30 Under 30 Manufacturing & Industry 2022: Meet The Young Innovators Building The New World

30 Under 30 Manufacturing & Industry 2022: Meet The Young Innovators Building The New World

Our featured entrepreneurs, Levi Conlow and Robby Deziel are making affordable ebikes at Lectric eBikes. Starting at age 22, Conlow talked his father into investing $50, 000 of his retirement savings in an affordable electric bicycle he was designing. Though his first iteration flopped, Conlow retooled and created Lectric eBikes $1, 000 XP model, which he started selling in 2019. The Phoenix-based startup has now sold more than 100, 000 ebikes, and is on track to book $85 million in revenue this year. "We got my old man paid back, and he's happy with the investment now," Conlow says. Ebikes aren't the only product on the list that's more sustainable. Hazel Technologies cofounder Patrick Flynn has developed sustainable packaging to extend the shelf life of fresh produce and reduce food waste. As big money flows to sustainable technologies, Hazel Technologies has raised a total of $92 million in venture funding. Meanwhile, Tim Almond, cofounder of Heartland Industries, is engineering hemp-infused plastic additives that are stronger, lighter, less expensive and more green than existing plastic products. And Elle Liu founded Eucalypso in 2018 to make bedding from eucalyptus fiber, which, she says, addresses sleep concerns like night sweats while also being