{"id":97790,"date":"2024-12-11T14:17:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T13:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=97790"},"modified":"2024-12-11T11:17:33","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T10:17:33","slug":"startups-with-giga-ideas-wanted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/startups-mit-giga-ideen-gesucht\/","title":{"rendered":"Startups with giga-ideas for the circular economy wanted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-build-content\"><b>Circular Valley is launching the next round of its international funding programme at the beginning of 2025. Young companies whose ideas avoid emissions on a large scale can apply until 5 January.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-build-content\">Visits to large industrial companies and innovative SMEs, contacts with decision-makers from the German and European economy, their own stand at a major trade fair and workshops with high-calibre coaches and mentors - all this awaits the participants <strong>the next round of the Circular Valley funding programme at the beginning of 2025<\/strong>. Applications for the Accelerator are possible until 5 January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-build-content\">More than 120 start-ups from six continents have developed their business models in Circular Valley to date. The extended Rhine-Ruhr region with its industrial heart and its unique scientific landscape is <strong>has become the Silicon Valley of the circular economy<\/strong>. Numerous co-operations between young and established companies have been established in the large network.<\/p><div class=\"packa-in-post-alle\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"packa-1510281117\"><div id=\"packa-2829949101\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"PJ Self-promotion English 03\"><!--noptimize--><img src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png 840w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-18x5.png 18w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-332x83.png 332w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-664x166.png 664w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-688x172.png 688w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" width=\"840\" height=\"210\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><!--\/noptimize--><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"text-build-content\">This pleasing development will continue in the next round of the funding programme. Start-ups can apply for the programme, <strong>whose ideas prevent emissions on a scale of billions of tonnes (giga-scale)<\/strong>. This is possible in the following nine fields:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"text-build-content\">Building materials<\/li>\n<li class=\"text-build-content\">Capital goods (including equipment for renewable energies)<\/li>\n<li class=\"text-build-content\">Consumer goods<\/li>\n<li class=\"text-build-content\">Agricultural products (focus on biomass for conversion into new materials and ingredients)<\/li>\n<li class=\"text-build-content\">Water (focus on reduced water consumption and recycling utilisation in industry)<\/li>\n<li class=\"text-build-content\">Plastics<\/li>\n<li class=\"text-build-content\">Alternative and renewable raw materials<\/li>\n<li class=\"text-build-content\">Orchestration of the value chain (including packaging, transport, collection)<\/li>\n<li class=\"text-build-content\">Reverse logistics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"text-build-content\">In mid-January, a jury will <strong>15 startups for the new round<\/strong> which will then start at the end of January. Participants will be given a stand at the Circular Valley Convention in D\u00fcsseldorf (12 and 13 March) and will be able to present their business models to several hundred guests at the Circular Valley DemoDay.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source:<\/em> Circular Valley<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Circular Valley is launching the next round of its international funding programme at the beginning of 2025 and is looking for young companies whose ideas avoid emissions on a large scale.","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":97791,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","rank_math_description":"Circular Valley startet die n\u00e4chste Runde seines internationalen F\u00f6rderprogramms und sucht junge Unternehmen, deren Ideen Emissionen im gro\u00dfen Stil vermeiden. 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