Startups 2025

circuly knows the pain points of scaling subscription models - after all, our founder began developing circuly in 2018 as a retailer who found no fitting SaaS to solve them. Since then, circuly’s circular-economy solution has matured to cater to physical product, consumable and digital subscriptions. circuly’s solution & team now serve ±50 brands/retailers (e.g. Riese & Müller, StrollMe, swing2sleep, bugaboo) in 17 countries on 5 continents and our USP’s have us poised to dominate the e-commerce subscription sector.

Problem: Changing consumers, stricter regulations and tough economies increasingly demand that retailers offer “circular economy” solutions like subscribing to products, but to manage and scale this model, retailers need a mature SaaS that masters subscriptions of physical products.

Solution: While most SaaS solutions which focus on digital subscriptions or subscription financing, circuly specializes in the management and scaling of physical product subscriptions.

everwave cleans up the environment: garbage boats are used to prevent waste from entering the oceans. Artificial intelligence assists in the cleanup missions to detect and analyze waste. The collected material is then recycled through environmentally friendly processes and, in addition, the public is made aware of environmental issues. everwave is organizing long-term and holistic cleanup projects e.g. in Thailand, Cambodia or Albania to ensure clean waters. Until today everwave has already collected over 1.9 million kilograms of waste from rivers.

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Glacier Carbon Reduction is an international team of climate, product and community experts. They are united by the desire to leave a planet worth living on for future generations and to take action against the climate crisis. They are convinced that there are people with a passion for climate protection in every company who can get the ball rolling. 

KLU Kühne Logistics University is a leading state-recognized and highly ranked international university headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, with an additional location currently being established in Saigon, Vietnam. Committed to empowering leaders with a strong operations mindset, KLU offers programs in business and management, data science and analytics, as well as specialized programs in logistics, operations, and supply chain management.
Our program portfolio of our Executive Education & Business Solutions Unit offers a great variety of part-time studies such as an MBA in Leadership and Supply Chain Management, a Master Program in Sustainable Management and Operations (SuMO), certificate programs in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, corporate education programs and online sessions addressing new topics and current developments in the world of logistics and supply chain management. 
 

ocell is a Munich-based green-tech startup and the market leader in digital forest management in Germany.

Using AI, ocell creates digital twins of forests based on more than 70 data sources, accessible through the Dynamic Forest App.

Dynamic Forest enables forest enterprises to manage their forest areas efficiently and sustainably while digitizing every step of their operations.

This foundation allows for the development of transparent, measurable climate projects that recognize and reward the ecosystem services provided by forests – because forest transformation can only succeed when ecological and economic goals are aligned.

Save the Children is the largest independent children's rights organization in the world. It works to promote children's rights in Germany and 120 other countries, and particularly in partnership with companies:
We collaborate with strong partners worldwide so that we can improve the lives of as many children as possible in the long term. We actively approach companies and foundations to offer them solutions so that they can stand up for children. We are convinced that together we can achieve the best for children.
In addition, as a consulting and implementation partner for corporate due diligence in supply chains we offer impact-based activities related to children's rights. Through our years of experience in sourcing countries, effective measures can be taken to prevent and remedy child rights violations, particularly child labour.
As a strong partner for the “S” in “ESG” we can offer suitable opportunities for cooperation for every company.
 

Website: www.savethechildren.de/

With SUSTAYN, you inspire your employees for sustainable topics, motivate them to act sustainably and to help shape sustainability in the company. SUSTAYN is the platform for more sustainability in your company! With playful microlearning, quizzes, news, tips & tricks, we provide you with the necessary knowledge to initiate sustainable changes. Your users will find our currency, the SUSTAYNs, throughout the app. These coins can be collected again and again and can even be collected in the analogue world with the help of NFC chips and the smartphone. The coins can then be redeemed for personal rewards or, depending on your wishes, also for co-determination according to the crowdfunding principle for sustainability measures. Our library delivers over 500 measures, actions, benefits and personal rewards!

For more information, visit sustayn.de

The future is made of forests – let’s build rainforests against climate change

In the midst of the climate and species crisis, The Generation Forest offers a sustainable, nature-based solution to combat climate change and global warming: genetic forests.

Our concept represents a holistic solution to protect the rainforests.
To counteract global deforestation, we as a cooperative plant tropical forests in Panama, which naturally remove CO₂ from the atmosphere and at the same time create new habitats for animals and plants - for a healthy, liveable planet.

We are convinced that the major challenges of our time can only be solved by working together and involving all stakeholders. We offer companies a holistic and nature-based solution that is equally effective in tackling the climate and biodiversity crisis and improving people's living conditions.

It’s about more than compensation.