WasteFuel lands $10M in Series B round from bp ventures
Leading the Series B investment round, bp expanded its investment in bioenergy, committing $10 million in WasteFuel, a California-based biofuels company that will use proven, scalable technologies to convert bio-based…
CHITOSE and Shiseido forms partnership through $7M to enable microalgae cosmetics
CHITOSE Group raised 7 million USD through a third-party allotment of shares with Shiseido. Through the partnership with Shiseido, one of the most influential leading companies in the cosmetics market,…
Dirty Labs expands their biodegradable detergents to Whole Foods stores
Last August, Dirty Labs launched their plastic-free, biodegradable Bio Enzyme Laundry Detergents in select Whole Foods Market stores in the United States. Due to the success of the initial launch…
Melodea introduces new biobased food packaging coating
Melodea, Ltd., a leading sustainable barrier coatings producer for packaging, has introduced its newest innovation, MelOx NGen. MelOx NGen is a high-performance barrier product specifically engineered to allow for the…
Ayana Bio opens new lab for cacao bioactives
Ayana Bio, the plant cell technology company, opened a new lab in Boston's Seaport District. The new laboratory space supports the expansion of plant cell-cultivated ingredients into the dietary supplement,…
Allonnia raises $30M in Series A to accelerate biotech
Allonnia, the bio-ingenuity company, has raised $30 million in new capital led by Bison Ventures, with participation from IRONGREY, BHP Ventures, Vale Ventures, Wholestack LP and PPNG along with existing…
Levi’s pants get a bio-makeover for its 150th anniversary
To celebrate its 150th anniversary of the iconic Levi’s 501 jean, Levi’s is presenting 3 new sustainable products: a Plant-Based 501, a hemp-cotton blend Selvedge 501, and a Circular 501…
Biocoat acquires Chempilots to expand biomaterials
Biocoat Incorporated, a specialty manufacturer of hydrophilic biomaterial coatings and coating equipment for medical devices, has acquired Chempilots, a European provider of specialty polymers and production services to the medical…
Lucent Bio gets patent approval of biodegradable smart fertilizer system
Lucent Bio, an industry leader in sustainable crop nutrition, has been granted approval of a patent of an innovative biodegradable nutrient delivery technology (US Patent No. 11,691,928). This technology signals…
CJ FNT debuts their ‘TasteNrich HYBIND’ biotech
CJ Food & Nutrition Tech (CJ FNT), a prominent player in the food and nutrition technology sector, has recently announced the launch of TasteNrich® HYBIND, a solution designed as an…
Volvo Cars to switch to biofuel to transport production materials overseas
Volvo Cars has announced that they will now use biofuels to transport tens of thousands of containers of production material destined for the vehicles, which are carried across the world’s…
Avantium and SCGC partner to bring CO2-based polymers to pilot phase
Avantium, a leading tech provider in renewable chemistry, has agreed to partner with SCG Chemicals (“SCGC”), a leading integrated chemical player in Asia and an innovator of chemical innovations and…