15 years of Postcode Lotteries Green Challenge – time for a change

13 january 2022

Since 2007 we have been organising the Postcode Lotteries Green Challenge competition. Throughout these 15 years we have seen many great entries, finalists and winners all contributing towards our shared ideal: making the world greener and more sustainable.

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Isabella Palmgren of Sweden wins the 2021 Postcode Lotteries Green Challenge

14 october 2021

Isabella Palmgren of the Swedish green start-up Mimbly has won the 2021 Postcode Lotteries Green Challenge. Five finalists pitched products and services designed to make the world more sustainable to an international jury at the Green Challenge final. The jurors awarded the grand prize of €500,000 to Mimbly for its Mimbox, a technology that recycles washing machine water, saves energy and filters out microplastics from waste streams.

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Drum roll! These are the finalists in the Postcode Lotteries Green Challenge 2021

7 september 2021

The green entrepreneurs behind ChargeBnB (Norway), Liion Power (The Netherlands) Mimbly (Sweden), The Tyre Collective (Great Britain) and Warmduscher (Germany) may count themselves as the finalists of the Postcode Lotteries Green Challenge 2021, the international sustainability competition of the Postcode Lotteries. This summer, they already managed to win a place on the longlist of 25 nominees. Now, they have already secured an amount of at least 100,000 euros for their green business with a place in the finals. The business that will be taking home the grand prize of 500,000 euros will be announced during the finals on 14 October.

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25 start-ups have a chance of winning half a million euros in green business competition

29 july 2021

Postcode Lotteries Green Challenge has announced the 25 start-ups that have made it through the first stages of the international competition supporting green entrepreneurs. A panel of experts selected the start-ups from 574 applications from Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden – countries where Postcode Lotteries are located – to be considered for the grand prize of 500,000 euros to develop their sustainable business. A complete overview of all the nominees can be found here.

 

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574 green start-ups in the running for €500,000

20 april 2021

Last Thursday at 12:00 CEST the entry period of the Postcode Lotteries Green Challenge 2021 closed. In total, 574 green start-ups submitted their business plan and entered this year's edition.

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Former winner of green startup competition receives investment of 100 million dollars

16 april 2021

Ecovative, the pioneer of mycelium materials, raised more than 100 million dollars this month from various investors in order to further expand its production. Ecovative’s founder Eben Bayer was 23 years old when Ecovative was named the first winner in 2008 of the Postcode Lottery Green Challenge, one of the world's largest annual competitions in sustainable business plans.

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Join our interactive FAQ Webinars on 18 March and 1 April

11 march 2021

To make your application process easier and give you an opportunity to ask questions, our partner Impact Hub Amsterdam is hosting two interactive FAQ Webinars.

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€1 million for best sustainable start-ups

1 march 2021

Green start-ups from the Netherlands, Germany, Great Britain, Norway and Sweden, the countries with a Postcode Lottery, can compete for a place in the final of the Postcode Lotteries Green Challenge. 

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British start-up wins half a million euros for sustainable alternative to plastic and bioplastic food packaging

25 february 2021

Postcode Lotteries Green Challenge runner-up prize of 200,000 euros goes to another British start-up for patented, competitively priced and fully recyclable Printed Circuit Board substrate called Soluboard®

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“We've been forced to be very flexible, just like the start-ups entering our competition.”

21 september 2020

Part of the Postcode Lotteries Green Challenge team for nine years, Project Leader and Chair of the Dutch preliminary jury, David van der Leij, plays an integral role in overseeing all elements of the competition.

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