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Startup No 172 - StartupRealities 2020 series SourceIdentifier is a corporate investigations company which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to research information sources up a chain of references until it reaches the earliest or original source. This is useful for identifying the sources of fake news or for tracing the ownership of shell companies up a chain of ownership to a physical person. CEO QUOTE "The Chinese have a saying: 饮水思源 (yǐn shuǐ sī yuán) - when you drink water, think about its source. We help companies and governments identify the sources of the water they drink, in the figurative sense." - said SourceIdentifier founder and CEO Souzanna Idensey . 1894 fake news illustration (image source: Wikipedia )

StartupRealities No 46 MembranePackaging is a next-generation TetraPak-type packaging manufacturer which has developed synthetic membrane packages for liquids and bulk products. The company's flexible membranes resemble balloons that provide optimal durability and volume-to-space ratio for packaging milk, orange juice, wine, flour, sugar and even construction materials such as sand and lime. When products are packaged into membranes, this leaves no empty space between individual items when loaded onto a truck/train/plane or when put inside a box delivered by Amazon or Alibaba. CEO QUOTE "MembranePackaging was inspired by the traditional plastic packages used in rural areas in emerging markets, where alcohol and flour are often sold in nylon bags. This is also how you bring your new goldfish from the pet shop to your home aquarium: in a plastic bag of water," said company founder and CEO Melvina Pecchio. "MembranePackaging has a B2B model of selling its packagi...