Salubata Inc. is a climate technology and sustainable lifestyle company transforming plastic waste into innovative, modular footwear. We design shoes using recycled materials and proprietary technologies that advance circularity while reducing the environmental footprint of traditional footwear. Salubata serves environmentally conscious consumers, organizations, and partners seeking products that combine design, functionality, and measurable impact. We exist to rethink how everyday products are made, used, and reused, turning waste into value while demonstrating that sustainability, technology, and commercial growth can coexist.

Yewande Akinse is the Cofounder and Chief Operating Officer of Salubata Inc., a climate technology and sustainable lifestyle company transforming plastic waste into innovative, modular footwear. As COO, she leads the company’s global operations, strategy, legal and regulatory affairs, finance, partnerships, fundraising, supply chain, and organizational development, helping scale Salubata from an ambitious idea into an internationally recognized venture.

A lawyer by training and an operator by practice, Yewande brings a multidisciplinary approach to building companies at the intersection of sustainability, technology, and impact. She has helped Salubata raise over $1 million in dilutive and non-dilutive funding and expand its reach across multiple markets and continents. Under her operational leadership, the company has received support and recognition from organizations and programs including Techstars, Black Ambition, Render Capital, the Global Center on Adaptation, National Basketball Association (NBA), Visible Hands, DivInc, and the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator.

Yewande is passionate about building resilient organizations that translate bold ideas into scalable solutions.