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Climate tech ventures in service of humanity and the planet

We work across industries (Artificial Intelligence, agritech, energy) and stages (MVPs, pilots, scale-ups) to learn and adapt practices.

OCTD contributes to portfolio ventures as an ecosystem coordinator leveraging capabilities such as value chain orchestration and network for
commercialisation

Portfolio of Partner Ventures

Ventures within the OCTD portfolio represent diverse array of technologies and business models, each addressing a critical climate or development challenge.
These are
unique partnerships where OCTD helps innovators achieve commercial success and scale their solutions to a global audience. Our experts support founding teams through commercialisation, sales and accessing new markets, all in aim of transforming credible ideas into sustainable impactful enterprises.

Komunidad
(Climate Action Digital Platform)

Singapore/ The Phillippines

AI powered unified Climate Action Suite that integrates climate risk assessment, sustainability reporting and real-time multi-hazard disaster early warning systems.

Oxford Biodegradable Solutions Limited (OBSL) (OCTD Spinoff) UK

Soil bio-degradable solutions that meet the industry standards and matches the durability of conventional plastic, but biodegrades when it is buried in the soil. Currently under marketing trial and OUI patent filing, proving our model to develop an innovative solution through activating the ecosystem.

Nium
(Green Ammonium)
UK

Decarbonizing the global ammonia market using nanocatalysts and energy-efficient reactors to synthesize ammonia at low pressure and temperature, eliminating the heavy CO2 footprint of traditional process.

LC3
(Green Cement)
Cuba-Switzerland

A sustainable cement alternative made from limestone and calcined clay blend that reduces CO2 emissions up to 40% without requiring expensive plant modifications.

GIVE
(Green Hydrogen)
UK-US

An Oxford University spinout that utilizes solar-powered seawater electrolysis with electrolyte-assisted polarization to reduce the costs of green hydrogen production.

Excyton
(TurboLED®)
UK

Disrupting the display industry with patented TurboLED® technology, which uses stacked, independently controlled pixel units to reduce power consumption by up to 50% while expanding the color gamut to meet Rec. 2020 standards.

Allye Energy
(Energy Storage)
UK

AI-optimized battery energy storage systems that utilize repurposed EV batteries and high-frequency power electronics to provide synthetic grid inertia and sub-millisecond response.

Uptech Labs
(Agritech)
Turkey

Deep-tech agritech solutions based on photon spectrum algorithms and ultra-efficient LEDs that deliver specific wavelengths to plants, achieving 82.6% energy efficiency and 2x faster seed-to-harvest.

Nzatu
(Regenarative Agriculture)
Zambia

Operating Zambian social enterprise integrating regenerative agriculture and biodiversity protection with blockchain-traceable supply chain, enabling to link high-value organic produces to European retail market.

Circular Food EcoSystem
(AI Agritech)
UK

AI-enabled digital platform that applies predictive supply chain optimization to match retail surplus with redistribution providers, diverting organic waste from landfills and reducing methane GHG emissions.

Freshsens
(Agritech)
Turkey

Scaling a wireless IoT-enabled storage technology that extends the shelf-life of high-value perishable produce by up to 400% without chemical preservatives.

Philanthrify
(Blockchain)
UK

Restoring trust in the charity sector by a SaaS platform utilizing blockchain and AI to provide transparency and real-time impact reporting for donors, proven to increase donor contributions by 50%.

Green Hand
(Digital Game)
UK

Culturally inspired role-playing game that integrates Anatolian folklore and Sufi mythology  with climate risk narratives, to engage audiences with contemporary digital storytelling.

VeVax
(Health)
UK

Addressing urgent unmet needs in bacterial vaccine development through innovative

Outer Membrane Vesicle (OMV) technology.

Landmark projects

Google

Overcoming data scarcity in marketing industry at emerging markets

World Food Programme

Developing methodologies to access data during humanitarian emergencies and calculate the cash transfer for beneficiaries.

European Bank of Reconstruction and Development

Developing an alternative credit scoring model for refugees,  and disadvantaged communities for their financial inclusion.

International Organisation for Migration

Capacity building activity to track mobility in Mongolia via mobile phone (CDR) data.

Red Cross

Auditing the blockchain-based cash transfer in Kenya

Meta (Prev. Facebook)

White paper about digital citizenship in Turkiye

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