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Checkerspot lands $55 M in Series C round
Checkerspot, a biotech company with award-winning design and innovation labs, closed a $55 million Series C financing led by ArrowMark Partners, with participation from Cox Enterprises and other new and existing investors. The funding aims to accelerate Checkerspot’s development and…
Who leads Europe’s circular economy?
Since 2022, advanced economies that have traditionally centred around services are turning their attention back to the making and procuring of commodities.
Innovation in paper-based food packaging
Researchers at the Queen Mary University of London and Mae Fah Luang University in Thailand have created a shellac-based coating to enhance the gas barrier properties of a sustainably sourced, recyclable, and compostable packaging material.
Goldman Sachs to invest €1bn in European biogas
Goldman Sachs’ asset management division has announced that it will invest more than €1bn euros in the development of Europe’s biomethane production capacity through its newly created venture, Verdalia Bioenergy.
Kelpi raises £ 3 million in seed funding to advance seaweed biomaterial technology
Climate tech innovator Kelpi has secured more than GBP 3 million fundraising to advance its technology creating biomaterial coatings from seaweed.
Idemitsu and Toray create Japan’s first biomass ABS resin supply chain
Toray Industries and Idemitsu Kosan have agreed to build a supply chain for plastics made from biomass naphtha. They would manufacture biomass styrene monomer derived from biomass naphtha and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) resin made from that monomer.