Sharing app boss in line for… share of $1m prize
TESSA Cook, co-founder of food sharing app Olio and a former boss at payday lender Wonga, is among 30 finalists in the Chivas Venture, a global $1million (£800,000) search to find the next generation of entrepreneurs likely to have a positive impact on the world.
The start-ups identified from thousands of businesses by the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at the University of Oxford range from protein bars made from crickets and shoes made from rubbish, to walls of moss that clean city air, and human waste turned into affordable cooking fuel.
Olio connects people with excess food to neighbours who might want it.
Each finalist will travel to Los Angeles in July to compete for a share of $1million. Meanwhile, Richard Reed, founder of drinks maker Innocent, said at an event hosted by the whisky brand Chivas Regal: ‘Given Brexit and Trump, we now need entrepreneurs more than ever before.’