Avantium is a leading chemical technology company and a forerunner in renewable chemistry. Based on extensive experience and advanced catalytic research Avantium develops efficient processes and sustainable products made from biobased materials. Avantium offers a breeding ground for revolutionary renewable chemistry solutions. From invention to commercially viable production processes.
One of Avantium’s success stories is the YXY technology®, with which it created PEF: a completely new, high-quality plastic made from plant-based industrial sugars. Avantium is working on a host of other groundbreaking projects such as a second generation technology process, or biorefinery technology, to produce sugars for the production of chemicals and fuels from non-food materials. The proprietary process is highly feedstock-flexible allowing use of forestry residues (e.g. woodchip), corn-stover, bagasse, sugar beet residue and produces a high purity 2G glucose product and lignin for energy and other applications; all in near quantitative yield.
Avantium’s offices and headquarters are based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Over 140 highly skilled colleagues representing 20 nationalities, Avantium fosters a dynamic and enthusiastic workplace that is constantly seeking new ways to improve and expand the impact of advanced catalytic research & technology. We ask of our employees what we ask of our company: collaborative, open-minded and results-driven creativity. In an ever-changing world Avantium is ambitiously chasing exciting new ideas and initiatives.
One of Avantium’s success stories is the YXY technology®, with which it created PEF: a completely new, high-quality plastic made from plant-based industrial sugars. Avantium is working on a host of other groundbreaking projects such as a second generation technology process, or biorefinery technology, to produce sugars for the production of chemicals and fuels from non-food materials. The proprietary process is highly feedstock-flexible allowing use of forestry residues (e.g. woodchip), corn-stover, bagasse, sugar beet residue and produces a high purity 2G glucose product and lignin for energy and other applications; all in near quantitative yield.
Avantium’s offices and headquarters are based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Over 140 highly skilled colleagues representing 20 nationalities, Avantium fosters a dynamic and enthusiastic workplace that is constantly seeking new ways to improve and expand the impact of advanced catalytic research & technology. We ask of our employees what we ask of our company: collaborative, open-minded and results-driven creativity. In an ever-changing world Avantium is ambitiously chasing exciting new ideas and initiatives.
Location: Netherlands, North Holland, Amsterdam
Employees: 201-500
Phone: +31 20 586 8080
Total raised: $417.03M
Founded date: 2000
Investors 4
Date | Name | Website |
- | Sofinnova ... | sofinnovap... |
- | Navitas Ca... | navitascap... |
- | Signet Hea... | signetheal... |
- | Capricorn ... | capricorn.... |
Funding Rounds 6
Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
12.02.2024 | - | $75.4M | - |
13.04.2017 | - | $115.71M | - |
14.03.2017 | IPO | $109.3M | - |
19.04.2016 | - | $22.71M | - |
05.06.2014 | - | $50M | - |
10.06.2011 | - | $43.9M | - |
Mentions in press and media 40
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18.10.2024 | Funding the future: Europe’s biggest cleantech fundraisers for the first three quarters of 2024 | Cleantech companies play a crucial role in the European tech ecosystem by driving innovation and sustainability. They contribute to the reduction of carbon emissions and the transition to a circular economy, helping combat climate change. B... |
10.09.2024 | NanoSyrinx: A New Dawn in Biotech with £10 Million Funding | In the world of biotechnology, innovation is the lifeblood. Today, a new player is making waves. NanoSyrinx, a synthetic biology company based in Coventry, UK, has successfully raised approximately £10 million (around $13 million) in a rece... |
10.09.2024 | NanoSyrinx closes c. £10 million GBP financing and appoints Dr. Edwin Moses as Chairman | Round co-led by BGF, Octopus Ventures and M Ventures, with support from new corporate investor, Eli Lilly and Company, and existing investors, IQ Capital and Meltwind Appointment of Edwin Moses as Chairman to support the leadership team in ... |
10.09.2024 | NanoSyrinx Closes Approx. £10M Financing | NanoSyrinx, a Coventry, UK-based synthetic biology company, raised approx. £10M in funding. The round was led by BGF, Octopus Ventures and M Ventures, with participation from new corporate investor, Eli Lilly and Company, and existing inves... |
26.03.2024 | Meet the companies that raised the top 8 Dutch funding rounds in Q1 2024; all are hiring right now | Read this article in: The last quarter of 2023 ended as the best quarter of the year for the Netherlands in terms of deals and total amount invested, with Q4 contributing €576M to the €1.5B total. Now, the Netherlands is closing Q1 2024 on ... |
12.02.2024 | Amsterdam’s renewable chemistry firm Avantium secures €70M to launch FDCA plant in the Netherlands | Read this article in: Amsterdam-based Avantium, a company specialising in sustainable chemistry technologies, has raised €70M through a capital increase, comprising a €50.5M fully underwritten rights offering and a €19.5M institutional upsi... |
17.07.2023 | Startup Showcase: Avantium, The Future of Sustainable Industry | In our latest Startup Showcase, we shine the spotlight on Avantium, a Dutch company making impressive strides in the fields of energy, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals with its innovative high-throughput R&D technologies. Operating out of... |
03.02.2022 | Avantium N : recognised as the Best Disruptive Technologies Innovator in Europe in 2021 | Avantium N.V., a leading technology company in renewable chemistry, has been awarded the title of "Best Disruptive Technologies Innovator in Europe in 2021 " by CFI.co (Capital Finance International), a UK based journal reporting ... |
10.12.2021 | Avantium N : and Tereos announce Strategic Supply Agreement | Avantium signed a strategic supply agreement (conditional to Financial Close) with Tereos Cooperative group, whereby Avantium Renewable Polymers will purchase high fructose syrup made from European wheat as the feedstock for the planned FDC... |
09.12.2021 | Avantium N : takes a positive Final Investment Decision on the construction of its FDCA Flagship Plant | AMSTERDAM, 9 December 2021, 18:00 hrs CEST - Avantium N.V., a leading technology company in renewable chemistry, announces that it has taken a positive Final Investment Decision (FID) on the construction of its FDCA Flagship Plant. The posi... |
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