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| 09.10.2024 | The Green Revolution: Innovations in Sustainable Beauty and Pet Care | In a world grappling with climate change, two industries are making waves: beauty and pet care. Both are pivoting towards sustainability, driven by innovation and necessity. The cosmetics sector is notorious for its environmental footprint.... |
| 09.10.2024 | THG Labs to Use Palm Oil Alternative Made From Waste Bread for Beauty & Personal Care Products | 4 Mins Read British cosmetics manufacturer THG Labs has partnered with Clean Food Group to develop beauty and personal care products with eco-friendly oils made from food waste.
THG Labs, the product development division of British personal... |
| 29.08.2024 | The New Wave of Meat: A Look at Applegate Farms and The Better Meat Co. | The meat industry is evolving. Traditional practices are being challenged by innovative companies like Applegate Farms and The Better Meat Co. Both brands are carving out their niches in a world that increasingly values sustainability and h... |
| 29.08.2024 | The Better Meat Co: US Government Grants $1.5M to Mycoprotein Maker for New Factory | 4 Mins Read California’s The Better Meat Co has received $1.5M from the US Department of Defense to scale up its manufacturing capacity via a new mycoprotein facility.
US food tech startup The Better Meat Co has won $1.48M in a grant from t... |
| 01.04.2024 | Hyosung TNC Invests $1 Billion in Future "Bio" Business | Hyosung TNC to establish a new Bio-BDO (Butanediol) 50,000 ton factory in Vietnam with plans to expand future plants to an annual output of 200,000 tons
Replacing fossil raw materials with those from sugarcane, entering the bio raw material... |
| 28.03.2024 | Clean Food Group Secures £2.5M to Launch Non-GMO Alternative to Palm Oil by 2025 | UK-based biotech firm Clean Food Group (CFG) has raised £2.5 million to accelerate the commercial launch of its yeast-derived, non-GMO alternative to palm oil by 2025.
Said to be equivalent to high-oleic palm oil, CFG’s go-to-market product... |
| 05.09.2023 | Looking for a climate job? Consider biotech | More and more people, especially early career workers, want jobs fighting climate change. But when we think about climate work, we tend to imagine only a small number of activities, like integrating renewables into the grid or planning citi... |
| 26.01.2023 | Meet The Startup Tackling The $22 Billion Super Pollutant – Nylon | Vintage illustration of the legs of a woman modelling sheer nylons; screen print, 1954. (Photo by ... [+] GraphicaArtis/Getty Images)Getty Images |
| 22.12.2022 | C16 Biosciences Has Built A Palm Oil Farm In Midtown Manhattan To Stop Global Deforestation | C16 Biosciences founders in the company’s office in Manhattan, NY.C16 Biosciences |
| 18.11.2022 | This Biotech Company’s Goal Is To Have A Plant-Based American Flag Fly Over The White House | An American flag made out of corn.Stable Diffusion algorithm. |
| 30.06.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Eclipse scoops $40m for animal-free ice cream, Current Foods nets $18m | This week, Eclipse — best known for its animal-free ice creams — closed its Series B round, while another plant-based protein startup, Current Foods, raised capital for its vegan salmon analog.
Elsewhere, e-grocer Ocado scored big from a pu... |
| 22.06.2022 | Unilever Launches $120M Biotech Venture for Palm Oil & Fossil Fuel Alternative | Multinational consumer goods company Unilever is partnering with San Diego-based biotech Geno to commercialize plant-based alternatives to palm oil and fossil fuels. Jointly investing $120 million in the new venture, Geno will use its propr... |
| 19.08.2021 | Lululemon Leggings Could Soon Be Made With Plant-Based Bio-Nylon | 4 Mins Read
Lululemon’s iconic leggings might soon be made using plant-based bio-nylon instead of the synthetic version that it’s currently made from. Partnering with Genomatica, the biotech making renewable materials, Luluemon is going to ... |
| 28.07.2021 | TPG and Brookfield add billions to the climate-tech coffers | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
As interest in climate-tech grows, so are the mega war chests.
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| 28.07.2021 | TPG and Brookfield add billions to the climate-tech coffers | As interest in climate-tech grows, so are the mega war chests.
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| 27.07.2021 | Genomatica Closes $118M Series C to Amplify the Scale and Impact of Sustainable Materials | SAN DIEGO, July 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sustainability leader Genomatica closed $118M in Series C funding to accelerate the global commercialization and expansion of sustainable materials, with the potential to reduce greenhouse gas em... |
| 27.07.2021 | Genomatica Raises US$ 118M in Series C Funding | Genomatica, a San Diego, CA-based company leveraging biology to remake everyday products and materials with a reduced environmental impact, raised 118m in Series C funding.
The round was led by Novo Holdings.
The company intends to use the ... |
| 27.07.2021 | Genomatica Raises $118M to Continue Scaling the Company and R&D | - |
| 22.05.2021 | 86% Of U.S. Consumers Believe In Sustainability With Nearly Half Searching For Renewably-Sourced Clothing | 4 Mins Read
According to a new survey conducted by clean manufacturing firm Genomatica in the U.S., even though 86% of consumers believe that sustainability is important, nearly half (48%) are not aware of how or where they can find sustain... |
| 17.12.2020 | Sustainable Biotech Genomatica To Scale 100% Renewable Bio-Nylon Production 50-Fold | 39 1
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Genomatica, a San Diego-based sustainable biotech, has announced plans to drastically increase production of its renewable bio-nylon solution to meet “surging brand demand”. Partnering with European nylon producer... |
| 19.11.2020 | Genomatica’s expanded Aquafil partnership brings biomaterials to more consumer goods | In a deal that has potentially big implications for the sustainability of consumer packaged goods, biomaterial manufacturing technology developer Genomatica and the massive nylon material manufacturer Aquafil have partnered on a new demonst... |
| 05.10.2018 | Genomatica Completes $90M Equity Financing | Genomatica, a San Diego, CA-based biotechnology company, raised $90m in equity funding.
Participants included new lead investor Casdin Capital, returning investor Viking Global Investors and organism engineering partner Ginkgo Bioworks.
The... |
| 22.12.2017 | Ag Industry Brief: New Venture Fund Eschews NY, CA Startups, Trump to Address Farm Bureau, End of Year M&A, more | Steve Case Announces $150m Rise of the Rest Seed Fund
Cofounder of AOL and CEO of Revolution Steve Case is launching a seed fund to support entrepreneurs across America. 75 percent of venture capital, he says, flows to three states: Califor... |
| 12.12.2013 | San Diego’s Genomatica Inks Development Deal for “Bio Butadiene” | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Genomatica, the San Diego industrial biotech, and the Brazilian petrochemical company Braskem have agreed to work together to commercialize technology needed to produce bio-ba... |
| 07.08.2012 | Genomatica Raises $41.5M in Series D Round | Genomatica Inc., a San Diego company that delivers new manufacturing processes to enable its partners to produce intermediate and basic chemicals from renewable raw materials, has raised $41.5 million in a Series D round of preferred stock ... |
| 02.08.2012 | Genomatica Withdraws IPO, Instead Raises $41.5M in Private Financing | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Almost exactly a year ago, San Diego-based Genomatica filed paperwork to raise roughly $100 million through an initial public offering, with a proposed listing on NASDAQ under... |
| 28.04.2011 | Genomatica Exporting Sustainable Chemicals Technology To Asia | One of the largest chemical companies in Asia, Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. in Japan, has formed a partnership with San Diego, Calif.-based Genomatica, a sustainable chemicals startup, the companies revealed today.
Genomatica converts sugar fr... |
| 15.03.2011 | Genomatica and Tate & Lyle Form Strategic Partnership as CEO Explains “Feedstock Strategy” | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
The past couple of months have been busy for San Diego’s Genomatica, which is announcing a strategic partnership today with Tate & Lyle (LSE: TATE), a London-based food an... |
| 01.03.2011 | Genomatica raises $45M for renewable chemicals | Renewable chemicals company Genomatica has raised $45 million for a demonstration-scale production and early commercialization plans for a green version of butanediol (BDO), a chemical used in spandex, automotive plastics and running shoes.... |
| 01.03.2011 | Genomatica Raises $45M in Funding | Genomatica, a San Diego, CA-based company that develops organisms and processes to produce dozens of the most significant intermediate and basic chemicals from renewable feedstocks, like sugars, and later, from biomass and syngas, has raise... |
| 01.03.2011 | Genomatica Raises $45M as it Moves to Higher Production Volumes | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
San Diego-based Genomatica has raised $45 million in a Series C round of venture funding that will allow the company to scale up production of its sustainable chemical technol... |
| 01.03.2011 | Genomatica Raises $45 Million To Make Sustainable Chemicals, And Greener Spandex (A Good Thing, In This Case) | Genomatica, a San Diego based producer of chemicals from renewable sources including sugar, raised $45 million in a new round led by VantagePoint Venture Partners, a fund that has committed $2.5 billion to cleantech.
Bright Capital, a ventu... |
| 01.03.2011 |
Genomatica Raises $45M
| San Diego-based Genomatica, a developer of sustainable chemical technology, announced today that it has raised another $45M in funding. The firm said the funding was led by VantagePoint Venture Partners; Bright Capital, a Russian venture in... |
| 09.02.2011 | On the GreenBeat: Electric car charger Coulomb gets new CEO, Gevo’s biofuels shares rise | Here’s the latest action we’re following on the GreenBeat:
Gevo shares rise after $107 million biofuels IPO — Gevo’s shares have climbed about 13 percent today to $16.94 at the time of this posting, up from its initial offering price of $15... |
| 25.01.2011 |
Genomatica Raises $21.25M
| San Diego-based Genomatica, a firm developing sustainable chemical products using renewable feedstocks, has raised $21.25M in additional funding, according to numbers released in the recent PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA MoneyTree report. No d... |
| 25.06.2010 | San Diego’s Hotbed of Innovation Also a Hotbed for World Cup Fans | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Earlier this week on ESPN radio, the announcers introduced news about the dramatic U.S. victory over Algeria in the World Cup soccer tournament by saying (approximately): And ... |
| 01.04.2010 | Amyris gets $47.8M more for sugarcane-based biofuel | Amyris Biotechnologies, one of the more successful companies in the emerging biofuels industry, just took another step up, raising $47.8 million from Singapore venture capital firm Temasek Holdings. The company relies primarily on sugarcane... |
| 01.04.2010 | Amyris gets $47.8M more for sugarcane-based biofuel | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Amyris Biotechnologies, one of the more successfu... |
| 26.03.2010 | Genomatica Raises $15 Million | Genomatica, a San Diego-based “green” chemicals company, said March 25 that it has closed a $15 million investment round...
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| 25.03.2010 | Genomatica Raises $15M to Build Demo Plant For Sustainable Chemical Production | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
We’ve been waiting for this one since last summer.
San Diego-based Genomatica is announcing today it has raised $15 million in a Series C venture round led by a new investor, ... |
| 25.03.2010 |
Genomatica Raises $15M
| San Diego-based Genomatica, a developer of chemical processes based on bio-manufacturing, has raised $15M in a Series C funding round, the firm announced today. According to the firm, the new funding was led by TPG Biotech, and also include... |
| 25.03.2010 | Genomatica bags $15M as green chemicals trounce biofuels | Despite a rosy outlook early on, biofuels have hit a wall. Too expensive and unwieldy to scale, most projects have stalled in the demonstration stage, unable to make the leap to market. Several of the companies that make them, however, have... |
| 25.03.2010 | Genomatica bags $15M as green chemicals trounce biofuels | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Despite a rosy outlook early on, biofuels have hi... |
| 25.03.2010 | Genomatica Raises $15M | Genomatica, a San Diego, CA-based company developing innovative technologies to transform chemical production processes through bio-manufacturing, has raised $15m as initial close of its Series C funding.
The round was led by TPG Biotech, w... |
| 25.09.2009 | Chevron chips in $25M for biofuel company LS9 | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
LS9, perhaps the company to watch synthesizing bi... |
| 25.09.2009 | Chevron chips in $25M for biofuel company LS9 | LS9, perhaps the company to watch synthesizing biofuels and chemicals from organic feedstocks like switchgrass, has brought in $25 million in a new round of capital from Chevron Technology Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partn... |
| 17.08.2009 | Novomer funnels carbon dioxide into plastics, nabs $14M | Novomer, a polymer company with disruptive potential, has made catalysts capable of transforming carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide into plastics and marketable chemicals — and now it’s raised $14 million in a second round of venture fundin... |
| 17.08.2009 | Novomer funnels carbon dioxide into plastics, nabs $14M | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Novomer, a polymer company with disruptive potent... |
| 02.06.2009 | Genomatica Clears Way for ‘Sustainable Chemical’ Demo Plant | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
San Diego’s Genomatica says it has checked off another technical accomplishment in its quest to take the “petroleum” out of the petrochemical industry.
After showing last year... |
| 25.02.2009 | Ethanol’s a bust, so move to chemicals, says Genomatica | Genomatica, a bioengineering startup that says its scientific approach can rapidly find alternatives to fossil fuel-based chemicals, has some advice for the beleaguered ethanol industry: Don’t make ethanol.
The company has bred a new microo... |
| - | Lululemon used tiny organisms instead of fossil fuels to make the nylon for its new shirt | Lululemon has started to sell shirts that are made with nylon manufactured with ingredients from plant-based sources, instead of raw materials that come from the petrochemical industry.
The shirts are the result of a partnership born from L... |
