Zume

We cannot help but root for Alex Garden, the founder of Zume. After raising over USD 400 million for his original robotic pizza business, he shut down that business just before the pandemic and pivoted to making sustainable food packaging.

If he pulls off the transition, not only will Zume help disrupt the USD 320 billion single-use plastic market, but we would also love to imagine him inspiring a swathe of other entrepreneurs, to shift their businesses towards creating plastic-free solutions. Because we need an army.