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Rob van der Meij, Partner at Capricorn Partners sat down with Kathryn Sheridan from Sustainability Consult to share his insider perspective from the world of biotech financing. Kathryn: How is the world of biotech finance these days? Rob: Despite the…
Biggest Breakthrough in Plastic Recycling
How machines can now identify and separate plastic wastes While it may seem like a benign material, there are a bunch of reasons why different kinds of plastics are harmful to our health, let alone the environment. Plastic has a…
Harmful Algae Blooms: An untapped resource
Harmful algal blooms offer a free, abundant, and under-exploited biomaterial feedstock. US company Algix is leading the way in turning them into high-value, high-performance materials. Algae can be perilous. In Southeast India, floating blooms are suffocating corals and fish. Since…
Traveling the bioeconomy: how tourism can green our food systems
Bosa Malvasia wine is native to the idyllic hillscapes of Western Sardinia. The best way to sample it is via the Bosa Malvasia Route. Founded through a public-private partnership, its itinerary takes visitors through the region’s gastronomic highlights. Its first…
How Silk is Changing the Future of Food Sustainability
Humans have been trying to untangle the secrets of silk for at least a hundred years now. And why wouldn’t they? The material is legendary, after all. Silk’s unique and versatile properties have countless possibilities for sustainable future technologies. These…
A Liquid Tree? Scientists in Serbia Make Incredible Innovation
Planting trees in forests is a commonly used strategy for companies and governments to lower CO2 in the air. But what can we do in dense cities where there’s barely any space for a bush? After all, these urban sites…