Overview
Location
United States, California, Santa Cruz
Employees
11-50
Total raised
$23.9M
Founded date
2017
Investors 7
| Date | Name | Website |
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| Plug and Play Tech Center | plugandplaytechcenter.com | |
| Sony Innovation Fund | sonyinnovationfund.com | |
| Thomas McInerney | tgm.com | |
| Apr 29, 2022 | For Good Ventures | forgoodventures.com |
| At One Ventures | atoneventures.com | |
| Sustainable Ocean Alliance | soalliance.org |
Funding Rounds 3
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
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| Apr 20, 2022 | Seed round | $3.4M | |
| Nov 23, 2021 | Seed round | $2.5M |
Mentions in press and media 21
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| Nov 27, 2023 | BAY CITIES AND CRUZ FOAM LAUNCH WINE INDUSTRY’S MOST SUSTAINABLE SHIPPING SOLUTIONS FOR IMPACT AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL | EcoVino Earth-Friendly Wine Shipping Products EcoVino CruzPak Premium Wine Shipper EcoVino CruzPak Premium Wine Shipper The EcoVino(™) product range has options for Premium, Everyday, and Champagne and are created of fully compostable and r... |
| Oct 31, 2022 | Santa-Cruz based startup Cruz Foam raises USD 18 million in Series A funding | SANTA CRUZ, Oct. 28, 2022 — Cruz Foam, a circular materials firm that provides bio-based, regenerative substitutes for single-use plastic in the multibillion-dollar packaging market, announced a USD 18 million Series A financing round heade... |
| Oct 29, 2022 | Стартап Cruz Foam привлек $18 млн на разработку биоразлагаемой альтернативы пластику | Image credit: Cruz Foam По словам Фелтса, на данный момент компания в основном сосредоточена на разработке замены полиэтилену и пенополистиролу. Но спрос растет и на другие виды материалов: например, стартапу поступают просьбы произвести ма... |
| Oct 28, 2022 | Cruz Foam’s chitin-based packaging brings in $18M as industries scramble to go green | The best way to remove plastics from the ecosystem is to make sure they never get there in the first place, and Cruz Foam is well on its way to replacing some of the worst ones out there with its naturally derived and compostable alternativ... |
| Oct 28, 2022 | Cruz Foam Secures $18M in Series A Funding | Cruz Foam, a Santa Cruz CA-based provider of bio-based, regenerative replacements for the packaging industry, raised $18M in Series A funding. The round was led by Helena, with participation from One Small Planet, Regeneration.VC, At One Ve... |
| Oct 28, 2022 | Cruz Foam Secures $18M in Series A | SANTA CRUZ, CA, Cruz Foam, a circular materials company, announced an $18M Series A funding round. >> Click here for more funding data on Cruz Foam >> To export Cruz Foam funding data to PDF and Excel, click here Cruz Foa... |
| Jul 22, 2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: String Bio raises $20m, SVG heads south with $50m agtech fund | Indian biotech company String Bio landed Series B funding this week and announced plans to turn methane into alternative protein. California’s SVG Ventures announced a new fund specifically supporting the ag sectors in Australia and New Zea... |
| Jul 18, 2022 | Re-Nuble partners with Cruz Foam to create indoor farm nutrients from seafood | Re-Nuble is on a mission to upcycle a portion of the nearly 1.3 billion metric tons of food wasted annually. The New York-based company, which produces nutrients from organic waste for indoor farms, is partnering with another circular econo... |
| Apr 20, 2022 | CRUZ FOAM’s shell-based Styrofoam alternative brings in $3.4M seed with DiCaprio and Kutcher |
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FAQ about Cruz Foam
When was Cruz Foam founded?
Cruz Foam was founded in 2017.
How much funding has Cruz Foam raised?
Cruz Foam has raised $23.9M in total across 3 funding rounds.
What funding rounds has Cruz Foam raised?
Parsers VC lists 3 funding rounds of Cruz Foam, among them a seed round of $3.4M on Apr 20, 2022 and a seed round of $2.5M on Nov 23, 2021.
Who has invested in Cruz Foam?
Parsers VC lists 7 investors of Cruz Foam, among them For Good Ventures, Plug and Play Tech Center and Sony Innovation Fund.
What has the press written about Cruz Foam?
Parsers VC has collected 21 articles mentioning Cruz Foam, among them “BAY CITIES AND CRUZ FOAM LAUNCH WINE INDUSTRY’S MOST SUSTAINABLE SHIPPING SOLUTIONS FOR IMPACT AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL” (Nov 27, 2023) and “Santa-Cruz based startup Cruz Foam raises USD 18 million in Series A funding” (Oct 31, 2022).
Is Cruz Foam still active?
Yes, Cruz Foam is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Mar 20, 2024.