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Qorium Raises 22 Million Euros for Lab-grown Leather; Modern Meadow’s Handbag Collab: Sustainable Scene
Plus, executive moves at Accelerating Circularity ahead of 2027 factory opening, and Syre signs agreement…
Next-Gen Agri-Waste Innovator in India Closes Landmark Funding Round
AltMat's funding round marks H&M Group's first investment in next-gen innovation in India and Rainmatter's…
Can A Kilogram of Soil Be Worth a Balenciaga Bag? Soilonic Says Yes
Soilonic's cryptocurrency, launching on Solana, will be the first token backed by regenerative farmland and…
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Exclusive: PDS Ventures Further Funds Refiberd
Continuing Refiberd's streak of success, the recycling startup has inked an agreement with PDS Ventures.
As Biofabricate Opens, New Messaging Takes Center Stage as Biomaterials Navigate a Changing Market
Biofabricate "went back to the drawing board" for a downsized London fair as start-ups are facing the…
Material World: AMSilk Secures Over $60M to Scale, Sealwool’s Biomimetic Twist
AMSilk moves to industrial-scale production with some $60-plus million from strategic investors while the…
Brightplus Scores Growth Funding, Accelerates Circular Innovation
Brightplus is scaling its biobased alternatives to plastic with new funding to bring its recyclable, biobased…
EXCLUSIVE: Industrie Africa Expands Into B2B With Launch of Retail Consultancy
The fashion e-commerce platform is dropping a capsule collection with Tongoro to mark its inaugural…
Gen Phoenix Closes $15M Round, Enters 3-Year Supply Deal with Tapestry
Gen Phoenix and Tapestry announced an over $50 million, three-year material supply agreement and a $15…
Intuit Expands Its IDEAS Small Business Program Across Nine U.S. Cities
The fintech company will be awarding entrepreneurs with grant money, access to the company's AI-driven…
Byte-Sized AI: Perfect Corp. and Nvidia Team Up; LuminX Gets Seed Round
Nvidia's increasing the accuracy of Perfect's renderings; Walmart publicly launched its shopping assistant…
Macy’s, Dick’s Sporting Good Partner Grabs $44M Series B For Worker Safety Tech
San Francisco-based startup Voxel plans to use the cash to build out its engineering and go-to-market teams…
Bio-Inspired Sparxell Ready to Glitter Bomb the Market
A near $2 million grant from the EIC "primes" the plant-based pigment producer to take root in the global…
Chemical Textile Recycler Eeden Closes $20M Funding Round
The German startup said it will use the funds to buildout a demonstration plant capable of recycling…
H&R Block’s ‘Fund Her Future’ Grant Returns to Empower Women-owned Small Businesses
The grant will award a total of $100,000 and a year of small business services to six women-owned small…