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MicroLub secures $10M to scale fat-replacement biotech
MicroLub, a spinout from the University of Leeds, has closed a $10 million funding round led by Northern Gritstone. The investor contributed £4 million of the £7 million total raised. Every investor from the company's previous round participated, including NPIF…
Kelpi and Bower launch world’s first bio-based paper sachet for a liquid product
Bower Collective, the household cleaning product B Corp brand, has partnered with fellow B Corp, Bristol-based biomaterials innovator Kelpi to launch a world-first. A paper sachet containing a liquid product, made using a bio-based coating derived from renewably sourced seaweed…
Kemvera and Låkril win awards at Biomanufacturing Shark Tank competition in Omaha
Biotechnology innovators Kemvera and Låkril Technologies have secured top honors at the inaugural Biomanufacturing Shark Tank competition in Omaha, Nebraska. Held during the Bio Innovations North America 2026 conference, the pitch event featured six startups presenting sustainable chemical solutions to…
Biotech Open Platform opens €20 M scale-up facility in France
Biotech Open Platform has officially inaugurated its industrial biotechnology facility in Clermont-Ferrand, France. The site aims to solve one of the biggest hurdles in green chemistry by helping bio-based innovations transition from laboratory trials to full-scale commercial production. Advanced fermentation…
BNP Paribas and EIF back AFYREN with €12.5M Venture Debt facility
AFYREN, a French green chemistry company specializing in bio-based organic acids, has secured a €12.5 million venture debt facility provided by BNP Paribas. The financing is supported by the European Investment Fund under the European Union’s InvestEU programme, an initiative…
React Foods raises funding to scale gas protein biomanufacturing
React Foods, a bio-based spinout from Aarhus University, has entered the gas protein space with a biotech platform built on cross-institutional research. The Danish biomanufacturer is commercializing work developed with Stanford University, the University of Tübingen and the Novo Nordisk…