Chitose raises $21 M for microalgae facility
Chitose Bio Evolution Pte. Ltd., a leader of the global bioeconomy concluded a total of 21M USD new share issuances through a third-party allotment with Shiseido Company, Limited, NGK INSULATORS,…
BioBetter opens molecular farming facility
Foodtech start-up BioBetter, Ltd., has opened its first food-grade pilot facility to accelerate the production of key growth factors for the cultivated meat industry. The company has pioneered a unique…
Biodel AG lands Series A investment to advance novel agtech
Biodel Ag, Inc., a regenerative agriculture company, closed its Series A financing round led by Pangaea Ventures Ltd, a renowned venture capital firm with a focus on advanced materials and…
UBQ Materials lands $70 M in funding
UBQ Materials, climate tech developer of advanced materials made from waste, has closed $70 million in funding, led by Eden Global Partners. Additional participants in the financing were return investors…
United to buy 1 billion gallons of SAF from Cemvita
Cemvita Corporation announced an offtake arrangement with United Airlines for up to 1 billion gallons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from Cemvita’s first full-scale SAF plant. Under the agreement Cemvita…
ASICS releases sneaker with biobased polymers
ASICS SportStyle has launched the GEL-LYTE™ III CM 1.95 sneaker. Inspired by one of the most iconic sneakers from ASICS SportStyle, this version evolves the GEL-LYTE™ III OG silhouette to…
Toray invests in Thai subsidiary to upgrade cellulosic sugar production derived from inedible biomass
Toray Industries, Inc., has invested a further USD $8.1 million in Cellulosic Biomass Technology Co., Ltd., to lift its stake in that subsidiary from 67%, to 84.4%. Toray established that…
SABIC and partners introduce bio-based solution for food containers
SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, has partnered with three specialists in the field of in-mold labeling (IML) to demonstrate the use of certified bio-renewable polypropylene (PP) resins…
CovationBio PDO launches Saucony running shoe powered by Susterra
Global running lifestyle brand Saucony has officially launched its most sustainable shoe to date. The new Triumph RFG (Run For Good) shoe collaboration features a corn-based PWRRUN BIO+TM midsole, 55%…
New bio-based glues grow stronger in water
Patent-pending adhesive formulations developed at Purdue University from fully sustainable, bio-based components establish bonds that grow stronger when underwater or exposed to wet conditions.
Wood modification boosts biomass conversion
Dr. Matthieu Bourdon –former researcher at Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) who is now at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research– and colleagues have taken a different approach to…
Hyundai to produce clean hydrogen using biogas
Hyundai Motor Group will start producing clean hydrogen using biogas generated during a food waste treatment process. The effort will help support the establishment of a green hydrogen ecosystem.