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🌍✨ Calling all innovative startups! ✨🌍 Do you have a solution that's viable, scalable and aimed at advancing sustainability in San Francisco? If so, we encourage you to submit your application for the Yes SF 2024 Urban Sustainability Challenge! Why should you apply? 🔹 Access resources and support from a global network, including Deloitte, Salesforce, UpLink - World Economic Forum, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, Citi and more! 🔹 Join a community dedicated to driving sustainable change and making a tangible impact in San Francisco 📅 Applications are open until November 3. Learn more and apply 👇 https://lnkd.in/gVKwnRmJ #Sustainability #SanFrancisco

⭐ Reminder ⭐ We're hosting an info session THIS Thursday about the 2024 Yes SF Urban Sustainability Challenge from 10 AM - 11 AM at Yes SF HQ (220 Bush St). More info and registration here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/g85AaNHW

One of the best parts about Yes SF is our incredible community! 🌟 We've been so lucky to have Brenda's French Soul Food serving up delicious treats at some of our events at HQ, including our Grand Opening (we're still dreaming about it)! 😋 Here's a little about Brenda... "Fueled by her passion to share the flavors of her hometown, New Orleans, Brenda transformed a shoddy Tenderloin greasy spoon she found on Craigslist into her dream restaurant. Her culinary empire has since expanded to include Brenda’s Meat & Three on Divisadero and Brenda’s on Broadway in Oakland. Blessed by the hundreds of thousands of guests who have visited from near and far over the years, Brenda’s is still going strong!" Learn more - https://lnkd.in/eACzsXgN #Community #SupportLocal #YesSF

Interested in learning more about the Yes SF Urban Sustainability Challenge? We're hosting a free info session at Yes SF HQ on Thursday, October 17 from 10 AM - 11 AM 🌟 🌱 Learn about how to apply and the criteria to submit 🌱 Hear about the benefits of being a top innovator 🌱 Get all your questions answered! Register here 👉 https://lnkd.in/g85AaNHW 📍 220 Bush St #Sustainability #YesSF Deloitte Salesforce Uplink Citi San Francisco Chamber of Commerce

Top Innovator Tiya Gordon, co-founder of itselectric, joins the World Economic Forum's Meet the Leader podcast to discuss her innovative approach to #EV charging infrastructure. By leveraging her design background, Gordon has developed a solution that bypasses traditional barriers to urban charging deployment. 🎧 Tune in to learn how It's Electric is driving the transition to sustainable transportation: https://ow.ly/469F50TEpKA ✏️ The 2024 Yes San Francisco, Urban Sustainability Challenge is currently open for submissions! We are calling for innovative solutions to improve energy efficiency, sustainable mobility, green urban infrastructure, and resource management. Submit your solution on UpLink today. Citi - Deloitte - Salesforce - Yes SF - San Francisco Chamber of Commerce #urbansustainability #sustainabletransportation #energytransition #netzero #evcharging #electricvehicle #startup #innovation

🌟 Meet Urban Machine! 🌟 one of the 14 innovators selected for the first Yes SF Urban #Sustainability Challenge. Urban Machine is revolutionizing the construction industry by utilizing advanced #robotics and #AI technology to reclaim lumber for reuse. Their groundbreaking approach is transforming wood waste reclamation for C&D waste facilities, demolition contractors, developers and architects. By addressing the industry’s massive waste problem, they have uncovered an opportunity for #sustainable development. 🌍✨ And... our 2024 Urban Sustainability Challenge is NOW Open! Find out more and apply here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gaHr2MDq Deloitte Salesforce Uplink Citi San Francisco Chamber of Commerce

The Yes SF program with World Economic Forum and Deloitte has been a fantastic opportunity to develop our business on the West Coast!

🌟 Meet Babylon Micro-Farms! 🌟 One of 14 innovators selected for the first Yes SF Urban #Sustainability Challenge. It all started with a bold idea: to grow food where it was never thought possible. 🌍✨ Babylon Micro-Farms embarked on a mission to bring the benefit of sustainable hydroponic farming to everyone who needed it. Today, they are turning this vision into reality by empowering people to grow food anywhere. The mission? To create the world’s largest network of distributed indoor farms, bringing people closer to their food. 🌾🏡 Have a sustainability solution for San Francisco?! We're looking for innovators for our second Urban Sustainability Challenge. Apply now ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gaHr2MDq

Meet the Top Innovators driving urban sustainability. Selected as Top Innovators for the Yes San Francisco Urban Sustainability Challenge 2023, these visionary entrepreneurs are pioneering solutions for greener cities. 🔌 itselectric provides affordable curbside EV charging. 🌲 Taro AI offers infrastructure and tree health monitoring with AI. 🔋 POSH Energy creates lithium-iron phosphate battery docks for vehicle use. 🏢 Butlr's AI-powered solution monitors building occupancy to cut emissions. ☀️ Zauben integrates green roofs, solar power, and smart software. 🥕 Babylon Micro-Farms' indoor farming service ensures a consistent supply of fresh produce for businesses and communities. Discover how UpLink is fostering community, connecting innovators with key stakeholders, and helping them navigate the complexities of urban change. Do you have a solution for a more sustainable future? 🇺🇸 The 2024 Yes San Francisco, Urban Sustainability Challenge is seeking innovative start-ups leveraging breakthrough technologies to improve energy efficiency, sustainable mobility, green urban infrastructure, and resource management. Submit your solution on UpLink: https://ow.ly/L7Uj50Tz476 Citi - Deloitte - Salesforce - Yes SF - San Francisco Chamber of Commerce - BuildTech VC - Gensler - At One Ventures - Chambers for Innovation and Clean Energy - Congruent Ventures - être Venture Capital - Gehl - Making Cities for People - Good Machine - JLL Spark - Most Likely To - Recology San Francisco Environment Department - Swissnex in San Francisco - Blackhorn Ventures -

Blinked and the last few weeks flew by with Yes SF! Proud to be part of what this team is accomplishing for San Francisco and the model we’re working to build for other cities. This month, we… 🚀 Launched our 2nd UpLink - World Economic Forum challenge (if you’re an entrepreneur with innovative tech for sustainability, apply here: https://lnkd.in/em-wZtuw)! 🏠 Opened a coworking and community space in downtown SF, run by the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. Learn more about it here: https://lnkd.in/eFxgNfHH 🎤 Hosted a panel and reception with Yes SF Top Innovator itselectric, Deloitte, Salesforce, and WEF leaders at New York #ClimateWeek on how the Yes SF model can be adapted to help make other cities around the world more sustainable, resilient, and equitable. ☁️ Featured multiple Yes SF Top Innovators at Dreamforce (including Butlr, who took home the top prize at Dreampitch!) #entrepreneurs #sustainability #innovation