Join Our Core 2014 Stories
Here are some of the clever cookies from 2014 who took the biscuit with their Join Our Core ideas. This brilliant bunch blew the judges away with their projects, find out more here!
Katharine Hibbert
Dot Dot Dot: UK
Dot Dot Dot is a cool housing social enterprise that lets people who do great volunteering live as property guardians in buildings that would otherwise be empty.
Aoibheann O'Brien
Food Cloud: Ireland
FoodCloud is a super innovative virtual foodbank that connects businesses that have too much food with charities that have too little.
We do this with the use of a snazzy app, legal contracts (to make sure everyone follows all the food safety rules), and network of businesses and charities willing to restore some of that old Irish community spirit based on shared food.
Daniel Saroori
Comeback Industries: Denmark
Comeback Industries is a unique incubation hub in Denmark that helps marginalised youth develop their skills, confidence, and mindset to be successful entrepreneurs.
Christoph Müller - Dechent
FoodLoop: Germany
FoodLoop is a truly innovative platform that offers the Food Retail Industry the first channel to promote discounted best before date deals in real time on an app.
Alexandre Laing
Bulb In Town: France
Bulb in Town is a cool civic engagement platform that brings the power back to local communities and helps projects come to life.
Mel Ruff
Ruffboards: Austria
Ruffboards is a super cool longboard brand out of Vienna, Austria that produces uniquely designed, upcycled boards with a soul - mindful of people and the planet.
Matthijs Guichelaar
Vandebron: Netherlands
Vandebron is a seriously awesome online energy marketplace which allows anyone who generates renewable energy to sell their yield directly to consumers.
Manuel Klarmann
Eaternity: Switzerland
Eaternity is an innovative start up in Switzerland that aims to provide everyone with access to climate-friendly diet.
Through life-cycle analysis of ingredients, we help restaurants and consumers make climate-friendly food choices. We are developing a cloud application for restaurants, on a mission to scale impact. We revolutionize the way kitchens operate by providing smart insights into the supply chain which allow restaurants to make responsible choices that benefit the people, the planet, and their profit!
Nargis Rahimi
Shifo Foundation: Sweden
Shifo is on a giant mission to improve child health by ensuring that every child is registered and followed up to receive life saving vaccines.