Teams

NextCycle Washington circular economy teams from both our Accelerator Program and Grant Program

 

Showcase Winners: Cohort 3 (2025)

In May 2025, 16 teams pitched their projects to a panel of judges and a live audience. Judges selected the “Best Pitch” award in each category, while attendees voted for the “People’s Choice” awards. In total, $33,000 was awarded to six teams across the categories of Innovation, Organics, and Reuse. Watch back the winning pitches below and visit the NextCycle Washington YouTube channel to see all of Cohort 3’s pitch recordings

Diaper Stork

Best Pitch: Innovation

New Type Group

People’s Choice: Innovation

Cohort 3 (2025)

Bio Fiber Industries

Best Pitch: Organics

OceanMade

People’s Choice: Organics

FanWagn

Best Pitch: Ruse

Kimora Garden

People’s Choice: Reuse

Showcase Winners: Cohort 2 (2024)

In September 2024, after six months of hard work in the Circular Accelerator program, 12 teams pitched their initiatives and competed for $28,000 in awards. Watch back the winning pitches below and visit the NextCycle Washington YouTube channel to see all of Cohort 2’s pitch recordings.

Furniture Repair Bank

Community Group Best Pitch Award

NaturallyContained

Launch Group Best Pitch & People’s Choice Awards

Reclaim Project Recovery

Community Group People’s Choice Award

Revino

Innovation Group Best Pitch & People’s Choice Awards

Cohort 2 (2023-2024)

Showcase Winners: Cohort 1 (2023)

Refugee Artisan Initiative (RAI)

Upstream Award & People’s Choice Award

Ravel

Downstream Award

Restaurant 2 Garden

Community Impact Award

Cohort 1 (2022-2023)

In March 2023, 14 teams pitched their initiatives and competed for $26,000 in awards. Watch back the winning pitches below.

Renew Seed Grant Teams (2023)

In 2023, NextCycle Washington awarded grants to early-stage projects along with light technical support, growth planning, and facilitated networking and matchmaking. Stay tuned for more information on potential grant opportunities in the future.