Innovative clothing design using AI and energy-efficient city planning among eight startups selected for The Liveability Challenge 2025 competition.
The Liveability Challenge 2025: Eight Finalists Vie for Catalytic Funding
The Liveability Challenge (TLC), a global crowdsourcing platform focused on scaling disruptive solutions to tackle climate challenges, has announced the eight finalists for its 2025 edition. The TLC, presented by Temasek Foundation and organized by our website, took place in Singapore on April 1, 2025.
The TLC Grand Finale will be held on May 7, 2025, during Singapore's Ecosperity Week, with two winners receiving S$1 million in catalytic funding each. This year's TLC focused on solutions for decarbonization and cooling Earth.
The eight finalists represent groundbreaking and impactful solutions across various themes. Let's take a closer look at each of them:
- D-CRBN (Belgium): This innovative solution focuses on plasma-based CO2 recycling, aiming for fossil price parity.
- CatAmmon (Israel): CatAmmon presents a solution for "cold" ammonia cracking, using Ruthenium-free, ceramic nanomaterials for Hydrogen generation.
- Cetogenix (New Zealand): This New Zealand-based company transforms urban wastes into renewable natural gas, green ammonia, and other circular bioeconomy products.
- Ayrton Energy Inc (Canada): Ayrton Energy offers a hydrogen storage and transport solution that integrates with existing liquid fuel infrastructure.
- CO2Tech (Australia): CO2Tech provides a cost-effective and compact CO2 capture solution, converting emissions into carbon negative and valuable products.
- Krosslinker Private Limited (Singapore): Krosslinker proposes a zero-energy aerogel coating for cooling cities.
- SXD, Inc (US): SXD uses AI to co-design and scale zero material waste garments, driving material savings, reducing CO2 emissions, and lowering costs.
- Eztia Corp (US): Eztia develops cooling wearables that reduce skin temperature by 10°C.
Meaghan See, Chief Commercial Officer for the organizing website, emphasized the urgency to scale bold, breakthrough technologies for decarbonization and protecting the planet. The TLC Grand Final is a springboard for large-scale deployment of these solutions, unlocking critical investment and forging powerful public-private partnerships to accelerate climate action.
For more information about the TLC, visit The Liveability Challenge website. For enquiries or photos, contact Mark Rao at [email protected].
The TLC 2025 shortlisting panellists include representatives from various organizations such as Eurazeo, Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute, K3 Ventures, National Climate Change Secretariat, SMART Innovation Centre, ST Engineering, Temasek Foundation, and Vertex Holdings. The media coverage should include a mention of The Liveability Challenge, presented by Temasek Foundation and organized by the website.
Our website is Asia Pacific's leading media organization on sustainable development, publishing high-quality, trusted news and views on a wide range of sustainable development and responsible business issues. The TLC 2025 received its highest number of submissions and countries represented since its inception in 2018.
The two of the eight finalists who will be awarded S$1 million each in catalytic funding on May 7, 2025, during Singapore's Ecosperity Week have not been specifically named in the available information. Stay tuned for more updates!
Temasek Foundation supports a diverse range of programmes that uplift lives and communities in Singapore and beyond. The TLC is just one example of their commitment to creating a sustainable future.
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