Newlight is a biotechnology company producing advanced sustainable materials. Founded in 2003 with a question: why can’t we use greenhouse gas as a force for good?
Over 10 years of research, Newlight developed a biotechnological process to harness microorganisms found in the ocean to convert greenhouse gas into a meltable energy material found in all living things: a naturally-occurring, biocompatible material that can be used to make fibers and solid parts, and help reduce the flow of carbon and synthetic plastic into the environment, they called it AirCarbon
In 2013, AirCarbon was named “Biomaterial of the Year” by the Nova Institute, “one of the 100 most technologically significant innovations of the year” by R&D Magazine, and “Innovation of the Year” by Popular Science in 2014, and received the prestigious EPA Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge award in 2016. Today, Newlight has launched its new production facility - Eagle 3, and two new brands - Restore Foodware and Covalent Fashion, to help fulfill the company's mission: to protect and improve life by accelerating the world’s transition to sustainable, regenerative materials and products.
Location: United States, California, Huntington Beach
Employees: 51-200
Total raised: $179.2M
Founded date: 2003
Investors 1
Date | Name | Website |
- | Third Seve... | thirdseven... |
Funding Rounds 3
Date | Series | Amount | Investors | Deal News |
03.08.2023 | - | $125M | - | finsmes.co... |
09.10.2020 | Series F | $45M | - | socaltech.... |
04.04.2014 | Series C | $9.2M | - | socaltech.... |
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03.08.2023 | Newlight Technologies Closes US$125M Funding Round | Newlight Technologies, Inc., a Huntington Beach, CA-based leader in decarbonization technology using... | finsmes.co... |
26.10.2022 | GenZero’s Frederick Teo on “limitless” opportunities in clim... | 2050 is an important year for climate tech, with the Paris Agreement calling for emissions to reach ... | techcrunch... |
18.11.2021 | ClimateTech — hot response to hot weather | ClimateTech — hot response to hot weather Alex Riabtsev Alex Riabtsev Thursday, November 18, 20... | startupjed... |
18.11.2021 | ClimateTech — жаркий ответ жаркой погоде... | ClimateTech — жаркий ответ жаркой погоде Alex Riabtsev Alex Riabtsev Thursday, November 18, 202... | startupjed... |
29.08.2021 | Nike Could Soon Be Making Regenerative Sneakers Using AirCar... | 362 1 363 Shares 3 Mins Read Iconic Nike sneakers could soon be made out of a regenerative mater... | greenqueen... |
15.03.2021 | AirCarbon: This Regenerative BioMaterial Replaces Plastic &a... | 4 Mins Read When Newlight Technologies was first set up, they didn’t know that this biomaterial cou... | greenqueen... |
05.03.2021 | First Natural Foodware Brand Can Wrap A Burger And Restore T... | Shake Shack joins forces with Restore Foodware. Shake Shack Next time you grab a burger, have some ... | forbes.com... |
19.10.2020 | Newlight Technologies Turns Pollution into Purses and Plasti... | Newlight Technologies, a biotech company that will use microorganisms to produce biodegradable cloth... | dot.la/new... |
12.10.2020 | Newlight Technologies Finds $45M | Huntington beach-based Newlight Technologies, a developer of an ocean-degradable biopolymer, which c... | socaltech.... |
11.10.2020 | Foodware enterprise Newlight Technologies closes Series F fu... | - | vcbay.news... |
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