Unbottled: A Startup Podcast by Kadeya
Building the Future of Beverage — one sip, one story at a time.
Hosted by Manuela Zoninsein, founder & CEO of Kadeya, Unbottled takes you behind the scenes of building the world’s first closed-loop beverage system—a reusable, refillable, zero-waste alternative to single-use bottles.
In this limited first season, you’ll hear raw, unfiltered conversations with the people rethinking everything we know about water, plastic, and sustainability:
• Founders rewriting the rules of reuse
• Experts exposing myths about recycling and microplastics
• Investors betting on climate hardware
• Workers and operators fueling change from the ground up
From fighting plastic pollution to re-engineering the beverage supply chain, each episode dives into the problems, people, and possibilities behind the bottle.
Because the future of beverage isn’t bottled —
It’s built.
New episodes every Monday.
Unbottled: A Startup Podcast by Kadeya
Part 2 — How We’re Building Kadeya: Early Lessons in Climate Hardware
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Co-founders Manuela Zoninsein and Denis get tactical: how Kadeya went from idea to an autonomous, closed-loop beverage system. From “quick-and-dirty” demo builds to pivotal build vs. buy decisions, they unpack what it really takes to ship climate hardware.
In this episode:
- The flashback: sprinting to a working demo (and what broke first)
- Early R&D unknowns and the “this changes everything” pivots
- Why reuse wins: on-site micro-factory > moving pallets around the world
- Product values that guide every tradeoff (easy to use, great taste, reliable)
- Cofounder dynamics: vision vs. execution, saying “yes, but…”
- What’s next: the Kadeya Portal, attached cap design, and open questions
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If you like what you hear, rate, review, and subscribe to Unbottled — the podcast reimagining how the world hydrates and building a beverage future that’s smarter, healthier, and waste-free.
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Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denis-lussault-40691946/
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Building the future of beverage—one sip, one story at a time.
Unbottled shares raw conversations with the people rethinking everything we know about water, plastic, and sustainability. Because the future of beverage isn’t bottled—it’s built. New episodes every Monday.