Welcome to the June edition of Larta Institute’s Sustainability Innovators Monthly Newsletter!
This month, we’re shining a light on the trailblazers in our network with alumni spotlights, while gearing up for a packed summer of events and opportunities.
Read on for highlights, announcements, and ways to stay engaged!
—— Upcoming Events——
and Other Opportunities
Session 1: Advances in Food Safety
This session will spotlight SBIR-backed innovations focused on food safety, featuring two companies developing tools and systems to reduce contamination risks, streamline monitoring, and improve supply chain resilience.
This session will focus on three SBIR-backed companies with emerging solutions in robotics, control systems, and smart factory tools. Presentations will be followed by a live Q&A and optional breakout rooms for direct engagement.
Smart Port Challenge (SPC) is an annual innovation challenge organized by PIER71 to attract startups with breakthrough technology-driven solutions to step forward and address key challenges faced by the maritime industry. Over the course of 10-weeks, the startups will delve into a world of opportunities to refine their products and solutions, broaden their horizons and establish significant relationships within the maritime industry.
Join the USDA Southwest Regional Food Business Center on July 16th from 3-4PM PT for their quarterly webinar series to learn how Food Hubs can fulfill market gaps for small and mid-sized farmers and farm producers. This webinar series is free and open for all to attend.
Hosted by Larta Institute and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), this virtual event marks the culmination of the NOAA SBIR Phase II TABA Program, spotlighting innovative technologies advancing solutions in environmental modeling, coastal and community resilience, hazard detection and extreme events, and ocean observation and data innovation.
Founded in 2011, Black Swift Technologies is working towards providing innovative data gathering solutions to optimize process management in a host of end-user applications such as large scale agriculture, livestock ranching, and disaster relief. Their vision is to increase operational efficiency and reduce costs for end-users by providing targeted information that can be gathered via aerial surveillance without the need for skilled pilots or expensive conventional aircraft.
AirVitalizeis saving lives and the environment by cleaning outdoor air. Outdoor particulate matter pollution is responsible for expedited glacial melt, destruction of fragile water ecosystems, rain acidification, and 1 in 9 premature deaths per year. AirVitalize’s compact, mobile, and filterless device creates 85% healthier air.
Evolution Health is transforming mental health care by delivering evidence-based, scalable digital solutions. With rising global demand and widespread gaps in mental health support, their clinically validated interventions are designed to meet people where they are—on their phones. Backed by real-world results, Evolution Health’s platforms empower individuals, providers, and systems with tools that improve outcomes and increase access.
Partner withus to support or sponsor Larta’s programs and initiatives: Contact Carlos Gutierrez, Chief Development Officer, atcgutierrez@larta.org.
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