Tag: sustainable
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QuberTech raises £3.4M to develop sustainable natural rubber from engineered dandelions
QuberTech, a UK biotechnology company developing sustainable natural rubber from specially engineered dandelions, has raised £3.4 million in combined grant funding and equity investment to accelerate development of its engineering biology platform and scale commercial operations. Natural rubber is one of the world’s most strategically important industrial materials, used across sectors ranging from automotive and read more
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Qurie bags €2.2M to scale sustainable cooling technology
Freiburg-based climate technology startup Qurie has raised €2.2 million in funding from High-Tech Gründerfonds, Technology Transfer Fund TT49 and Aepikur GmbH. The HVAC industry is facing increasing regulatory and environmental pressure as the European Union phases out conventional refrigerants under the F-Gas Regulation. Existing alternatives to compressor-based cooling systems have struggled to achieve commercially competitive read more
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Shellworks raises $15M to scale sustainable plastic alternative Vivomer
London-based biomaterials company Shellworks has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round led by Paris-based impact investment fund alter equity. The round also included participation from Nat Friedman (NFDG) and JamJar, founded by the creators of Innocent Drinks, alongside existing investors Founder Collective, LocalGlobe and Third Sphere. Founded in 2019, Shellworks develops and read more
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Paul Slocum, One of Digital Art’s First Champions, on Building a Sustainable Digital Ecosystem
This past week, Paul Slocum celebrated 20 years of And/Or gallery, a pioneering space for the exhibition of new media art. Founded in 2006 with a show featuring works by Tom Moody and Saskia Jorda, Slocum’s ad hoc gallery became a home for outsider artists exploring the cutting edge of art made with computers and read more
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yuv raises $12M to scale sustainable hair colour tech in the UK and US
London-based yuv, a beauty technology company developing the world’s first smart hair colour lab system for salons and freelancers, has closed a $12 million Series A funding round. The round was led by Nineyards Equity, with participation from Founder Francisco Gimenez, existing investor VNV Global, and a network of strategic angel investors. yuv is modernising read more
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