Investment
WasteFuel lands $10M in Series B round from bp ventures
Leading the Series B investment round, bp expanded its investment in bioenergy, committing $10 million in WasteFuel, a California-based biofuels company that will use proven, scalable technologies to convert bio-based municipal and agricultural waste into lower carbon fuels, such as…
CHITOSE and Shiseido forms partnership through $7M to enable microalgae cosmetics
CHITOSE Group raised 7 million USD through a third-party allotment of shares with Shiseido. Through the partnership with Shiseido, one of the most influential leading companies in the cosmetics market, CHITOSE will accelerate the development of circular manufacturing based on…
Allonnia raises $30M in Series A to accelerate biotech
Allonnia, the bio-ingenuity company, has raised $30 million in new capital led by Bison Ventures, with participation from IRONGREY, BHP Ventures, Vale Ventures, Wholestack LP and PPNG along with existing investors Battelle, General Atlantic and Viking Global Investors.
Biocoat acquires Chempilots to expand biomaterials
Biocoat Incorporated, a specialty manufacturer of hydrophilic biomaterial coatings and coating equipment for medical devices, has acquired Chempilots, a European provider of specialty polymers and production services to the medical device industry.
Canada invests $10 M in biorefinery
Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources of Canada, announced a $10 million contribution to BioLesna Carbon Technologies LP, a joint venture between BC Biocarbon and Dunkley Lumber Ltd., for a new biorefinery in Carrot River, Saskatchewan.
Carbonwave receives $6 M for seaweed-based biorefinery
Pegasus Capital Advisors and the Global Fund for Coral Reefs announced an investment of up to $6 million into C-Combinator, the world's leading developer of ultra-regenerative advanced biomaterials from seaweed.