Collaborating to look into the use of the biomaterial AirCarbon for the sports brands products.

Nike

Earth-friendly biotech solutions for the textile, packaging and construction industries.

Bio-based Materials

Newlight Technologies

Developers of alternative materials for industrial applications such as sporting goods, electronic components, and automotive parts

To launch a sneaker collection named “Happy Pineapple,” made from the vegan leather material.

Ananas Anam

Developers of materials with applications across apparel, automobile, home goods, etc.

Nike announced the acquisition of New York-based Datalogue, the latest in a series of moves focused on digital sales. Datalogue is a data integration platform with proprietary machine learning technology, according to Nike's new release on the deal.

Datalogue

Collaborated with apple to offer daily cash back awards with the new Apple card when users spend a certaihn amount on Nike products

Digital Wallets

Apple

These enable users to carry out transactions at a selected list of merchants and locations. Merchants may need to set up predefined agreements with digital wallet issuers to accept payments from the wallet.

Stussy

Microsoft Corp, Nike Inc, Starbucks Corp, Unilever NV and five other industry titans from various sectors are teaming up to help businesses globally achieve zero carbon emissions.

Microsoft

Starbucks

Unilever

Partnered with Nike to offer crypto and cash-back rewards for online shoppers on the latter’s platform.

Plutus

Announced a  Multi-Year Partnership with Nike.Nike to become Liverpool Football Club’s official kit provider beginning in the 2020-21 season

Liverpool FC

HandsFree Labs

Partnered to present the Alpha Huarache Flag Man Turf 2 limited edition shoe

Baseballism

Levi teams up with Nike to give sneakerheads the ultimate sneaker personalisation experience by allowing fans to design their own sneakers at Nike.com/LevisByYou.

Levi Strauss & Co.

Agreed to a long-term extension to remain the official football kit supplier for Paris Saint-Germain until 2032.

To host a female-focused football event a Women's World Cup screening

JD Sports

Collaborated to lauch a range of apparel and a Air Max Shoe

atmos

Agreed to a three-year deal to become an official partner of UEFA Women’s Football and the match ball supplier for UEFA Women’s competitions, including the Women’s Champions League and the Women’s Euro 2021

UEFA

To support the young hopefuls so that they could participate in the Fitbit Tropical 5K Marathon.

Life Time

Entered into a 10-Year Partnership With Major League Baseball to be the exclusive provider of Major League Baseball’s on-field uniforms (which will feature a Nike Swoosh), including baselayers, game-day outerwear and training apparel.

Major League Baseball Ventures

Adidas

Puma

Built Oregon is a digital magazine that will highlight the statewide network of entrepreneurs and innovators through compelling narrative, engaging content, and focus on storytelling ­ both written and interactive. These stories will inspire entrepreneurs and create connections between businesses and support organizations. Built Oregon stories will be read and shared beyond the state lines.

Children Striving Together offers enrichment activities, mentoring, and annual events to at-risk youth in Los Angeles and Orange Counties.

Chicago Scholars is a college access, mentoring, and career support program. They select, train, and mentor academically ambitious students from under-resourced communities to complete college and become the next generation of leaders who will transform their neighborhoods and city. They develop deep collaborations with community-based organizations.

Their communities have a long history of socioeconomic injustices that created generational disparities; making it a challenge to advance in society. Their Own serves as a catalyst for innovation and epicenter to provide resources in untapped communities.

Harlem Grown is an organization that inspires youth to lead healthy and ambitious lives. Harlem youth were served by garden-based development programs. They offer to provide and distribute food; our model seeks to positively impact the entire community through mentorship, education, and partnerships to create sustainable change.

The HOPE Program tailors its recruitment and training services. With a comprehensive approach, they provide training, adult basic education, industry certifications, work wellness services, internships, and job placement with long-term support. The Hope Center provides training to prepare job seekers for a variety of careers. They also receive on-the-job training, resume development and interview preparation.

City Year is an organization that recruits young people for community service in 24 U.S. cities, as well as London and Johannesburg.

Elevate Oregon builds relationships with marginalised youth to promote education, self-reliance, and leadership. They provide a year-round mentoring programme that integrates with the high school curriculum to increase graduation rates and college enrollment as well as career development for students of colour in grades 6–12.

ArchCity defenders  is a multi faceted legal advocacy company that helps to reduce the criminalization of poverty and state brutality, particularly in minority communities. ACD's civil and criminal legal representation, social services, impact litigation, policy and media advocacy, and community collaboration create and inspire justice and equitable outcomes for people in the region and beyond. d  defenders imagines a society free of systems of oppression, where justice and candidates belonging are noticed; communities where public safety takes priority investment in well being, health, and transformation rather than criminalization and incarceration and people living freely in their societies, flourishing regardless of race or income.

Goalsetter Foundation educates the kids and teaches them how to build their future.

Citizens for Juvenile Justice is a statewide non-profit organization dedicated to reforming and reimagining the juvenile justice and other youth-serving systems in Massachusetts.

Grow Greater Englewood is a social enterprise that collaborates with residents and developers to establish sustainable local food economies, green businesses, and land sovereignty in order to empower residents to create wellness and wealth.

Hustle Mommies aims to raise the voices of urban, inner-city moms by providing them with resources to advocate for their families and communities.

Brave Space Alliance is the first black-led, trans-led LGBTQ+ center, dedicated to developing and delivering affirming, culturally competent, for-us-by-us resources, programming, and services for LGBTQ+ people on the city's south and west sides.

Lawndale Christian Development provides affordable housing while also addressing economic challenges, encouraging homeownership, and assisting with community organising.

Read Lead is a literacy and leadership initiative for youth and young adults in Los Angeles County.

InnerCity Weightlifting reduces youth violence by connecting proven-risk young people with new networks and opportunities, including meaningful career tracks in and beyond personal fitness. They use the gym to replace segregation and isolation with economic mobility and social inclusion, disrupting the system that leads to urban street violence.

Thinkwatts Foundation focuses on grassroots community activation, financial literacy programs, custom container housing solutions, and charitable fundraising through entertainment industry efforts.

LA Jets Track Club encourages black elementary students in the Los Angeles area to participate in track and field.

Yetunde Price Resource Centerprovides resources and free programmes to help individuals.

Hope Center Harlem offers high-quality therapeutic services to the Harlem community in order to address mental health issues and promote health and wellness.

The Young Masterminds Initiative is a non-profit organisation that promotes mentoring, leadership, and positive thinking.

Justice for Black Girls is a social justice education space dedicated to meeting the needs of black girls for protection, safety, and belonging.

Albina Vision Trust aims to honor lower Albina's history by facilitating the bold redevelopment of a new, diverse, and purposefully remarkable neighborhood.

Black Parent Initiative is a culture-specific, community-centered organization that co-creates and collaborates with our families to create innovative, culturally relevant, and long-term interventions and opportunities to help them thrive.

Word is Bond is an opportunity for young black men to gain professional development skills they can use in their lives.

Rosewood Initiative is a community organization that prioritizes people over places. Creating a safe, healthy, and vibrant community in which neighbors can thrive together.

The Sophia Project engages, educates, and empowers young women to make wise decisions, embrace personal awareness, and form healthy relationships.

Start MMT founded under the leadership of Producer and Hall of Fame Songwriter David Porter.  Start MMT is the cornerstone of a bold effort to advance music industry technology, creative talent, and music entrepreneurs forward. Start MMT is a high-growth music startup accelerator platform that attracts entrepreneurs from around the world to build innovative new business models to transform the music business. Operated in partnership with Start Co., a globally recognized venture development organization, Start MMT provides not only investment capital, but also business and technical partners, business and music industry mentors, as well as the programming and pressure to advance new music technology businesses from raw idea to product launch in just 100 days.

Founded in 1988, Roca takes on a unique and pressing challenge: helping to alter the life trajectories of America's most high-risk young people - the young people that are involved in crime, engaged in dangerous behaviors, have rejected help, have dropped out of school, and are simply too difficult for other programs to serve. Their mission is to disrupt the cycle of incarceration and poverty by helping young people transform their lives by providing them with tools they need to find long-term employment.

BUILD provides real-world entrepreneurial experience that empowers youth from under-served communities to excel in education, lead in their communities, and succeed professionally.  The target BUILD student easily understands and admires entrepreneurship and financial success. The four-year BUILD curriculum uses entrepreneurship education as the motivator to get these students interested in applying to and attending a four-year college.

Knowledge Quest is a non-profit organization that provides access to health and creates opportunities for families through extended learning academies.

New Ballet Ensemble and School is an arts community school with a small professional teaching and performing ensemble as a professional apprenticeship program. They serve youth from a variety of backgrounds by providing access to training, including a rotating roster of accomplished master teachers. They has produced trailblazing creators and dancers with the vision to bring new innovations to the world of dance.

STS Enterprise is an organization for leadership development. They provide life skills and tools for secondary or post-graduate opportunities to achieve economic mobility through mentorship, workshops, exposure to careers and experiences, and talent placement.

Just City’s mission is to transform local criminal justice policy and practice to ensure it is fair for all people regardless of wealth, race, or ethnicity.

Kudzukian is a broadcast media production and distribution company that provides audio and visual content. They produced several livestream events for national entities as well as municipalities.

PURE Academy is recognized by the State of Tennessee as a non-public, Category IV church-related school. They are a private school with a holistic philosophy that is a college-preparatory in-person, personalized learning environment. PURE aligns state standards with an interdisciplinary project-based curriculum.

The Sheriff’s & Police Activities League of Memphis & Shelby County , TN (Memphis Shelby PAL) is a non-profit youth mentoring organization devoted to preventing crime, building character and promoting success for children 5-18. They are an affiliate of the National Police Activities League (NPAL) working in partnership with Shelby County Schools, the City of Memphis and the Shelby County Sheriff’s Department.

Schoolseed Foundation collaborates with individuals, community organizations, and businesses to ensure that children receive a high-quality education.

Year Up's mission is to close the Opportunity Divide by providing urban young adults with the skills, experience, and support that will empower them to reach their potential through professional careers and higher education.

The Equal Justice Initiative is a private, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that provides legal representation to indigent defendants and prisoners who have been denied fair and just treatment in the legal system.  We litigate on behalf of condemned prisoners, juvenile offenders, people wrongly convicted or charged with violent crimes, poor people denied effective representation, and others whose trials are marked by racial bias or prosecutorial misconduct. EJI works with communities that have been marginalized by poverty and discouraged by unequal treatment.  EJI also prepares reports, newsletters, and manuals to assist advocates and policymakers in the critically important work of reforming the administration of criminal justice.

The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis exists to empower African Americans and others throughout the region in securing economic self-reliance, social equality, and civil rights.  The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, Inc. takes a holistic approach to economic empowerment and self sufficiency. Through community programs in three counties across the bi-state region, it helps its clients to climb out of poverty by helping them to find economic opportunity, providing educational excellence and community empowerment and encouraging civil rights and advocacy. The League’s Community Empowerment Initiative provides clients in need with food, clothing and other life necessities while strengthening families and helping people become self-sufficient. The Education Excellence Initiative encourages and enables participants to apply learning to everyday situations, to embrace technology and to achieve academic excellence. The Economic Opportunity Initiative provides resources to strengthen individuals, families, and communities by improving and climbing the economic “ladder” to a better quality of life.

All Star Code is a new non-profit initiative that seeks to attract, prepare, and place high-potential, qualified young men of color in the tech-career pipeline and help them achieve full-time employment at technology companies early in their careers. We are dedicated to closing the systemic opportunity gap between our All Stars and the tech industry.

Legal Defense Fund is a non profit organization dedicated to racial justice. Through the power of law, narrative, research, and people, they defend and advance black people's dignity and citizenship.

Pensole Lewis College offers the HBCU pipeline for career education and professional development in the product creation business provided by the school of business and design. They provide a wide selection of academic courses.

NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) is a community organization that works to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons as well as eliminate race-based discrimination. NAACP was founded in 1909 and is based in Baltimore, Maryland.

The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (The National Coalition) is a 501©3, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to increasing civic engagement and voter participation in Black and underserved communities. The National Coalition strives to create an enlightened community by engaging people in all aspects of public life through service/volunteerism, advocacy, leadership development and voting.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America provides children with assistance to reach their full potential. It is a non-governmental organization providing volunteer supported mentoring through a network that provides children with assistance to achieve measurable outcomes such as educational success, avoidance of risky behaviors, higher aspirations, greater confidence, and better relationships.  It provides its network of mentors through its partnership with schools, parents, guardians, corporations, and communities. It pairs children with screened volunteer mentors and monitors and supports these one-to-one mentoring matches throughout their course.  BBBS primarily provides professionally supported one-to-one mentoring relationships to children who face adversity and single or low-income households or families where a parent is incarcerated or serving in the military. It currently has nearly 340 agencies across the country.  BBBS serves approximately 200,000 children, their families and 200,000 volunteer mentors. It was established in 1904 and it is based in New York.

Youth Guidance is a non-profit organization that offers community and after-school programs for the youth in schools.

WNBA Enterprises is a privately held company that owns and operates women’s basketball teams in the United States. It assists basketball coaches at all levels in teaching the fundamentals of the game. WNBA Enterprises was founded in 1996 and is based in Secaucus, New Jersey. It operates as a subsidiary of National Basketball Association, Inc.

The SpringHill Company is comprised of SpringHill Entertainment, Uninterrupted, and The Robot Company.

HandsFree Labs features its patented hands-free footwear technology that helps its users put up their footwear easily.  HandsFree Labs empowers best-in-class footwear brands to make their footwear even better. We collaborate closely with these brands - our innovation lab provides footwear design and development services to apply our patented technologies to make any men's, women's, or children's footwear hands-free.

Reflektion’s AI-powered personalization platform listens to the behaviors of each individual shopper, utilizes artificial intelligence to calculate their preferences and intent, and then responds to every moment-to-moment interaction by displaying the most relevant content and products in real-time and across the digital touchpoints that matter most—including site search, product recommendations, category and landing pages, and email.  It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Founded in 2013, Grabit produces game changing productivity solutions for the manufacturing and warehouse logistics industries. Grabit’s Chief Technology and Products Officer, Harsha Prahlad, Ph.D., was the principal inventor of electroadhesion technology. Electroadhesion is an electrically controllable adhesion technology that requires ultra-low power consumption. Grabit products provide customers with improved productivity and expanded capabilities. Customers include several Fortune 500 companies in a wide range of industries such as manufacturing automation, warehouse logistics, parcel handling, and consumer products.

Nike is a retail industry that designs, develops, and markets footwear, apparel, equipment, and accessory products. Nike acts to ensure that athletes, sports, and the wider society will all continue to advance in the future.

<div>  <p>    Nike (NYSE: NKE) is the largest seller of athletic footwear and apparel in the world (FY2023). Nike was founded in 1964 and has been listed on the NYSE since 1980. Nike generated revenue of USD 51.2 billion in FY2023 (year ending May 31).  </p>  <p>    Nike has two reporting segments: Nike Brand and Converse. Nike Brand is the largest segment (~95% of total revenue in FY2023) and includes &ldquo;Nike&rdquo;-branded athletics footwear, apparel, and equipment. The Converse segment (~5%) offers casual sneakers, apparel, and accessories under the Converse, Chuck Taylor, All-Star, One Star, Star Chevron, and Jack Purcell trademarks.  </p>  <p>    North America is the Nike Brand segment&rsquo;s largest market (~42% of total revenue in FY2023), followed by Europe, Middle East, and Africa (~26%), Greater China (~14%); and Asia Pacific &amp; Latin America (~13%). Nike expects revenue to grow mid-single digits    <b> </b>    and gross margins to expand 140 to 160 basis points in FY2024. Nike also aims to significantly reduce its carbon emissions, waste, water usage, and chemicals by 2025.  </p></div>

Ducks of a Feather to release Nike Dunk Low Triple Black Luxe “What the Duck Alternate”

Nike+ Fuel Lab

A new industry proving that digital connectivity and mental health can co-exist.

Digital Wellness

Apps that provide relaxation, stress reduction and non-therapeutic mental health support via meditation-related techniques.

These apps aim to increase users’ body and brain functions including memory and attention to detail with microlearning, gamification, and journaling techniques.

Helps users analyze and address sleep disorders with wearable tech, music and sound therapy, and storytelling.

Apps that provide virtual training programs, track workouts, and provide guides for nutrition.

Companies that use GenAI as a core part of their product offering for Digital Wellness

Developers of non-leather material alternatives such as wool, silk, and viscose—mostly for apparel

Developers of alternatives to plastic and other materials used in packaging

Reinforcing recycling, rerouting refuse, and reducing wasteflows

Waste Recovery & Management Tech

Startups offering platforms or software solutions incorporating technologies such as sensors, robotics, and AI to monitor and improve the waste collection process using several methods: identifying optimal waste collection time, connecting businesses and individuals with haulers, optimizing trash pickup routes, and increasing transparency in waste management throughout the production process.

Startups that separate waste by type, either by using robotics or analytics (AI, machine learning), to help streamline the recycling process.

Startups that develop recycling technologies or provide solutions such as AI-based online platforms or algorithm-based predictive solutions to primarily support businesses in their in-house recycling efforts.

Startups developing recycling technologies, including the pyrolysis process or a recycled propylene technology, to convert plastic waste into products such as pure propylene, recycled plastic, crude oil, and furniture.

Startups developing recycling technologies such as polymer recycling, flexible hydrothermal processing, etc., to recycle textile waste into products that include carbon neutral fiber or transform the waste into new products with greater value through upcycling technologies.

Startups developing recycling technologies such as lithium-ion battery recycling processes or a Magnet-to-Magnetä recycling process to convert electronic waste into products that include recycled batteries and cathode materials.

Startups developing recycling technologies to separate materials made by combining two or more materials with different properties (composite materials) and recycle them into secondary use raw materials such as aluminum, plastic, leather, and cardboard.

Startups using proprietary technologies to recycle waste (besides plastic, textile, and electronic waste) into harmless waste materials or into materials that can be used to make household goods, furniture, and construction material.

Startups using recycling technologies such as anaerobic digestion or a chemical process to convert waste into energy.

Metaverse Platforms

Platforms that offer collaborative 2D and 3D environments for enterprise and education-related use cases

Platforms that facilitate entertainment-focused virtual events and concerts

Platforms that focus on multiplayer gaming experiences in virtual worlds

Platforms that focus on social interaction, experience creation, and virtual land purchases

Platforms that enable the creation of avatars that are used as digital identities in metaverse platforms

Platforms that offer virtual worlds for multiplayer social gaming experiences enable users to create experiences and conduct transactions (e.g. buying virtual land)

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