Zem Joaquin

Founder & Chief Experience Officer, Near Future Summit

📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 1 investments📅 16 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2010
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Founding Board Member
2010
The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute is dedicated to powering the circular economy through products that have a positive impact on people and planet. Through the Cradle to Cradle Certified® Products Program, the Institute sets the global standard for products that are safe, circular and responsibly made. Cradle to Cradle Certified is used by future-focused designers, brands, retailers and manufacturers across the value chain to innovate and optimise materials and products according to the world’s most advanced science-based measures for material health, product circularity, clean air and climate protection, water and soil stewardship, and social fairness. The Institute also powers the global shift to a circular economy through partnerships and collaborative initiatives that equip businesses, governments and other stakeholders with the technical frameworks and knowledge they need to transform the way products are designed and made. OUR VISION is a world where safe materials and products are designed and manufactured in a prosperous, circular economy to maximize health and wellbeing for people and planet OUR MISSION is to lead, inspire and enable all stakeholders across the global economy to create and use innovative products and materials that positively impact people and planet. The Institute operates globally and is headquartered in San Francisco, California and in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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2015
Founder, Chief Experience Officer
2015
The Near Future summit will convene 250 highly curated vanguards in an intimate setting, leading to scale #worldpositive solutions—from food to health to energy. This is an opportunity for inventors, investors and entrepreneurs to share the coolest new products, co-create and develop lasting partnerships. Sponsorships will be individualized, relevant and interactive. Spending the past decade co-hosting conferences in Iceland and closer to home, I am committed to eliciting positive change through unexpected interactions and collaborations.
early stageEvents Services
2010
Founding Board Member
2010
The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute is dedicated to powering the circular economy through products that have a positive impact on people and planet. Through the Cradle to Cradle Certified® Products Program, the Institute sets the global standard for products that are safe, circular and responsibly made. Cradle to Cradle Certified is used by future-focused designers, brands, retailers and manufacturers across the value chain to innovate and optimise materials and products according to the world’s most advanced science-based measures for material health, product circularity, clean air and climate protection, water and soil stewardship, and social fairness. The Institute also powers the global shift to a circular economy through partnerships and collaborative initiatives that equip businesses, governments and other stakeholders with the technical frameworks and knowledge they need to transform the way products are designed and made. OUR VISION is a world where safe materials and products are designed and manufactured in a prosperous, circular economy to maximize health and wellbeing for people and planet OUR MISSION is to lead, inspire and enable all stakeholders across the global economy to create and use innovative products and materials that positively impact people and planet. The Institute operates globally and is headquartered in San Francisco, California and in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2006
Founder
Feb 2006
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