Village Capital’s Sustainability MENA 2021 Accelerator selects 4 startups for investment
Summary
• International Protein (UAE) is an integrated technology company that manufactures, invests and operates ABVRS rendering plants which process animal waste into marketable byproducts in a completely environmentally friendly way. • SunBox (Palestine) provides renewable energy to communities through the sale and installation of batteries, solar panels, and inverters in the Middle East. The remaining companies in the two Sustainability MENA 2021 cohorts were: • Akyas Sanitation (Jordan) offers an accessible and affordable solution that disinfects pathogens within feces to prevent disease transmission. • Plug’n’Grow (Egypt) develops prefabricated agriculture solutions based on hydroponic and aquaponic technologies, that help both open-field and controlled-environment growers to multiply their productivity (up to 25x per square meter) and save more than 90% of water vs. traditional methods. The participants were selected with guidance from the Sustainability MENA Advisory Board and the program was executed with local partners Impact Hub Istanbul and the STEP Group.