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Alex Wright
Co-founder, DASH
Saving wonky veg and making sparkling magic. Meet the founders of DASH.
Anna Brightman
Co-founder of UpCircle
Waste-loving founder siblings Anna and Will founded UpCircle to remove waste and cruelty from skincare.
Emilie Vanpoperinghe
Co-founder of Oddbox.
Odd is good. Oddbox save wonky fruit and veg rejected by supermarkets and deliver them fresh to your door.
Cemal Ezel
Founder, Change Please
Changing the world. One cup of coffee at a time. Cemal took out a Start Up Loan to fund his first coffee cart, and has never looked back.
Louise Avery
Co-founder of L.A. Brewery
Louise started L.A Brewery to brew delicious non-alcoholic drinks that are good for you & good for the planet.
James Cadbury
Love Cocoa
James is forging his own path in the iconic tradition of the Cadbury family.
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