Do you even know those amazing businesses? Biz Decoder #0001
Discover new 5 deeptech and impact companies and entrepreneurs and finally decrypt their business model
Hello everybody and welcome back !
Today we start the very first edition of the Biz Decoder : showcasing impact and deeptech companies that you might never have heard of and with a business perspective. The tech or impact aspect definitely cool but let’s not forget that all of them are running businesses.
I ask them those 8 questions :
Creation date : 20xxx
Founder.s : XXX
Location : XXX
Number of Employees :
Keywords :
My ‘why’ is
Complete this sentence : I help XXX (my customers) XXXXX (advantage of your solution) with XXX (my solution) :
👦🏽👧 Explain to us your business as we were 10 years old kids :
Let’s go and discover the very first 5 startups of the Biz Decoder ! 🥲
WeDoLow
Created in 2022 by Justine Bonnot and Bouygues Telecom Flowers in Rennes, France 🇫🇷
There are now 15 employees (early 2024)
Keywords : software efficiency, optimisation, robotics
In Justine’s own words :
My 'why' is to one day see pride in my little man's eyes, and for him to think that his mum has helped to change things about the impact of digital technology on the environment. Another more personal reason is to bring to fruition this project that my dad saw me carrying at arm's length before he left.
The 'why' behind WedoLow is back to basics. To make it easier to optimise software consumption so that the excuse is no longer "it's too difficult to do it, I'll get a GPU ;)".
WedoLow helps software development team managers optimise the performance and efficiency of the software developed by their teams by providing them with tools.
For 👦🏽👧 : We develop "companion" software to guide developers as they write code. The aim is simple: to show them whether certain areas of their code could be modified to improve performance or consumption.
Thanks Justine!
Want to know more ? https://www.wedolow.com/en/
MEOSS
Created in 2018 by Thomas Ferrero in Toulouse, France
There are now 11 employees in early 2024. (and recruiting !)
Keywords : earth observation, climate change, irrigation, carbon sequestration, sustainable food production, insurance, decision-making tools, agriculture.
I created MEOSS because after several years in public administration, and as a geomatics engineer, I noticed the lack of visibility for all stakeholders on the natural resources of a large territory - especially in the face of climate change. I saw the satellite and the European Copernicus programme as an opportunity, and I seized it by creating MEOSS - the decision-making tool for public and private players who want to know the state of their land.
MEOSS helps governments and private companies (insurances, agricultural co-ops and food corporations) know the exact health of their ground - in terms of carbon, vegetal drought and water.
For 👦🏽👧 : we are making maps telling us what it is inside the ground ! That way, we can all eat now and we will be able to feed everyone in 2050.
Want to know more ? https://meoss.net/en/meoss-maps-earth-observation-satellite-services/
Spaceflight Institute
Creation date : 2020 USA 🇺🇸 - 2023 France 🇫🇷
Founder.s : Stephanie Lizy-Destrez & Jonathan Pickworth
Location : Toulouse, France 🇫🇷
Number of Employees : 4
Keywords : astronaut, human spaceflight, space exploration
My ‘why’ is
Spaceflight Institute helps space agencies and private companies find qualified astronauts and human spaceflight specialists easily by providing a certification in human spaceflight
👦🏽👧 We train astronauts - now on Earth, tomorrow in orbit, on the Moon or on Mars.
Want to know more : https://www.spaceflightinstitute.com/
Light Mirror
Creation: December 2021
Founders: Dimitri Ionescu and Oleksandra Bulanova
Locations : Kaunas, Lithuania 🇱🇹 and a subsidiary in Wroclaw, Poland 🇵🇱
Number of employees : 5
Keywords. : Light-retracing software, Lightweight materials, New Materials, Energy efficiency, smart building, clean energy, clean tech, architecture, WomenInTech, Woman founder, Tech for hospital
My why is we want to control and use sunlight in its light form and also improve the atmosphere in the hospital.
LightMirror helps healthcare property owners renovate their buildings to have more natural daylight in their rooms and reduce their energy needs thanks to reflective panels placed on the roofs of their buildings.
👦🏽👧 We are architects, and we place reflective panels on buildings to redirect light from one part to another. It reduces lighting needs and makes rooms more warm. People heal faster in sunny rooms too.
Want to know more ? https://www.lightmirror-lithuania.com/
Stratolia
Creation : 2022
Founder : Louis (solo founder)
Location : Paris, France (Palaiseau to be precise)
Number of employees : 1
Keywords : High-altitude platform station (fancy term for atmospheric balloon), earth observation, imagery
My ‘why’ is to disrupt the Earth-Observation industry's status-quo methods by smashing the cost of access to high résolution data, then to inspire young ambitious engineers to build industrial companies that will benefit mankind and all future generations.
Stratolia is helping big time :
I help insurance companies quickly and accurately assess damages on automobile parks and solar panel fields with our high-resolution and on-demand imagery service.
I assist urban planners in effectively planning and tracking city development with our detailed imagery covering large urban and peri-urban areas.
I aid farmers in maximizing yields for high-value crops like vines and market gardening, using our advanced imaging technology to monitor crop health.
I help forest managers monitor forest health and certify carbon credits with our precise imagery that covers vast forest expanses.
I support researchers in identifying potential natural H2 production areas by providing detailed images that reveal necessary geological and environmental features.
👦🏽👧
Imagine you have a super special balloon, not like the ones you get at a party, but a really high-tech one. This balloon can go up very high in the sky, but not as high as satellites. Because it's closer to the ground than satellites, it can take super clear and detailed pictures of the earth - like really close-up shots of gardens, trees, houses, and even cars.
And the cool thing about our balloon is that we can decide exactly when to send it up into the sky. This means if someone needs to see what's happening in a specific place at a specific time – like how crowded a beach is during a sunny day or how a farm looks during harvest time – we can do that! Our balloon takes these amazing photos and sends them back to us quickly.
So, our job is like being the pilots of these awesome balloons, sending them up to take special pictures that help people know more about our planet and take care of it better. And that's what we do at Stratolia – we use these special balloons to take the best pictures from the sky at just the right time!
Want to know more ? https://www.stratolia.space
Huge thanks to Justine, Thomas, Stephanie & Jonathan, Dimitri and Louis for the time and see you next week for 5 new exciting businesses !
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Have a wonderful day, and enjoy the end of the week. And go knock out next week !
Jerome ❤️
Let’s go sell the wonders you are working on