chicken, with none of the associated calories and cholesterol. They have 12 times the fiber, 2 times the protein and1/3 of the carbs of traditional flour. Their flour is extracted from the barley mash used by microbreweries right here in Brooklyn.Through their patent-pending dehydration and milling technology, they turn spent malted barley from microbreweries into a high protein, high fiber, and low carbohydrate flour. Since there are no additives or processing agents, their flour is completely natural. They work with food manufacturers, restaurant chefs, and bakers to develop new ingredient and recipes that are also sustainable. | $100K / Seed / Jul 31, 2017 | ||
| At pāpr, we’re driving environmental sustainability through the reduction of paper usage in large enterprises. Our flagship product is the easiest, fastest and most inexpensive way to process documents that require signatures within your organization. Our long-term vision is to become the company businesses turn to when they want to go paperless. | Convertible Note / Jul 20, 2017 | ||
| Mandulis Energy develops and operates renewable energy projects, with a focus on emerging markets. | $100K / Convertible Note / Jul 13, 2017 | ||
| Innov8tia Environmental Engineering has developed the world's most advanced industrial sludge treatment solution. The Innov8tia Resource Recovery System reforms hazardous industrial sludge into safe compounds with commercial applications in a process we call molecular recycling. Soil pollution resulting from dumping of industrial sludge is oneof China's largest, fastest growing, and unsolved problems, and Innov8tia has the solution. | $100K / Convertible Note / Jul 01, 2017 |
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FAQ
What does Laudato Si' Challenge invest in?
Laudato Si' Challenge invests primarily in Manufacturing, Sustainability and Solar startups, most often at Convertible Note and Seed stage. Most of the 6 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 Laudato Si' Challenge invest in?
Laudato Si' Challenge typically joins rounds of $100k–$100k at Convertible Note. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Laudato Si' Challenge's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Laudato Si' Challenge took part in.
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Who are the partners at Laudato Si' Challenge?
The team at Laudato Si' Challenge includes Ahmad Ashkar (Co-Founder), Kyle Ballarta (Founding Partner) and Peter Benhur O. Nyeko (Fellow). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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