This project enables capital providers, startup support organizations and startups to make a climate and sustainability assessment that can serve as a basis for investment decisions.

The project is implemented in cooperation with the research institute Borderstep Institute for Innovation and Sustainability and SDG Investments GmbH.

As this project will enable capital providers, startup promoters and startups themselves to make a precise assessment, we believe it will lead to an increase in investments in startups with high greenhouse gas reduction potential, and to increased climate protection activity by obvious “non-green” startups.

Hence, the aim of the project is to make startups and their climate protection and sustainability potential more visible.

The potential will be calculated more reliable and cost-effective than current approaches with the help of machine learning approaches. To achieve this, powerful data mining and evaluation methods are being developed that combine modern data processing with the expertise of specialists. This enables us to develop web-based assessment services specifically suited for investors, startup promoters and startups. Here, the focus is on time- and cost-efficiency as well as assessment of climate protection and sustainability potentials of innovative startups.