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IonKraft secures € 3.5 M equity funding
19-Nov-2024
Aachen-based startup IonKraft GmbH, a spin-off of RWTH Aachen University, has successfully closed a first equity financing round of € 3.5 million. The round was co-led by M Ventures (the strategic investment fund of Merck) and TechVision Fund and joined by High-Tech-Gründerfonds. IonKraft ...
Disruptive Force in Material Science Innovation
25-Jun-2024
Maxterial, a technology company dedicated to pioneering advancements in material science including the commercialization of advanced coatings, has announced the successful closure of its Series A funding round, raising nearly $8 million. This milestone underscores Maxterial's rising influence in ...
Alternative to plastic-coated packaging
20-Jun-2024
Mondi, a global leader in sustainable packaging and paper, is partnering with advanced biomaterial engineers traceless to develop a new coating solution based on by-products from the agricultural industry. This innovative bio-circular coating solution is the first of its kind and will be able to ...
07-Dec-2023
Revolutionary software co-developed by AkzoNobel’s Powder Coatings business and coatingAI is using artificial intelligence to help customers improve the application process and reduce their carbon footprint.The industry-first technology, called Flightpath, optimizes equipment settings to reduce ...
A coating protects nitrogen-fixing bacteria: Start-up to commercialise coated bacteria for large-scale use in regenerative agriculture
21-Nov-2023
Production of chemical fertilizers accounts for about 1.5 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. MIT chemists hope to help reduce that carbon footprint by replacing some chemical fertilizer with a more sustainable source — bacteria. Bacteria that can convert nitrogen gas to ammonia ...
The ISC3 has selected it's finalists for the Innovation Challenge in Sustainable Chemistry and Agriculture
27-Jul-2023
The fourth ISC3 Innovation Challenge that called for innovations in the field of Sustainable Chemistry and Agriculture has it's finalists! The international jury of experts chose eight finalists from a large number of top-notch applications from five continents. This year, the International ...
Groundbreaking discovery will enable the manufacturing of biorenewable materials from trees and corn: A Startup wants to make it possible
11-Jan-2023
A team led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers has invented a groundbreaking new catalyst technology that converts renewable materials like trees and corn to the key chemicals, acrylic acid, and acrylates used in paints, coatings, and superabsorbent polymers. The new catalyst ...
Sustainable cellulose start-up Naturbeads is poised to scale up
12-Jul-2022
Naturbeads, a company set up by University of Bath researchers that aims to replace plastic microbeads with sustainable alternatives, is set to scale up its work after receiving £1.3M (€1.5M) in a recent funding round. The investment from Italian Venture Capital fund Progress Tech Transfer, Eos ...
“India’s startup ecosystem is the third largest in the world, a real powerhouse"
15-Feb-2022
Discovering creative solutions to improve the digital consumer experience is the focus of AkzoNobel’s 2022 Paint the Future regional startup challenge, which is all set to be launched in India. Startups are being invited to tap into the company’s broad knowledge and extensive expertise to help ...
Spartha Medical receives €2.4M in financing from European Innovation Council
01-Feb-2022
Spartha Medical, a French medtech start-up specialized in developing multifunctional antimicrobial, antiviral and anti-inflammatory coatings, announces it has received €2.4M ($2.75M) in grants and an additional undisclosed equity financing from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund. Spartha ...
