The Disruptors

Are you a climate or impact startup looking for funding? Are you an investor looking for interesting world-positive companies to invest in?

Then let me introduce you to The Startup Tank presented by 4WARD.VC, the ultimate startup investor pitch contest where top climate tech and impact founders pitch to a panel of VCs looking to fund world-positive cleantech, sustainability, health and impact startups looking to move the world forward.

If you've ever wanted a chance to pitch your company or get in front of VCs and angel investors, now is your time to shine.

Learn more and apply at thestartuptank.com

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TODAY'S PRESENTING STARTUPS INCLUDE:

wiCow: Reducing cow birthing deaths from 6% to 1%.

Bomway: The Alibaba of sustainable product/supplier sourcing

DOTS: Soil sensing to stop billions in fertilizer runoff pollution

Materials Nexus: Harnessing AI to develop sustainable new materials

Foodsquared: Upcycling food and drink by-products into plant-based proteins

Voltiris: Transforming greenhouses into renewable solar powerplants

Investor Panelists:

Sven Meyer - Investor at 4Impact VC

Madeline Lawrence - Investor at Peak Capital

Ricardo Camarinha - Investor at Teal Impact

About 4WARD.VC's Angel Syndicate:

4WARD.VC's angel group invests in mission-driven pre seed and seed stage startups moving the world forward by tackling big problems in the areas of commerce/ecommerce, platforms/marketplaces, consumer tech, fintech, cleantech & climate change, B2B/enterprise, hardware-as-a-service and of course software/SaaS.

For more information on 4WARD.VC and our angel syndicate: 4WARD.VC/syndicate

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About The Startup Tank:

YCombinator popularized the demo day. Shark Tank revolutionized the investor pitch. We take the best of both worlds combined with the Covid-fueled remote nature of everything to bring you The Startup Tank Demo Days presented by 4WARD.VC, the startup pitch fest where founders get to pitch to prospective investors, possible cofounders and the tech ecosystem as a whole.

If you’ve ever wanted a chance to pitch your company or get in front of VCs and angel investors, now is your time to shine.

About the host:

Matt Ward is a serial entrepreneur & startup advisor, lead's 4WARD.VC's angel syndicate focused on early-stage climate and impact companies that move the world forward and Venture Partner with Climentu...

Are you a climate or impact startup looking for funding? Are you an investor looking for interesting world-positive companies to invest in?

Welcome to The Startup Tank presented by 4WARD.VC 4WARD.VC angel group, a special Swiss-focused startup pitch competition where founders pitch their project to our investor panel including the Swiss ICT Investor Club (SICTIC), Sparrow Ventures and Wingman as well as investors and VCs tuning in from across the globe.

If you've ever wanted a chance to pitch your company or get in front of VCs and angel investors, now is your time to shine.

Learn more and apply at thestartuptank.com

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Subscribe to The Startup Tank on your favorite podcasting platform of choice:

Apple Podcast | Spotify | Youtube | Google Podcast | Stitcher | Anchor

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PRESENTING STARTUPS INCLUDE:

Voltiris: Transforming greenhouses into renewable solar powerplants

Potiio - Soft drink flavor, 30% less sugar - no artificial flavoring.

Zario - Free yourself from your phone and get on with your life.

Raush: Your travel recommendations bookable directly via social media

Footsnap: Foot scanning to ensure online shoes shopping always fits

Kapsly: An all-in-one startup services for equity platform

Blue Salmon: Aquacultured sustainable Swiss salmon

Investor Panelists:

Thomas Ackermann - Director of SICTIC

Antonia Albert - Investor at Wingman Ventures

Claudius Stammbach - Investor at Sparrow Ventures

About 4WARD.VC's Angel Syndicate:

4WARD.VC's angel group invests in mission-driven pre seed and seed stage startups moving the world forward by tackling big problems in the areas of commerce/ecommerce, platforms/marketplaces, consumer tech, fintech, cleantech & climate change, B2B/enterprise, hardware-as-a-service and of course software/SaaS.

For more information on 4WARD.VC and our angel syndicate: 4WARD.VC/syndicate

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About The Startup Tank:

YCombinator popularized the demo day. Shark Tank revolutionized the investor pitch. We take the best of both worlds combined with the Covid-fueled remote nature of everything to bring you The Startup Tank Demo Days presented by 4WARD.VC, the startup pitch fest where founders get to pitch to prospective investors, possible cofounders and the tech ecosystem as a whole.

If you’ve ever wanted a chance to pitch your company or get in front of VCs and angel investors, now is your time to shine.

About the host:

Matt Ward is a serial entrepreneur & startup advisor, lead's 4WARD.

Frans von der Dunk is a Professor of Space Law at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Director of Black Holes Consultancy, and is generally recognized as one of the world’s leading space law experts. Franz has served as an adviser to a number of governments, the European Commission, ESA, the United Nations, the OECD, various national space agencies, the Association of Space Explorers, the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, and a number of companies. He is Director Public Relations of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL), Member of the Board of the European Centre for Space Law (ECSL), and Member for the Netherlands in the International Law Association's (ILA) Committee on Space Law. He is also Member of the International Editorial Board of 'Space Policy' and many other long acronyms, incredibly important organizations and initiatives focused on space.

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In today's episode we discuss:

* The issue of ownership and sovereignty in space

* How regulation helps and hurts our the future of space

* Why current space treaties are anything but adequate for space exploration

* What you need to know about asteroid mining and space settlements

* The brewing issues in space which could provoke war

* Why solving the Kessler crisis NEEDS to be a top priority for space operators

* Thoughts private enterprises role in space exploration

* What Frans thinks about Trump's Space Force

* The realities of extraterrestrial space life and the law

* What technologies most worry Frans most

* Why social media and data privacy are such big issues to contend with

* The scary truth about cyber, and space

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Russell Gold (@russellgold) is an author and award-winning investigative journalist and energy reporter at The Wall Street Journal best known for covering the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill. They were awarded the Gerald Loeb Award for best business story of the year and were finalists for the Pulitzer. He's the author of The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World and his new book, Superpower: One Man's Quest to Transform Energy tells the story of Michael Skelly, who helped created the wind energy industry in the US in a push for sustainability.

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In today's episode we discuss:

* How to speed the transition to renewable energy

* The pros and cons of fracking and why it has a bad rap

* Why the energy industry is so fragmented in the US

* What we need MOST to see renewables replace the grid

* How batteries are holding back cleantech

* The pros and cons of monopolies in public infrastructure

* Why Silicon Valley doesn't invest much in energy

* How one innovator can change the course of history and energy consumption

* What we NEED to do to combat climate change

* Why Andy thinks going public is the way to go

* Thoughts on Elon, Tesla and the future of transportation

* What will journalism look like in ten years

* Are billionaire-owned media corporations a net positive

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Would you sell your life to save another?

Special forces vet, Samantha Jones, is a lowly bodyguard for Ethan Anderson, the biotech billionaire who revolutionized life extension. But at least she’s got a job, unlike most, and won’t have to sell her organs to support her family. Sure, they’re poor, but she’s got death insurance, and a roof over her head. Life is livable...

Until her daughter is kidnapped and sold for parts, and the ex-assassin snaps.

Someone is going to pay.

Grab the rest today FREE with an Audible trial:

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Would you sell your life to save another?

Special forces vet, Samantha Jones, is a lowly bodyguard for Ethan Anderson, the biotech billionaire who revolutionized life extension. But at least she’s got a job, unlike most, and won’t have to sell her organs to support her family. Sure, they’re poor, but she’s got death insurance, and a roof over her head. Life is livable...

Until her daughter is kidnapped and sold for parts, and the ex-assassin snaps.

Someone is going to pay.

Grab the rest today FREE with an Audible trial:

deathdonor.com

Imagine Game of Thrones, but Neanderthals never died off: MORE INFORMATION AT: neanderthalking.com

It’s 1107, and the once-great Neanderthal empire is no more, laid waste by the dark Sapien king, Isaac, the same bastard who slaughtered the Thal queen’s young heirs. A brutal reversal of medieval power forged in blood and fueled by Sap ingenuity.

But one babe escaped the mad king’s wrath.

Raised the son of a simple Thal herder, Maralek’s a rough lad with the ferocious pride and temper of his ruined people, a scorn for rules and rulers, and less than a little creativity in his thick skull. In a word, your average Neanderthal.

And life’s livable, until King Isaac resumes his bloodthirsty crusade, and Maralek’s forced into slaving shackles. Then, a rowdy caravan, a mysterious gypsy, a whispered prophecy… A whirlwind of devastation and war as his master is murdered, his fate unwoven, and his world ripped asunder in an epic battle to end all.

Neanderthal King is a historic epic YA fantasy by renowned science fiction and fantasy author, Matt Ward, that features savage twists and darker secrets, raging kings and enslaved heirs, and an audaciously ambitious coming of age quest set in an alternative medieval Europe. If you love Brandon Sanderson, Ursula le Guin, or Robin Hobb, or explosive high and low fantasy classics like Lord of the Rings, the Kingkiller Chronicles, and the Earthsea Cycle, you’ll love this heroic historical tale.

For more information, to purchase the complete audio adventure or to download the entire technothriller free with a free trial of Audible, visit neanderthalking.com

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Want to follow along with Maralek's adventure? For a limited time, grab your FREE illustrated map of Tharkal and the six kingdoms of Sapdom by visiting mattwardwrites.com/map.

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More information on the author at mattwardwrites.com.

Imagine Game of Thrones, but Neanderthals never died off: MORE INFORMATION AT: neanderthalking.com

It’s 1107, and the once-great Neanderthal empire is no more, laid waste by the dark Sapien king, Isaac, the same bastard who slaughtered the Thal queen’s young heirs. A brutal reversal of medieval power forged in blood and fueled by Sap ingenuity.

But one babe escaped the mad king’s wrath.

Raised the son of a simple Thal herder, Maralek’s a rough lad with the ferocious pride and temper of his ruined people, a scorn for rules and rulers, and less than a little creativity in his thick skull. In a word, your average Neanderthal.

And life’s livable, until King Isaac resumes his bloodthirsty crusade, and Maralek’s forced into slaving shackles. Then, a rowdy caravan, a mysterious gypsy, a whispered prophecy… A whirlwind of devastation and war as his master is murdered, his fate unwoven, and his world ripped asunder in an epic battle to end all.

Neanderthal King is a historic epic YA fantasy by renowned science fiction and fantasy author, Matt Ward, that features savage twists and darker secrets, raging kings and enslaved heirs, and an audaciously ambitious coming of age quest set in an alternative medieval Europe. If you love Brandon Sanderson, Ursula le Guin, or Robin Hobb, or explosive high and low fantasy classics like Lord of the Rings, the Kingkiller Chronicles, and the Earthsea Cycle, you’ll love this heroic historical tale.

For more information, to purchase the complete audio adventure or to download the entire technothriller free with a free trial of Audible, visit neanderthalking.com

--

Want to follow along with Maralek's adventure? For a limited time, grab your FREE illustrated map of Tharkal and the six kingdoms of Sapdom by visiting mattwardwrites.com/map.

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More information on the author at mattwardwrites.com.

 

Imagine Game of Thrones, but Neanderthals never died off: MORE INFORMATION AT: neanderthalking.com

It’s 1107, and the once-great Neanderthal empire is no more, laid waste by the dark Sapien king, Isaac, the same bastard who slaughtered the Thal queen’s young heirs. A brutal reversal of medieval power forged in blood and fueled by Sap ingenuity.

But one babe escaped the mad king’s wrath.

Raised the son of a simple Thal herder, Maralek’s a rough lad with the ferocious pride and temper of his ruined people, a scorn for rules and rulers, and less than a little creativity in his thick skull. In a word, your average Neanderthal.

And life’s livable, until King Isaac resumes his bloodthirsty crusade, and Maralek’s forced into slaving shackles. Then, a rowdy caravan, a mysterious gypsy, a whispered prophecy… A whirlwind of devastation and war as his master is murdered, his fate unwoven, and his world ripped asunder in an epic battle to end all.

Neanderthal King is a historic epic YA fantasy by renowned science fiction and fantasy author, Matt Ward, that features savage twists and darker secrets, raging kings and enslaved heirs, and an audaciously ambitious coming of age quest set in an alternative medieval Europe. If you love Brandon Sanderson, Ursula le Guin, or Robin Hobb, or explosive high and low fantasy classics like Lord of the Rings, the Kingkiller Chronicles, and the Earthsea Cycle, you’ll love this heroic historical tale.

For more information, to purchase the complete audio adventure or to download the entire technothriller free with a free trial of Audible, visit neanderthalking.com

--

Want to follow along with Maralek's adventure? For a limited time, grab your FREE illustrated map of Tharkal and the six kingdoms of Sapdom by visiting mattwardwrites.com/map.

--

More information on the author at mattwardwrites.com.

 

Imagine Game of Thrones, but Neanderthals never died off

It’s 1107, and the once-great Neanderthal empire is no more, laid waste by the dark Sapien king, Isaac, the same bastard who slaughtered the Thal queen’s young heirs. A brutal reversal of medieval power forged in blood and fueled by Sap ingenuity.

But one babe escaped the mad king’s wrath.

Raised the son of a simple Thal herder, Maralek’s a rough lad with the ferocious pride and temper of his ruined people, a scorn for rules and rulers, and less than a little creativity in his thick skull. In a word, your average Neanderthal.

And life’s livable, until King Isaac resumes his bloodthirsty crusade, and Maralek’s forced into slaving shackles. Then, a rowdy caravan, a mysterious gypsy, a whispered prophecy… A whirlwind of devastation and war as his master is murdered, his fate unwoven, and his world ripped asunder in an epic battle to end all.

Neanderthal King is a historic epic YA fantasy by renowned science fiction and fantasy author, Matt Ward, that features savage twists and darker secrets, raging kings and enslaved heirs, and an audaciously ambitious coming of age quest set in an alternative medieval Europe. If you love Brandon Sanderson, Ursula le Guin, or Robin Hobb, or explosive high and low fantasy classics like Lord of the Rings, the Kingkiller Chronicles, and the Earthsea Cycle, you’ll love this heroic historical tale.

For more information, to purchase the complete audio adventure or to download the entire technothriller free with a free trial of Audible, visit neanderthalking.com

—

Want to follow along with Maralek’s adventure? For a limited time, grab your FREE illustrated map of Tharkal and the six kingdoms of Sapdom by visiting mattwardwrites.com/map.

—

More information on the author at mattwardwrites.com.