Novo Nordisk Innovation Challenge
Finalist
Copenhagen, Denmark
​January 27, 2020

Electrolux Open Innovation Awards
Winner
Pordenone, Italy
​October 1, 2019

Katerva Sustainability Awards
Category Winner
April 14, 2019

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Plug and Play Technical Center
Winner - Expo Day
Sunnyvale, California
​October 25, 2017


​25 Innovative and Inspiring Solutions to Combat Plastic Marine Litter in the Mediterranean Region
​Barcelona, Spain
September 2017



​TED Resident
TED Headquarters
New York, NY
​March - June 2017



​Finalist
2016 Visionary of the Year Award
San Francisco Chronicle
March 2016

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Purpose Prize Fellow
encore.org
November 2015


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Grand Prize
Gifted Citizen Global Competition
La Ciudad de Las Ideas
Puebla, Mexico
November 2015



Grand Prize
North Bay Innovation Summit
September 2014




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Semi-Finalist
Verizon Powerful Answers Award
August 2014


Francine Levien Community Activist Award from Zero Breast Cancer Marin
2014


Nominee
Acterra Business Environment Award
2014


Semi-Finalist
William James Foundation 
Sustainable Business Plan Competition
2014



Finalist
Sustainable Brands Innovation Open 
London 
September 2013



Semi-Finalist
"Start Me Up" Business Plan Competition
Hong Kong
September 2013
Semi-Finalist
European Cleantech Challenge
Milan
September 2013


Recipient
SOCAP13 Social Entrepreneur Scholarship
San Francisco
September 2013

Winner 
IDEO's "Most Investor Appeal Award"
Investors' Circle Spring Venture Fair
San Francisco
May 2013


Grand Prize
Plastic Pollution Coalition's
"Think Beyond Plastic" Competition
June 2013
3rd Place
Global Social Venture Competition
UC-Berkeley, Haas School of Business
April 2013 
Runner-up
Silicon Valley Innovation/Entrepreneurship Fair 
Start-up Competition
October 2012
Runner-up 
Keiretsu Forum "Pitch Me Green" Competition 
San Francisco 
August 2012
Semi-Finalist
Cleantech Open Competition
June 2011