2025 NextCycle Colorado Pitch Competition

Join us for the 2025 NextCycle Colorado Pitch Competition, happening on Thursday, May 15 at eTown Hall in Boulder! This inspiring event will feature a lineup of innovative teams presenting their end-market business concepts as they compete for two prizes.

The pitch competition winner will receive a $5,000 cash prize provided by Resource Recycling Systems (RRS). The people’s choice winner will receive a $500 cash prize from the Circular Economy Development Center (CEDC) and registration to the Summit for Recycling Conference, sponsored by Recycle Colorado.

By attending this free event, you'll gain insight into cutting-edge circular economy solutions, meet passionate entrepreneurs, and connect with key players in Colorado’s sustainability ecosystem. Enjoy light bites, a cash bar, and a chance to network with industry leaders, investors, and sustainability advocates.

NextCycle is designed to promote circular economy-based ventures and foster innovation in sustainable design, reuse, repair, compost, recycling or material recovery solutions for end markets in Colorado. NextCycle Colorado is funded by .

The NextCycle Colorado Pitch Competition is happening during Boulder Startup Week! Don’t miss a full week of great events. Check out the schedule here.

2025 NextCycle Colorado Teams

• (Golden, CO) - transforming coffee waste into eco-friendly fire logs and starters.
• Cold Spark (Longmont, CO) - using cryomilling technology to recycle EV batteries and electronic waste.
• (Pueblo, CO) - incorporating recycled plastic into asphalt to create stronger, more sustainable roads.
• (Laporte, CO) - converting agricultural and forestry waste into biochar.
• Maple Ridge Rubber Paving (Saskatoon, SK, CAN) - engineering recycled rubber into sustainable paving and resurfacing solutions.
• (Denver, CO) - hosting an online marketplace for secondhand furniture and home goods more accessible.
• (Fort Collins, CO) - expanding zero-waste shopping with a mobile delivery service and commercial warehouse.
• (Grand Junction, CO) - repurposing plastic waste into durable, high-quality pavers and landscaping materials.

Judges:

• - Executive Director, Circular Action Alliance
• - Founding Partner, Fractal Climate
• - CEO of Vartega, Inc. (NextCycle Colorado Alumni)
• - Founder and CEO of Trash Panda Disc Golf (NextCycle Colorado Alumni)

Emcee:

• - Founder of Pitch Lab

Thank you to for sponsoring the NextCycle Colorado Pitch Competition!

Thank you to our partners!

Circular Action Alliance

Circular Economy Development Center (CEDC)

Closed Loop Partners

Fractal Climate

Pitch Lab

Recycle Colorado

Resource Recycling Systems (RRS)

Trash Panda

Vartega

Info: Free appetizers and cash bar available on the first floor.

Info: Teams pitching in order: Refound Goods , Cold Spark, The Source Zero, High Plains Biochar

Info: Teams pitching in order: Maple Ridge Rubber Paving, Driven Plastics, SURPStone, Blazin' Joe

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