TechRound is excited to announce the winners of our Sustainability60 2025!
TechRound is proud to announce the winners of our Sustainability60 campaign 2025, celebrating the entrepreneurs and companies looking to supercharge sustainability.
At TechRound, we believe that innovation and impact go hand in hand- and this year’s Sustainability60 proves just that. We’re incredibly proud to announce the 60 winners of our 2025 competition, showing the entrepreneurs, startups and businesses working to build a greener world.
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Feedback From The Judges
“Judging the Sustainability60 was no easy task, given the sheer number of impressive entries. From retail and manufacturing to agriculture, energy, and health, the diversity of industries represented really highlights the collective effort towards a more sustainable future, which is extremely inspiring. The entries demonstrated ingenuity and impact, with many also acknowledging the challenges being faced and how they were being overcome, which provided really valuable insight. Thanks to everyone who entered.”
Alice Regester, Co-Founder and CEO of 33Seconds
“The Sustainability60 competition showcased impressive innovations that are aiming to tackle monumental challenges in the world. I was particularly amazed to see the developments happening in traditional industries such as agriculture, mining, IT, and consumer products. The distinguished entries demonstrated a combination of innovation, scale of impact, and ability to tackle hard to solve problems. These companies have proved that entrepreneurship can effectively address our most pressing environmental challenges while building viable businesses.Thank you, TechRound, for the opportunity, and the participant companies for their contributions!”
Saee Pansare, Product Manager at DoorDash
“This is my third year judging the Sustainability60, and every year gets better and better. It has been amazing to read about the immense amount of innovation that exists in the space, and the brilliant minds behind these global problems. At TechRound, we have always been passionate about celebrating startups, and this roundup is the perfect example of what businesses can do to better the world. A huge congratulations to all of our winners – it has been truly so deserved!”
Dana Leigh, Editor at TechRound
“I was incredibly impressed by the range of businesses that applied, and the scope of the sustainability challenges targeted. All of the applicants should be proud of their achievements thus far, and continue to push on to meet the ambitious goals they have set for the future. The stand out applicants proposed truly innovative solutions aimed at tackling modern problems with huge upsides to sustainability. While all of the companies espoused their sustainability credentials, the top applicants made sustainability core to their product or service offerings providing truly original technology to the market.”
Tomas Karger, a Partner on our Energy & Environment team for Marks & Clerk LLP
“I’ve really enjoyed judging these entries, they highlight so many of the key sectors we need to focus on to reach net zero. Tackling the climate crisis is no small task; it requires collaboration across industries and a constant drive for innovation. It’s been great to see that innovation shine through, especially in smart solar solutions that make renewable energy more accessible. The EV market solutions also stood out, addressing some of the big social and environmental challenges we need to overcome for widespread adoption. These ideas show just how powerful ESG-driven innovation can be in shaping a greener future.”
Khaled El Hariri, Sustainability Analyst at Ovo
“As co-founder of a fast-growing climate tech solution operating in a competitive space, I know how much work, energy and passion the TechRound Sustainable 60 entrants will have put into turning theirgreat ideas into a viable product or service.
Together, they should give us all cause for optimism: a huge variety of solutions to a huge variety of sustainability issues, with creative, innovative thinkers behind each one.
Congratulations to everyone who entered, and let’s keep up the momentum to create the best solutions possible to the many environmental challenges facing our planet today.”
Raphael Güller, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Sweep
Thank You To Our Judges
Alice Regester, Co-Founder and CEO of 33Seconds
Alice Regester is cofounder and CEO of 33Seconds, an award-winning communications agency specialising in the areas of climate, technology and lifestyle. Alice has been advising technology companies for 20 years, including working with Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis to launch pioneering internet TV Platform Joost, leading UK comms for MySpace, and supporting more than 100 startups and scaleups since launching her own business.
Saee Pansare, Product Manager at DoorDash
Saee Pansare is a Product Manager building sustainable food systems through technology and innovation. As a Product Manager in food and grocery e-commerce, she drives initiatives that bridge the gap between consumer needs and accessible nutrition. Her work spans from tackling food security challenges in India through solar dryers to leading waste reduction programs at Blue Apron. Saee’s academic background is in Food Engineering and Technology, with an MBA from Yale University.
Dana Leigh, Editor at TechRound
Dana has been working at TechRound for nearly 5 years, publicising the best new startups the UK and Europe has to offer.
With a strong passion for female leaders and companies with innovative solutions, Dana helps hundreds of companies and entrepreneurs share their stories every year.
Tomas Karger, a Partner on our Energy & Environment team for Marks & Clerk LLP
A registered UK Patent Attorney and Canadian Patent Agent, Tomas specialises in drafting and obtaining patents in energy, wireless power, and telecommunications across North America and Europe. Before joining Marks & Clerk, Tomas brought valuable industry experience from his work in nuclear power engineering.
Khaled El Hariri, Sustainability Analyst at Ovo
Khaled is a sustainability professional with experience in sustainability in different contexts, in both SMEs and larger corporates. He has varied experience – from academic work with the University of Oxford to startup work in carbon accounting and corporate sustainability strategy setting in the energy sector at OVO. His background is in chemical engineering and sustainable energy systems.
Raphael Güller, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Sweep
Raphael is a cofounder and Chief Product Officer at Sweep, where he combines his sensibility for both good design and good business to help companies create a cleaner future. Previously, he served as Creative Director at Zendesk, helping scale the global brand team, and at creative studio Winkreative, sister agency of lifestyle magazine Monocle, where he helped global brands from Lexus to Wimbledon bring their stories to life across print and digital.
