Globally Spotted - Weekly Digest ?# 01

Welcome to Globally Spotted Digest. A weekly round-up of inspiring women-owned and led-companies spotted on our discovery engine at www.globallyspotted.com

Last week we announced the official launch of Globally Spotted. And to celebrate, we decided to publish one spotted company a day, from Monday through to Friday, every week across our Globally Spotted SoMe channels: LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram .

So here's a round-up of last weeks spotted companies.

?Proclaim ?? USA

Founder: Shobha Philips | Globally Spotted by: Babou Olengha-Aaby

Proclaim isn't your typical lingerie brand. Founded by Shobha Philips, this US-based company is redefining #intimates with its range of underwear made of 100% post-consumer #recycled #plastic water bottles. And if that wasn't enough to make you fall in love with them, their commitment to an ethical production process, fair hourly wages and to offering fashion that represent all women might just do the trick. Do you know of any other women-owned apparel brands redefining fashion through sustainable practices?

Conscious City Guides ?? USA

Founder: Nichole Dunst |  Globally Spotted by: Claudia Menger

What do you prefer: fast travel or mindful travel? Conscious City Guides bring a new dimension to travelling by supporting local store-owners, restaurants, cafés and by bringing together locals and tourists.

When Nichole Dunst founded Conscious City Guides little did she know her guides would take on a new meaning under the pandemic. With #Staycation and #LocalTourism becoming the new norm, her guides offer a fresh perspective to exploring cities. From hipsters cafés to minimalist restaurants and sustainable shops and markets, Conscious City Guides covers it all in a mindful way.

Are you travelling in a sustainable way?

Havenly ?? USA

Founder & CEO: Lee Mayer |  Globally Spotted by: Babou Olengha-Aaby

With most of us working from home, our relationship with our #living #space has become, well, let's just say all-encompassing. Our homes have become our prized possession, our sanctuary, our refuge, our isolation pods. No surprise then that there's been an upward curve in spending for all things home décor and home improvement, within the last year. And all that cocooning often comes with a hefty price tag. But here's where Havenly comes in.

Havenly is an online platform, founded by US-based entrepreneur Lee Mayer connects homeowners with professional interior designers. The best thing about Havenly is that it provides a convenient, personal and affordable way to redecorate your home room by room. Home-owners can simply send pictures of the room they want to decorate, fill in a quick Q&A to determine their style and voilà! Havenly does the rest by matching you to the right interior designer, who will provide a fully designed room and best of all curate all the furniture you need which you can then buy at a click of a button. This is interior design for real people. Made easy.

Know of other female-founded companies disrupting the #interiordesign space? Spot them on Globally Spotted.

Gourmet Grubb  ??South Africa

Founder: Leah Bessa |  Globally Spotted by: Babou Olengha-Aaby

Are #insects the "future of food health"? Well, one company seems to think so. Gourmet Grubb, is a South African based company engineering deliciously daring dairy free-ice cream made from Entomilk?. Entomilk? is a dairy alternative made from insects. It is rich, creamy, filled with nutrients and minerals such as protein, zinc, iron & calcium. As the company proudly states on their website: "It is the perfect ingredient for a

gourmet ice cream". Ants also provide a sustainable food source & are environmentally friendly to farm and produce.

The company's ice cream offers - dare we say it - a healthier and creamier alternative to traditional cow-milk based ice creams that populate our supermarket aisles. This pioneering African company is well on its way to disrupting the industry with its vision: "EntoMilk in every urban hub on this planet". Their ice cream is naturally lactose-free, dairy-free, gluten-free & contains no refined sugars, additives or preservatives.

With approximately 65% of the human population having a reduced ability to digest lactose after infancy, scale and market opportunity are the least of Gourmet Grubb's problem. Nestlé, Unilever take note or better yet partner.

Think Outside AS ?? Norway

Founder & CEO: ??Monica Jill Vaksdal | Globally Spotted by: Babou Olengha

This spotted company is a treat for amateur and proficient skiers alike. Let us introduce you to - Think Outside AS - a tech startup from Norway set to kickup a #storm (or not). Passionate about #Technology and the #Outdoors, Think Outside is on a mission to help save lives with their first product line aptly named "Sknow": A smart ski with the ability to predict #extremeweather conditions and #avalanches before it happens in order to prevent #skiing accidents. Their goal is to be at the forefront of developing and bringing to market the first #smart ski.

Think that's impressive? Think again, the company is repurposing and deploying cutting edge technological and geological practices from the 'dirty' #oil #industry to help skiers stay safe and local authorities save lives. We're not surprised that such innovation would be birthed from Norway. After all, this is the country in dire need of reinventing its post-oil economy, whose inhabitants come rain or shine never miss an opportunity to be outside. And let's not forgot, it's also the country which holds the single highest number of Winter Olympic medals of all time in, wait for it - skiing.

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