Investment
Sativa Building Systems secures $1.9 M contract for biobased insulation development
Sativa Building Systems (SBS) has been awarded a contract worth $1.9 million by the U.S. Army to develop biobased insulation over the next two years. This project is part of the Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) initiative, which…
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.…