Incineration in the Circular Economy

Why do startups and corporates need each other, and what makes the partnership work?

Florian Fehr, Managing Director of NEEW Ventures, joins Patrick at IFAT and interviews three founders: Rajiv Singhal from Grensol, Stefan Delinde from Minimise, and Gary Lewis from Resourcify about their businesses and what makes a startup-corporate partnership work.

What you'll hear in this episode: • Why startups and corporates operate at different speeds, and why that difference is the point of the collaboration • Three founders, three completely different business models built around partnering with corporates • What Florian calls the "secret sauce" of a partnership that works

The episode also covers how NEEW Ventures operates as both venture builder and bridge maker for EEW.

This is the final episode of the series Incineration in the Circular Economy, produced in sponsoring partnership with NEEW Ventures.

People Florian Fehr, Managing Director at NEEW Ventures https://www.linkedin.com/in/florianfehr/

Startup Founders: Rajiv Singhal, Grensol Group https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajiv-singhal-008b1b/

Gary Lewis, Resourcify https://www.linkedin.com/in/circular-gary/

Stefan De Linde, Minimise https://www.linkedin.com/in/s-de-linde/

Patrick Hypscher, Circular Business Strategist, PaaS Expert https://www.linkedin.com/in/hypscher/

Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:25 Series recap and episode plan 1:39 Meet Florian and NEEW Ventures 3:28 Why corporates need startups 5:17 Founder spotlight Grensol 12:06 Founder spotlight Minimize 17:15 Founder spotlight Resourcify 20:31 What makes collaborations succeed 23:55 Outro

About NEEW Ventures is a venture builder and subsidiary of EEW Energy from Waste, one of the market leaders for thermal waste treatment in Germany.

Founded in 2021 in Berlin, NEEW Ventures builds startups that use data, AI, and digital tools to create value from waste. Its portfolio includes Wasteer, which uses AI-based waste composition analysis to cut emissions and operating costs at incineration plants, and Minimise, a digital traceability platform for e-waste recycling. NEEW Ventures also runs the Circularity Hub for startups, researchers, and industry professionals, and the Waste & AI Hub (WAIH), connecting AI experts with waste industry operators. Find out more at: neew-ventures.com

Further Links https://www.neew-ventures.com/

https://www.eew-energyfromwaste.com/

Startups: Grensol: grensolgroup.com Minimise: registry.minimise.today Resourcify: resourcify.com

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