Areas of Focus

Thruline Networks works with a variety of organizations to create impactful, scalable and profitable solutions that address pressing global issues related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and Planetary Boundaries. While the firm has a specific focus on interconnected, pressing global issues that can be addressed by building waste-to-value and circular economy solutions, there are some adjacent areas that are relevant and within the areas of interest in expertise. 
Waste is not natural. Thruline Networks to restore systems in a manner influenced by natural systems so that the concept of waste is significantly recast in the 21st century economy.

The Thruline team breaks waste into 6 different categories that include:‍

• Plastic waste
• Agricultural waste
• Food waste
• Construction waste
• Manufacturing waste
• Clothing waste

Companies in the Thruline Networks portfolio leverage a combination of hard tech and soft tech solutions to one or more of these categories. They are in early stages of their development where they have a solution with a certain amount of traction, have moved past their own investment to securing their first round(s) of outside and institutional investment before they move into rapid growth stages. Portfolio companies value transparency, work towards constant improvement, and measure the internal and external impact in a smart and substantive way.
Due to the systematic nature of the challenges addressed, Thruline Networks considers solutions in its primary area of focus, as well as those that are upstream and downstream of its primary focus areas: