A.Team is a professional network for A-Talent to connect and form full-stack teams. It is powered by an invite-only professional network of top independent product builders. Its aim is to help companies keep up and thrive during today’s digital disruptions. A.Team was designed to help companies adapt agilely and build tech in areas outside of their core competencies—to pivot their product and adapt new methods of monetization.
Aku is a financial technology to drive financial inclusion on one mobile device. They provide payments and bring financial services to the doorstep. They support the new business owner in need of the right tools. They offer low-cost, accessible financial services that serve their customers. They radically democratized access to banking and digital payment channels.
Concrete is the most widely used building material on our planet. The only thing mankind uses more of is water. With a wave of urban development coming in the next few decades, concrete is also a rapidly growing trillion-dollar market. However, cement and concrete production is responsible for 8% of the global CO2 emissions, making its growth a big cause for concern. Low-carbon concrete exists - but until now it has been too sophisticated to be produced reliably and on a large scale. It contains very little burnt limestone - responsible for the strength of concrete and CO2 emissions. This makes low-carbon concrete vulnerable to fluctuations in raw materials and operating conditions and thus difficult to produce with reliable quality. Adding to the challenge: the final quality of concrete can only be measured weeks AFTER it has been processed on the construction site - far too late to be corrected. This is why our world is still built on more robust, high-carbon concrete. Using alcemy's software, cement and concrete producers receive precise quality predictions already during production. Based on these prediction models, our AI identifies which production parameters need to be adjusted to mitigate the impact of fluctuations. Thus, the quality of cement and concrete can be optimized BEFORE delivery – for the first time in history. The result is significantly more consistent product quality, allowing producers to safely replace burnt limestone with less expensive, low-carbon materials found in nature. In this way, they can also avoid payments for CO2 emission certificates in the EU. Saving costs, bringing production processes up to speed for 21st century concrete recipes, and saving half of Europe’s CO2 emissions goes hand in hand at alcemy. Join us on our journey to make low-carbon concrete a reality!
Argent is the most simple and secure smart wallet for crypto. It does everything you'd expect from a bank (and more). Without the bank. Earn interest and invest; borrow, store and send. Access DeFi and Dapps in a few taps. Argent was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in London.
Automata is a deep-tech company that creates products that empower people to automate physical work. The company's product, Eva, is a lightweight and affordable robot arm built for professionals in a production line, in a lab, a home workshop or even in a classroom. People don't need to be technical experts to communicate with robots. The web-based software platform can be programmed by anyone, anywhere, any time, from any device, making it easy to reconfigure for a wide range of different tasks. Automata was founded on 2015 and is headquartered in London, England.
Block Renovation is a renovation platform that combines architect-grade design, construction labor, and materials into a streamlined renovation experience. Block’s mission is to give homeowners a better way to improve the spaces they live in, and to give contractors a better way to work. Founded by Koda Wang and Luke Sherwin, Block simplifies a complex and convoluted process and delivers an intuitive experience for completing a beautiful home renovation.
Capi helps businesses in Africa pay their overseas suppliers. Importers of goods in Africa pay up to 10% to settle an invoice and wait weeks for the payment to arrive. We’re on a mission to give businesses in Africa the same price and speed as businesses expect in the US and Europe. We're backed by Firstminute Capital, Y Combinator, Africa Fintech Collective, Musha Ventures, former a16z and YC partners, scouts from a16z and Sequoia, and co-founders and operators from Onfido, Taptap Send, McKinsey, Earnest, GiveDirectly, and Turquoise Mountain.