APAC
Sustainability Edition
Empowering environmental sustainability in the APAC region through collaboration and mentorship
Program Overview
The PepsiCo Greenhouse Accelerator: APAC Sustainability Edition is a pilot-oriented, mentorship-based program pairing innovative startups with PepsiCo executives, designed to help startups in the APAC region develop through business advisory and collaboration. Finalists will bring a diversity of new solutions focused on circular economy, sustainable agriculture, and climate action.
Meet our 2024 Finalists
AIIEV is revolutionizing transportation in Thailand. They empower businesses in Thailand to achieve sustainability and cost savings through a game-changing subscription model for electric conversions, extending the life of existing commercial vehicles.
Alternō is dedicated to pioneering sustainable solutions that reduce carbon emissions across agriculture, industry, and residential heating sectors. Alternō is working to create Asia’s first low-cost thermal energy storage solution for renewable energy, to be deployed widely across the region by 2050.
Captivate Technology’s industrially-proven sponge-like adsorbent (MUF-16) captures carbon dioxide efficiently with a low energy penalty. sieving carbon dioxide from emission streams. Their game-changing technology is bringing cost-effective carbon capture to market.
CIRAC provides a breakthrough technology for recycling one of the most difficult to be recycled packaging waste, aluminum laminated plastic packaging. CIRAC’s technology recycles aluminumlaminated plastic into sustainable aluminum and heavy oil.
ELIoT is decarbonizing the food & beverage industry through cutting-edge energy-shifting devices that optimize green energy usage in point-of-sale cooling appliances. With their innovative plug’n’play batteries, ELIoT is revolutionizing the way energy is consumed in refrigeration systems.
Grac provides affordable waste and recycling solutions for local governments and businesses seeking a smarter, sustainable alternative. Grac’s waste management model in Vietnam and developing countries helps reduce waste, separate waste at source, reduce GHG emissions and build a circular economy.
Mi Terro engineers bio-based, water-degradable, home compostable products to end microplastics and hunger at cheaper price than conventional plastic. Mi Terro is working to ensure there are no more fossil fuel derived materials in our daily products such as takeaway boxes, and more.
Takachar enables communities turn crop and forest residues into higher-value, carbon-negative bioproducts such as fertilizers, chemicals, and biofuels, preventing air pollution and carbon footprint associated with open-air biomass burning.
X-Centric is developing high performance soil testing instruments for accurate, precise and low-cost soil characterisation. Think about it like taking an “X-ray” of your soil to assess its health. X-Centric’s instrumentation, coupled with their mobile app and dashboard provide a fast one stop shop solution to your soil characterization needs.
Wildfire Energy is developing a revolutionary gasification technology for biomass and waste to energy applications. Wildfire has developed a novel, proprietary gasification process to enable cost effective conversion of low value biomass and waste feedstocks into high quality syngas for electricity generation and production of fuels and chemicals.
Program Benefits
What the Greenhouse Accelerator can offer you:
Grants
Learning
Access
Partnership
Mentorship
Growth
Program Focus
Investing in startups that are working to advance the circular economy and sustainable agriculture, and mitigate the impacts of climate change—supporting a more sustainable future for all.
Circular Economy
- Plastic collection, sortation, upcycling
- Improving yield of recycling feedstock
- Plastic leakage reduction
- Chemical container and waste management solutions
- Reusable and innovative packaging materials and models that reduce the environmental impact of packaging in the APAC region
Climate Action
- Renewable energy generation and solutions
- Renewable fuels
- Carbon cooling, capture and storage
- Digitalization and data solutions for carbon reduction
- Greenhouse gas reduction
- Electric vehicles and transport
- Efficient and digital LCA solutions
Sustainable Agriculture
- In-field precision and new energy agriculture technology
- Autonomous equipment for planting, harvesting and disease prevention
- Electrification of transportation and logistics
- Emissions reduction
- Incentive mechanisms for rotation crops, cover crops, no or shallow tillage, and incorporation of crop residues
- Artificial fertilizer alternatives
- Disease treatment technologies
How It Works
Mentorship
COLLABORATION
Grants
Final Prize
Program Timeline
Program Timeline
Applications open
Applications close
Launch Event - Bangkok, Thailand
Learning modules and mentorship
Midpoint virtual event
Final event and winner announcement - Bangkok, Thailand
The Collaborative Journey:
What to Expect
Applications were received
Mentor Pairings
Launch Event, Bangkok, Thailand
• Meet and connect with mentors in-person
• Hear from PepsiCo Executives and industry experts
• Engage in in-depth collaborative objective setting, and develop an Accelerator Action Plan outlining goals, objectives, and steps towards achieving them
• Present about their companies and innovative solution to PepsiCo mentors and Executives, VCs and Investors
… and launch their Greenhouse Accelerator journeys!
Program Midpoint Virtual Event
• Experiences and momentum built during the first half of the program
• Progress to goals and Accelerator Action Plans
• Collaboration with PepsiCo mentors and experts
…and discuss opportunities to continue sharing insights, driving growth, and learning together for the course of the program
Final Event and Winner Announcement, Bangkok, Thailand
• Each finalist will deliver a 5-minute pitch to judges about your innovative solution and acceleration resulting from the Greenhouse Accelerator program
• Esteemed external judges will determine and announce the winner of the $100,000 USD grand prize
Learning Modules
• These modules will be tailored to the needs and objectives of the 10 finalists participating in the 2024 program.
Opportunities
Eligibility Requirements
If you are a startup working in the fields of precision agriculture technology, circular economy, or climate action in the APAC region, we encourage you to apply to our accelerator program.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- Pre-revenue up to $7M USD in sales in the last financial year
- Have business operations in one of the participating APAC region markets (China, Singapore, Thailand, Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand, Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Fiji, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Pacific Islands, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Vietnam)
- Be willing to work with PepsiCo Greenhouse Accelerator mentors throughout the May to September Accelerator program and attend Accelerator events
- Agree to the Terms and Conditions
An external third party will review all submissions. Our selection committee will choose finalists based on the following criteria:
- A clear go-to-market strategy and plan for sustained in-market execution
- Post-prototype, ready for pilot with a multinational corporation or company
- Uniqueness in the market
- Balanced gender and ethnic diversity
- Clear & active social responsibility mission
- Aligned with PepsiCo's Pep+ Sustainability Strategy
- Scalable business model (APAC and global)
- Disruptive, breakthrough, purpose-driven solution or innovation focused on climate solutions, circular economy, sustainable agriculture and/or agrotech technology
Our Partners
PepsiCo is proud to partner with Circulate Capital, Suntory PepsiCo Beverage Vietnam, Suntory Pepsico Beverage Thailand and NIA on the 2024 PepsiCo Greenhouse Accelerator – APAC Sustainability Edition.
Our Yield
Our 2023 Greenhouse Program brought together 10 outstanding innovators across the APAC region resulting in incredible growth and collaboration:
Hear from our
2023 Finalists
APAC 2023 Highlights
The 2023 APAC Greenhouse Accelerator cohort celebrates their achievements at the culmination of the program
PepsiCo mentors kick off the program at the 2023 Launch Event in Singapore
REMAKEHUB meets with their mentors at the 2023 APAC Greenhouse Accelerator Launch Event
Green2Get presents about their circular economy platform with fellow startups, mentors and PepsiCo executives
Climate action pilot: Powered Carbon creates clean energy solution for reducing fertilizer emissions
Aspiring Materials meet their mentors for the first time as they embark on their Greenhouse journey
TURN and their PepsiCo mentors hold a virtual check-in
HRK Group discusses their alternatives to single use plastic packaging to address plastic pollution in Vietnam
Esteemed judges from Circulate Capital, Vista Innovate, AEPW, Tech in Asia and PepsiCo deliberate the final winner
REMAKEHUB presents an upcycled solution for secondary packaging
Adiona introduces their SaaS solution at the 2023 APAC Greenhouse Accelerator Launch Event
Powered Carbon, 2023 APAC Greenhouse Accelerator winner, is awarded the $100,000 USD grant prize
PepsiCo's Sustainability Strategy
Learn More About PepsiCo’s Sustainability Commitments And Pep+ Strategy Here
As one of the world’s most respected food and beverage companies, PepsiCo aims to use their reach and influence to help change the way society operates across the food value chain.
PepsiCo’s sustainable packaging strategy is based on three inter-connected pillars: reduce, recycle, and reinvent. Through each of these pillars, PepsiCo strives to drive change through active partnerships, stakeholder engagement, and by supporting changemakers that are developing sustainable agriculture, circular economy and climate solutions.
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