Investment
Gaia Biomaterials raises $5 M to expand bioplastics in key markets
Gaia Biomaterials has successfully concluded a $5 million rights issue. The rights issue is backed by the Swedish state owned greentech venture capital fund Almi Invest Greentech, and private international and domestic investors. Funds will be used to expand market…
Kraton secures $35M for biorefinery in Florida
Kraton Corporation, a leading global sustainable producer of specialty polymers and high-value biobased products derived from pine wood pulping by-products, has completed a $35 million investment to upgrade its crude tall oil (CTO) biorefinery towers in its Panama City, Florida…
Windfall Bio lands $28 M to scale methane capture & transformation solution
Windfall Bio, a leader in methane-to-value solutions, announced its $28 million Series A funding round led by Prelude Ventures with participation from Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund, Global Brain, Incite Ventures, and Positive Ventures. Supporting its commercial pipeline, the new capital…
Sinopec and TotalEnergies sign on SAF joint venture
China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) has entered into a significant heads of agreement (HoA) with TotalEnergies in Beijing. This collaboration will see the two companies establish a joint venture aimed at producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from waste oils…
Terragia lands $6M to develop cost-competitive, low-carbon biofuel tech
Terragia Biofuel, a technology startup focusing on the development of next-generation biofuels, has announced the completion of a $6 million seed funding round. The investment was led by Engine Ventures and Energy Impact Partners (EIP). The company intends to utilize…
Pushing the boundaries to transform CO2 into biodegradable plastics
A new collaboration, UC-DC, between industry and academia aims at converting waste CO2into biodegradable plastic by gas fermentation, where bacteria transform CO2 into a feedstock for commodity chemicals used in plastic production. “We envision a future where CO2 is transformed…