Lionel Mora (Neoplants) on fighting air pollution with plants

Having a deep impact on pollution with a breakthrough technology! That's one bet Neoplants is about to win in the next few months. After 4 years of R&D, the Neo P1, an indoor plant to purify the air, is coming to home.

This is what we discuss with Lionel Mora, CEO & co-founder of Neoplants, amongst other topics, in this new episode of Entrepreneur Talks, STATION F podcast. Tune in to learn about Lionel's entrepreneurial journey, why he decided to build a deeptech company, the learnings so far, and what's coming next at Neoplants.

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Topics

01:00 — Introduction and presentation of Neoplants

04:00 — The genesis of the company

08:00 — Breakthrough technology vulgarization

12:00 — 4 years of R&D before launching the market

17:00 — Product iteration: trying to kill the idea fast

24:00 — When tech meets bioengineering

27:00 — The risks they face

33:30 — Raising funds as a deeptech startup in the US vs Europe 

35:00 — The vision: from indoor to outdoor plants

37:30 — The market launch

40:00 — Where to order?

42:00 — Outro: Best quality of an entrepreneur? Unpopular opinion about tech or entrepreneurship? A dream board member?

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This episode is hosted by Yacine Sqalli, and produced with STATION F.