Circular Economy

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North America and Asia Pacific

10 weeks

Startups and non-profit organizations

Google for Startups Accelerator: Circular Economy is a 10-week virtual accelerator program for Seed to Series A technology startups and non-profit organizations based in North America and Asia Pacific. The accelerator is designed to bring the best of Google's programs, products, people, network and technology to those working towards a waste-free world.

North America and Asia Pacific

10 weeks

Startups and non-profit organizations

This program is no longer active

If you are interested in a different program in the region,
please see this website.

About the program

About the program

A global series of programs
Each cohort of 10-15 startups comes together to tackle technical challenges that can help grow their businesses through a mix of remote and in-person, 1-to-1, group learning sessions, and sprint projects.

Dedicated expert help
Founders outline the top technical challenges for their startup, and are paired with experts from Google and the industry to solve those challenges and grow their business.

Specialist deep dives
Accelerators include deep dives and workshops focused on product design, customer acquisition, and leadership development for founders.

Google for Startups Cloud program
Eligible participants receive up to $350,000 in Google Cloud credits, dedicated support from startup experts, technical training and access to key industry events. Find out more.

Additionally, participants are eligible to receive 30 days of free Cloud TPU access through the TPU Research Cloud program to accelerate their open-source machine learning research. Find out more.

Key benefits

Equity-free support

Ten weeks of equity-free support
Mentoring

Mentoring from 20+ Google teams
Training

Training on design, marketing, and leadership
Strategic support

Support on company and product strategy
Google product credits

Eligible startups receive product credits
Early access

Early access to new Google products and tools
Access to experts

Access to Google's network of industry experts
Technical project partnership

Work hand in hand with experts from Google on your biggest tech challenges.

Criteria

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Criteria

Startups demonstrating traction, ideally between Seed and Series A stage
Building a scalable product or service with a significant total addressable market and defensible growth model
Deeply technical, preferably leveraging technologies like machine learning and AI
Commitment from CTO and/or technical roles to participate and engage in required program sessions
We are committed to building accelerator classes with great startups, and encourage applications from all qualified startups

Accelerator Alumni

Beni's free browser extension instantly shows you the best resale listings while you shop your favorite brands online.

location_on Santa Barbara, California, USA

BinIt is using Computer Vision to digitize the world's circular economy.

location_on New York, New York, USA

HAMMOQ provides artificial intelligence solutions for large scale processing and re-commerce of secondhand goods.

location_on Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Ishitva makes automation solutions for sorting of recyclable materials using Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and IoT. It has developed complete range of offerings starting from AI powered air sorter and robotic sorter to fully automated Material Recovery Facilities.

location_on Ahmedabad, India

Everything retailers need for sustainable packaging.

location_on Tucson, Arizona, USA

AI Food-scanning solutions to analyze food type/volume, enabling data-backed food waste reduction, sustainability, nutrition intake analysis, and much more.

location_on Incheon, South Korea

PackAge+ creates package as a service(PaaS), providing sustainable circular-packaging solution for all industries to reduce carbon emission.

location_on Taipei, Taiwan

Relove powers fashion brands with technology to enable resale and liquidate damaged inventory.

location_on Mumbai, India

Strella predicts shelf life to reduce food waste and improve quality in the produce supply chain.

location_on Seattle, Washington, USA

Beni's free browser extension instantly shows you the best resale listings while you shop your favorite brands online.

location_on Santa Barbara, California, USA

location_on Ahmedabad, India

SuperCircle has built the tech and reverse logistics operations for brands and organizations to participate in the circular economy at scale, drive revenue through recycling and make an impact towards ending textile waste.

location_on New York, New York, USA