We are at the beginning of a revolution in the way we think about food. We’re realizing that the core components of what we eat can have a profound affect on our bodies, and that the best food for you is highly personal. We see a future where knowledge about food and access to personal information play a much greater role in our everyday lives. Our vision is to create deeply personal recommendations to help people make smarter choices when it comes to food and their well being. From there, we developed a concept for your personal lunch playlist: delivering the city’s greatest dishes to your desk. Life is more hectic than ever. Busy working professionals barely have time to stop and think about lunch. They want food that is delicious and helps them feel their best, but there is just too much to do and the choices are overwhelming. zestly’s recommendation engine matches our users with the right meal for them, based on their taste preferences and how food makes them feel. It’s taking personal recommendations…
Today the majority of the world’s population lives in urban areas. This mass movement to cities has caused a dramatic increase in bicycling across the world. Bicycles are the answer to our dependence on fossil fuels, growing carbon emissions, urban congestion, obesity, and a variety of other health issues. Urban bicycling is guaranteed to be a continuing trend. It is becoming a transit choice as much as it is a lifestyle choice. Bicyclists don’t wear helmets even though they are aware of the inherent dangers of riding a bike without a helmet, simply because they don’t like the way they look. Rind Style Co. is a lifestyle bicycle accessories company offering high-quality helmets and gloves. Rind’s vision is to provide stylish helmets to the casual bikers and commuters, who do not identify with or are unsatisfied with the current limited market offerings. Rind is carefully positioned with the casual and com- muter bicycle market in mind. Rind is dedicated to delivering an exceptional brand experience that wil…
We help companies weave sustainability into their textile products. Texrilla is the leading platform for sustainable-minded businesses that clarifies standards, develops a customized textile product assessment, and provides an implementation plan for growth. Fabric choices have a tremendous impact on the quality of life. Fabric products surround us—on our bodies and in our homes. Although beautiful, over time, they transform into waste. In the U.S. alone, 13 million tons of textile waste is created annually and only 15% of that gets recycled leaving 11 million tons in landfills.(http://www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/materials/ textiles.htm) The U.S. textile industry is toxic, wasteful and is in need of innovation. We believe sustainability is the key that can turn this industry around. Similar to textiles, the organic food industry experienced modest beginnings, but through the catalyst of education and standardization, today sales are at $60 billion. This is an increase of 300% just within the last decade. The …
Madaar is an online and mobile civic media technology platform that seeks to facilitate local and regional social engagement in order to strengthen social bonds within the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) community. A new MENA region is being born through the struggle of those who have come to be known as the “miracle generation.” Intellectuals of the region have coined this term “miracle generation” to describe a generation of young people who are mobilizing at historic levels and pushing for profound social and political changes in their communities. They need tools to enable them to share, organize, coordinate, and spread information at local, national, and sub-regional levels. Madaar is a platform that not only empowers individuals with social networking capacity, but also results in a media publication that, being crowd-sourced, gives voice to ideas and perspectives that may not otherwise receive attention. Madaar’s key features include: 1) multiple user profiles to express different aspects of peo…
Meet Kith & Kin—your invitation to an authentic, homemade meal. In any home. In any part of the world. Kith & Kin is a peer-to-peer online network that connects travelers with locals and offers a unique dining experience within the home. We give people who love to cook a way to share their passion and offer travelers a way to enjoy an authentic cultural experience. It’s a simple concept that works seamlessly. Hosts and guests create profiles on Kith & Kin’s online network, share a little bit about themselves and indicate where and when they would like to share a dinner. Travelers can become a guest at a host’s table—all for the price of an average meal. Guests pay the hosts directly through an easy online transaction at the time of their reservation. The host then shares a small percentage of the revenue with Kith & Kin. Simple. Easy. And affordable. It’s Airbnb meets Opentable within the home. So why now? The market landscape shows an appetite for localism and emerging trends related to shared experiences…