DMC Bio raises $18M to scale precision fermentation ingredients
DMC Biotechnologies has raised $18 million to expand its precision fermentation business. The Boulder-based company makes high-purity health ingredients through fermentation. Inceptional Partners and Sofinnova Partners co-led the round. First…
Singapore backs industrial decarbonisation with S$143M
Singapore has launched its largest funding initiative yet for industrial decarbonisation research. The S$143 million Industry Decarbonisation Funding Initiative will back low-carbon technologies for the country's industries. Deputy Prime Minister…
Brevel and Wave Group to build illuminated fermentation plant in India
Brevel and The Wave Group will build a large fermentation plant in India that uses light to grow microorganisms. The two companies signed a 50/50 joint venture in New Delhi.…
Brazil clears Switch Bioworks biofertilizer
Switch Bioworks has won biosafety approval in Brazil for its engineered nitrogen-fixing microbes. Brazil's National Technical Biosafety Commission (CTNBio) approved the company's dossiers. The California-based biotech firm can now move…
Michelin ResiCare to make a bio-based monomer by fermentation
France is about to make a bio-based molecule at industrial scale. Michelin ResiCare is building the production line at Ajinomoto's site in Nesle, in the Somme region. It is part…
Algae-based pigment debuts at Paris Fashion Week
Algae Black pigment has made it onto the runway. Living Ink Technologies says its bio-based color appeared on garments and printed items at Paris Fashion Week. Stella McCartney runway apparel…
Abolis launches microbial data platform
French biotech firm Abolis Biotechnologies has launched a software platform for microbial research. It is called MINE, short for Microbial INtelligence Explorer. The company says it can cut trial and…
Sofinnova leads $12 M round for soil biologicals maker IMIO
IMIO has raised $12 million to scale up its freeze-dried soil microbes. Sofinnova Partners led the round. Chipotle’s Cultivate Next, Starshot Capital, Grow Together Salinas, Earth Foundry and Serra Ventures…
Spiber opens its biofoundry
Spiber is opening its fermentation platform to outside companies. The new service, SPIBER BIOFOUNDRY, covers strain development, process development and contract manufacturing. Scales run from 1-liter fermenters to commercial facilities…
Evolution and AI power bio-based protein research
Scientists at the University of Sheffield are using evolution and artificial intelligence to speed up bio-based protein development. The work centers on precision fermentation and biomanufacturing. Prof Tuck Seng Wong…
Parkdale buys biodegradable fiber additive CiCLO
Parkdale Advanced Materials, a textile and consumer products manufacturer in Gastonia, North Carolina, has acquired full ownership of CiCLO technology. CiCLO is a biodegradable textile ingredient. It is designed to…
Alder biocrude pilot runs 1,000 hours
Alder Renewables says its integrated pilot plant has run for more than 1,000 hours without stopping. The San Antonio company reports that the run produced on-spec Alder Renewable Crude (ARC)…