BAOM Eco Solutions And BioAge Win The 2023 FNF GreenPitch Challenge
BAOM Eco Solutions And BioAge Win The 2023 FNF GreenPitch Challenge. BAOM Eco Solutions (startup) and Biological Agricultural Era (BioAge) (pre-growth) are the 2023 GreenPitch Challenge winners.
These green economy innovators were chosen by two separate panels of judges during a pitch event hosted by GreenCape in partnership with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom on 27 July. The judging panel consisted of representatives from Holocene, French South African Tech Labs, Viridian, WWF-SA, Ushiri, DBSA, Sarebi, Savant, Edge Growth and Untapped Global. Also present were the South African SME Fund, the Green Outcomes Fund, African Angel Academy, GEAPP and other green finance ecosystem partners.
BAOM Eco Solutions is a biotech startup developing 100% home-compostable biofilms as alternatives to flexible plastics. With five effective prototype categories, their goal is to replace single-use plastics with a cost-effective, locally sourced, earth-friendly solution.
“The GreenPitch challenge was an incredible opportunity to be involved in, from innovative inspiration to partnering networks and highly valuable business-concept workshopping. Gaining access to such incredible minds and support was invaluable. BAOM is over the moon to have won the startup category and shared in this rare opportunity to accelerate green economic businesses forward. Thank you to Green Cape and all the sponsors and judges for your dedication to green success,” said Chloe Cormack, BAOM co-founder and business development lead. “So glad we participated in this awesome challenge. Thank you for believing in BAOM and our projected impact,” said Melian Dott, BAOM co-founder and product development lead.
Biological Agricultural Era (BioAge) is an agri-biotech startup that integrates propitious solution for the agricultural sector of South Africa. The flagship product ‘Nitro-Gro’ is liquid organic fertilizer and plant bio-stimulant. “The experience for BioAge has been phenomenal and created a pathway to scale our footprint across South Africa,” said Reuben Riley, BioAge founder and CEO, who was joined on the day by Solomzi Xintolo, BioAge founder and COO.
” In the field of green technology, this event marks a big milestone in our collective efforts to foster innovation and sustainability,” said Wayne Alexander from FNF. “By partnering with GreenCape, we aim to create an impetus for green technology that will help build a more sustainable future,” he added.
The two winners will now each receive a set of prizes sponsored by RMB Ventures, Google Startups for Sustainable Development, LaunchLab, sarebi, AltGen and The Ethical Agency.
