Investment
Rubi awarded NSF grant for carbon-to-cellulose platform
Rubi, an American company focused on sustainable manufacturing, has received a $969,961 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The grant will support the further development and scaling of Rubi's carbon-to-cellulose platform. The…
Celleste Bio raises $4.5 M in seed funding to develop sustainable cocoa solutions
Celleste Bio, a startup focused on innovative cocoa production methods, has closed a $4.5 million seed funding round led by Supply Change Capital. Notable participants in the round include Mondelēz International's SnackFutures Ventures, Consensus Business Group, The Trendlines Group, Barrel…
AMP Robotics Corp secures $91 M in Series D funding for waste solutions
AMP Robotics Corp., a leader in AI-driven sortation technology for the waste and recycling industry, has raised $91 million in a Series D financing round led by Congruent Ventures, with participation from investors such as Sequoia Capital and Liberty Mutual…
UK funding supports development of biobased material regulations
Innovate UK has awarded £474,000 to the Bio-based and Biodegradable materials REGulatory NETwork (BB-REG-NET), a new initiative aimed at advancing sustainable chemical and material standards in the United Kingdom. The project emerges from a comprehensive six-month discovery phase that involved…
Vaulted Deep lands $32 M in Series A funding to scale carbon removal efforts
Vaulted Deep, a startup focused on biomass carbon removal and storage (BiCRS), has raised $32 million in a Series A funding round to enhance its capacity for durable carbon dioxide removal (CDR) through the geologic sequestration of carbon-rich organic waste.…
Industrial Microbes secures $10 M in seed funding to scale sustainable biobased materials
Industrial Microbes (iMicrobes), a biomanufacturing firm dedicated to promoting sustainable materials, has announced the successful completion of its seed round funding, raising over $10 million. This financing round was primarily led by First Bight Ventures, with additional support from Universal…