Unreasonable Impact World Forum 2021

A collaboration between Barclays and Unreasonable Group

Meet the world’s fastest growing companies tackling the world’s most pressing challenges.

This 60-minute virtual event will be viewable from Nov 10 – 17, 2021

Join us as we bring together remarkable thought-leaders, futurists, business leaders and storytellers on a virtual stage to showcase the best of global innovation.

Unreasonable Impact, a multi-year partnership between Unreasonable and Barclays, provides over 200 ventures with a powerful ecosystem of support that accelerates their growth; broadening the global reach of entrepreneurial solutions that address environmental and social challenges, profitably. The world is facing once-in-a-generation opportunities to reimagine and rebuild an inclusive and prosperous green economy. These are the innovators rising to the challenge and inspiring us all to be part of the solution.

In addition to hearing from leaders at Barclays and Unreasonable, a panel of industry experts and a special guest keynote speaker, you will have the opportunity to customize what you watch from the three following themes featuring up to 24 stories from Unreasonable Impact ventures across the Americas, UK and Europe, and Asia Pacific.

Future of Energy
Future of Supply Chains
Future of Sustainable Living

“Unreasonable is a bit like the TED conference on steroids….but where TED brings luminaries together for a day or two to discuss a particular problem plaguing the world, Unreasonable focuses on the start- up businesses offering solutions to those problems.”

Select Ventures

We’ve scoured the globe to bring together the entrepreneurs creating the companies that we believe represent the future titans of industry. Learn how they’re solving critical global challenges, creating thousands of jobs, and reinventing future economies.

80 Acres Farms

Converting urban spaces into ultra-efficient indoor farms that produce accessible, tasty, and affordable local food year-round.

allplants

Delivering 100 percent hand-prepared, vegan, and sustainable meals to doorsteps across the UK.

Canopy Power

Deploying reliable, renewable electricity supply for remote businesses and communities across Asia Pacific

Deep Branch

Transforming carbon dioxide directly from industrial emissions into a nutritious and sustainable single cell protein.

Dishcraft Robotics

Simplifying dining operations, saving water, and reducing chemical use through robotics dish-washing innovation

Eco Wave Power

Harnessing ocean and sea waves to generate clean and affordable electricity.

eggXYt

Creating a sustainable future for the livestock industry

Frontier Markets

Alleviating poverty by investing in rural households, and especially women

Goterra

Using robots collaborating with insects to decentralise waste management

Greyparrot

Automating waste composition analysis using AI-powered computer vision software

KITRO

Reducing food costs and wasted resources for the hospitality industry.

Lucro

Recycling the hardest to recycle plastics to enable the circular economy

MOVUS

Delivering an all-in-one equipment monitoring solution for smarter and more efficient machinery

MycoTechnology, Inc.

Increasing the availability of healthy, sustainable, and high-quality food options through mushroom fermentation.

Natural Fiber Welding

Transforming the soft-goods material industry from petroleum addiction and linear life-cycles to plant-based, inherent circularity

Oddbox

Rescuing surplus fruit & vegetables directly from farms

Project Etopia

Combining energy, construction and intelligent technologies to create the eco cities of the future.

Sistema.bio

Developing prefabricated modular biodigesters to bring clean energy and sustainable agricultural practices to over 100 million farms.

Smart Joules

Eliminating energy waste through innovations in continuous energy optimization

Solstice

Making local, renewable energy accessible to every American through community solar

TerViva

Growing the world’s most scalable, cost-effective and environmentally friendly source of oil and protein

The Jackfruit Company

Making jackfruit mainstream by providing consumers with this delicious, healthy, sustainably-sourced meat alternative that also improves farmer incomes.

TRENDE

Providing Japan affordable, renewable, and local energy through rooftop solar

TurtleTree Labs

Recreating the full composition, functionality and taste of milk using the latest cutting edge innovation in biotech

Twelve

Recycling CO2 emissions into chemicals and fuels that are cost-competitive with petroleum-sourced products

Zeigo

Helping corporates find renewable energy using smart technology

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is behind this?

This World Forum is an extension of Unreasonable Impact, a multi-year partnership between Barclays and Unreasonable Group supporting growth-stage entrepreneurs solving many of the world’s most pressing issues across the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Co-founded in 2016, Unreasonable Impact actively supports more than 200 companies with operations in over 180 countries. We work exclusively with growth-stage entrepreneurs whose ventures have the potential to employ thousands of people worldwide while solving some of the world’s most pressing social and environmental challenges. Head to the Unreasonable Impact website for more information on this global initiative. You can also read our 2019 Impact Report highlighting our progress to date.

What was the process and criteria you used to select the participating entrepreneurs?

Each company must be focused on solving a pressing societal and/or environmental challenge and have a solution that can scale. The programme selects ventures that demonstrate the potential to introduce at least 500 jobs each over the next five years. Whether the ventures are creating jobs directly through new employment opportunities, or indirectly through the industries they build and the inventions they introduce that enable more people to enter the workplace, each company selected is oriented around job creation.

Unreasonable Impact also targets high-growth companies ready to scale. To source these companies, Unreasonable Impact works with a highly-developed network of mentors, funders, partners, and entrepreneurs to vet, handpick, and selectively invite company CEOs to attend the programme. The programme selection committee then evaluates the company’s ability to scale exponentially, their value alignment with the programme, and the capability of the product or service to both solve social and environmental problems and spur job growth. After multiple rounds of interviews, a final cohort of select entrepreneurs is welcomed into the programme.

What tech will I need in order to join?

You’ll only need your computer, tablet, or smartphone and the URL link we’ll provide by email to stream through your web browser. If you’re experiencing any difficulty, we suggest trying a different browser (Chrome) or changing your device (like a tablet or smartphone).

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This is a live event, the views or opinions expressed by those on stage are those of the individuals speaking and do not represent the views or opinions of the organisers or broadcasters. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Neither the Event nor any information provided by Barclays Capital Inc., any of its affiliates, nor any of their respective officers, directors, agents or employees (collectively, “Barclays”) in connection with the Unreasonable Impact World Forum, constitutes or forms part of an offer to sell or purchase, or the solicitation of an offer to sell or purchase, any securities or any of the businesses or assets of any start-up participant in the Unreasonable Impact World Forum (each, a “Participant”) or an offer or recommendation to enter into any transaction or other relationship, or an offer or commitment to provide, arrange or underwrite any financing.

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