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BioTreasure lands €2.5M to scale bio-chemical platform
Munich-based BioTreasure has secured €2.5 million from SPRIND, Germany's Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation, to scale its integrated bio-chemical manufacturing platform toward industrial deployment. The funding marks BioTreasure's advancement to Stage III of SPRIND's Circular Biomanufacturing Challenge. The company has…
Grolman Group takes Seprify cellulose cosmetics ingredient to Europe
Swiss cleantech company Seprify is entering the European cosmetics market through a new partnership with Germany's Grolman Group. The collaboration will bring SilvaLuma, Seprify's cellulose-based cosmetic ingredient, to formulators across the EU, the UK and Turkey. SilvaLuma took more than…
South Korean scientists engineer microbe that thrives in toxic methanol
Researchers at South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) have developed a microbial strain that grows 68% faster than its natural counterpart in high-concentration methanol, opening a more viable path to bio-based production of plastics and organic…
BASF’s new Circalo platform helps ethanol producers verify agricultural carbon intensity
BASF has launched Circalo: Low Carbon Intensity Crops, a digital platform designed to help farmers, agronomists and ethanol producers work together on agricultural carbon intensity under the US Clean Fuel Production Credit, known as Section 45Z. The timing is deliberate.…
Indian startup Intrinsic Foundries raises $1.4M to turn carbon waste into biochemicals
Intrinsic Foundries, an Indian biomanufacturing startup that converts industrial carbon emissions into biochemicals, has raised INR 12 crores (USD 1.4 million) in seed funding led by Transition VC. The Jharkhand-based company has a refreshingly different take on carbon capture. Rather…
BON Natural opens joint biotech lab in China
BON Natural Life has taken a notable step forward in its research ambitions, launching a joint laboratory with Shaanxi Chang'an Pilot Life Science Industry Innovation Center to develop biomanufactured natural ingredients for food and personal care applications. The BON &…