Investment
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…
DoD announces final awardees for bioindustrial manufacturing initiative
The Department of Defense (DoD) has revealed the final group of nine companies selected to participate in its Distributed Bioindustrial Manufacturing Program (DBIMP), a strategically important initiative aimed at strengthening the U.S. bioeconomy and enhancing national defense capabilities. The selected…