BBIA shares funding calls worth nearly £30 M with UK bio sector
The Bio-based and Biodegradable Industries Association (BBIA) has announced six funding opportunities for UK engineering biology and bio-based companies. BBIA does not fund or run the programmes. It is sharing…
Infinium expands into biogas-based SAF
Infinium has introduced mSAF, a new sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) platform built on methane-based feedstocks. The offering converts renewable natural gas, biogas, flare gas and other qualified methane streams into…
New material targets nanoscale plastics in water
PolyGone Systems has introduced a new biomimetic filtration media designed to capture microscopic plastic particles down to the nanoscale. The company says the technology removes up to 98% of these…
UMass Amherst launches $120M biofood innovation initiative
The University of Massachusetts Amherst has launched a $120 million Future of Food Initiative. The bio-focused program will fund new research facilities and accelerate biomanufacturing and interdisciplinary bioscience solutions to…
AFYREN and Terrial renew multi-year bio-based fertilizer partnership
French greentech company AFYREN and organic fertilization specialist Terrial have renewed their strategic partnership through a new multi-year supply contract worth tens of millions of euros. The agreement covers a…
Zymofix to scale solid-state microbial platform at new facility
Belgian biotechnology company Zymofix has selected Deinze, Belgium, for its new flagship biomanufacturing facility. The site selection marks a transition to commercial production for Zyft, the company's solid-state fermentation platform.…
MicroLub secures $10M to scale fat-replacement biotech
MicroLub, a spinout from the University of Leeds, has closed a $10 million funding round led by Northern Gritstone. The investor contributed £4 million of the £7 million total raised.…
Kelpi and Bower launch world’s first bio-based paper sachet for a liquid product
Bower Collective, the household cleaning product B Corp brand, has partnered with fellow B Corp, Bristol-based biomaterials innovator Kelpi to launch a world-first. A paper sachet containing a liquid product,…
Kemvera and Låkril win awards at Biomanufacturing Shark Tank competition in Omaha
Biotechnology innovators Kemvera and Låkril Technologies have secured top honors at the inaugural Biomanufacturing Shark Tank competition in Omaha, Nebraska. Held during the Bio Innovations North America 2026 conference, the…
Biotech Open Platform opens €20 M scale-up facility in France
Biotech Open Platform has officially inaugurated its industrial biotechnology facility in Clermont-Ferrand, France. The site aims to solve one of the biggest hurdles in green chemistry by helping bio-based innovations…
BNP Paribas and EIF back AFYREN with €12.5M Venture Debt facility
AFYREN, a French green chemistry company specializing in bio-based organic acids, has secured a €12.5 million venture debt facility provided by BNP Paribas. The financing is supported by the European…
React Foods raises funding to scale gas protein biomanufacturing
React Foods, a bio-based spinout from Aarhus University, has entered the gas protein space with a biotech platform built on cross-institutional research. The Danish biomanufacturer is commercializing work developed with…