Future Greens

We are excited to announce our new company direction! It’s been a wild journey this year: we’ve moved into and renovated our new home in Attercliffe, experimented with business models, undertook our first grant and sold fresh greens to the city. To pull this off we designed, built and operated our own proprietary vertical farm and anaerobic digester from scratch. We are extremely proud of the progress our team (David Dixon, Gabrielė Barteškaitė, Alastair Roper and Alexander La Fleur) has made in our first year of full-time work. We couldn’t have done it without the support from our investors SFC Capital, Carbon13 and Ashley Tate. Sheffield has been a brilliant place to start this journey we would like to say thank you to Tom Wolfenden and the team at Sheffield Technology Parks, Our Cow Molly and The Brewery of Saint Mars of the Desert, for all their help and collaboration this year. Our Innovate UK grant with the The University of Sheffield has been a great experience and the researchers Davide Poggio, Jacob Nickles and Ian Lidbury have gone above and beyond in sharing their expertise and we look forwards to continuing this collaboration. But now it's time to start a new chapter… Vertical farming isn’t the only industry that battles with the energy volatility and stringent waste regulation. So we have expanded our horizons to provide a sustainable solution to all food and drink manufacturers. Our focus is to cut operational costs by using biological processes to convert trade effluent and organic waste into energy. Combining our expertise in artificial intelligence, mechanical design and biological systems, we have developed a reactor which can optimize the microbiome, increasing the rate of gas production. This can improve the energy efficiency for large corporates, as well as open the doors of waste-to-energy to SMEs. Going forward, we are planning to patent our reactor and deploy our first paid pilots in 2025, check out our new website for more information on our new direction: https://lnkd.in/en_2P22F

What a brilliant turnout for our new menu launch at Firth Hall today. We had a wonderful time chatting with so many of you - including the fantastic team at Future Greens, a local sustainable farming company who supply some of our key ingredients. It was also great to hear such glowing feedback on our food! Big thanks to all who attended! #catering #events #hospitality #sheffield

Our CEO David Dixon giving a short presentation on our circular urban farming concept 🌱💡♻️ Tune in to hear more about our tech, mission and team 👀

Thrilled to share Future Greens won the Regional Final of Tech Nation Rising Stars🎉 We're in the top 6 of over 400 innovative early-stage UK startups 🤯 This means that in June we'll be representing North England at the Grand Final at LONDON TECH WEEK 2024, pitching in front of the legendary Tej Lalvani from Dragon's Den 🐉 Thanks to the amazing judges Richard Faulkner, Joe Hills, Kimberley Turner, Edward Twiddy for the sharp questions and useful feedback We're gearing up for the next round ✊😉 David Dixon, Alastair Roper, Alexander La Fleur 👏

How great was it to see the return of the Sheffield Digital Showcase this week? Share your highlights in the comments 👇 Massive thanks to our speakers: ⚡ Katie Steele, Founder of Cheribim - 'Data for hard problems' ⚡ Jono West, Co-Founder at Mobile Power - 'Fighting Climate Change in DRC using Battery-Swap Technology' 🎤 Daniel Camilleri, Founder at BOW ⚡David Dixon, Co-founder and CEO of Future Greens - 'Circular Urban Farming' ⚡Dan Rawley, Marketing Manager at Evoluted | Certified B Corp™ and lead organiser of Sheffield DM Thank you to Sheffield Technology Parks for the wonderful event space, and to Chris Dymond for hosting. 📸 Photo by James Morris #techevents #digitalshowcase Emma Marshall

Proud to announce that Future Greens have been selected to join Tech Nation's prestigious Climate Programme for 2024! 🚀📢 This is a fantastic opportunity for us to be a part of a community of innovative climate tech companies revolutionising the fight against climate change 🌱💡 Arda Biomaterials, Bioataraxis Ltd, Really Clever, OTTAN, Glowb, KleanDrive Ltd - KleanBus Ltd, Zedify, Metris Energy, Again, Bower Collective, Dizzie, PACT, Adamo Foods, STRAW INNOVATIONS LTD, Sustained, Seafields Solutions Limited, natcap , Provenance, Spruce, Carno, Furbnow, PES Technologies, Preoptima We are thrilled to collaborate with Tech Nation and fellow founders in achieving environmental impact at scale. 🤝🌎 Stay tuned as we embark on this incredible journey. There’s lots more to come 🌿💚 Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/e7urchrK

Had a great visit to Company Shop in Barnsley last week Their impressive operations redistribute surplus and save tonnes of edible food from going to waste ( 45,000t in this year alone! ) It was interesting learning about the sources of waste in food manufacturing and online retail, and discussing a potential partnership. Huge thanks to Gary Stott, Executive Chairman of Community Shop, for the warm welcome and giving us a tour of their headquarters

Yesterday we held the Emerge Showcase Awards Launch and what a special time it was! Here's a flavour of what happened. We heard from guest speakers Gabrielė Barteškaitė, a recent Sheffield graduate about how she started and is now scaling her business Future Greens and from Emma Marshall about the wide array of support on offer to startup founders across Sheffield and South Yorkshire. We were also privileged to have a fireside chat with Sheffield alumnus, Clive Humby OBE as he shared his story of founding the Tesco Clubcard and what it takes to grow a globally recognised company. Matthew Charlton, Enterprise Manager at The University of Sheffield officially launched the Emerge Showcase Awards that will take place in April 2024 and will be supported by Santander UK Universities. Matt also opened the Future Founders Fund - a series of equity-free grants available to University of Sheffield students to explore, develop and launch a startup. Please see our webage for more details and to apply. The event was also open to staff members. Thank you for your support Yasmin Knight, Helen Smith, David Forrest, María Fernanda Velázquez de la Paz, Sarah Stanley, Philip Strafford, Robert Langley, Katy Whitfield, Andreea Huidan, Hannah Jordan #emergebeenterprising #universityofsheffield #startups #fundingopportunities #challengeledbusinesses #madetogether

Our November issue heavily focuses on the topic of sustainability, and continuing on from her explanation of ways our businesses can be more eco-conscious, Kate Hill from Simoda Limited celebrates the trailblazers from across South Yorkshire who are leading the way when it comes to being sustainable. Featuring Future Greens, Sheffield Action on Plastic, Evoluted and Oyster. Phil Turner