Hi there. This week we learned that Icelandic startup Controlant is helping secure the global vaccine cold chain. Pretty cool ❄️

Sustainable fashion

Allbirds, Vinted, and TheRealReal. The unicorns making impact fashionable.

• The global apparel market is worth an estimated $1.5T
• Fashion is responsible for 10% of annual global CO2 emissions
• Fashion is a bigger emitter than all international flights and maritime shipping combined
• +25% increase in garment production expected by 2030

From recycled materials and second-hand marketplaces, to supply-chain provenance and virtual clothes, we've mapped 120+ impact startups making the fashion industry more sustainable.

The Italian impact landscape

Italian impact startups have raised more than €110M since 2015, growing 3x in 5 years.

Milan, home to Weschool, leads for investment, followed by Brescia (Inxpect) and Crespina (Enapter). Complied for the first time, explore the Italian startups working to solve UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Also

👩‍💻 Today and tomorrow: EIC Investor Day - Women in tech 2.0. Tune in to see 19 founders pitch their EIC-backed biotech and medtech startups.

🐶 "Beware the tail wagging the dog" - Fred Destin on startup strategy vs. KPIs, a must-read thread for founders (and NEDs).

💥 With 9k+ attendees, the State of European Tech launch must be one of the biggest tech events of the year. See what all the fuss was about, and dive into the data and findings.

✨ Startups are a glimmer of hope in the gloom - The Sunday Times, with Dealroom data (paywall).

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