Methane lowering livestock feed; vitality administration and storage options; recycling for superior supplies – Current offers value :
Agriculture & Meals
CH4 International (2019) produces a seaweed-derived livestock feed complement that reduces enteric methane emissions.
CH4 International not too long ago pulled $26M in Collection B funding, in a spherical led by DCVC, DCVC Bio, and Cleveland Avenue, with participation from different undisclosed buyers.
The capital will likely be directed in the direction of constructing and validating its aquaculture and manufacturing facility, CH4 International EcoPark™. This facility will set the corporate as much as develop into key markets with companions on all six continents. Additional, the ability will likely be making CH4 International’s signature product, Methane Tamer™. Methane Tamer, utilizing crimson seaweed (Asparagopsis), reduces animal’s methane emissions by as much as 90% when added to cattle feed, whereas additional lowering the misplaced feed vitality to methane emissions.
Vitality & Energy
FranklinWH (2020) affords residential vitality administration and storage options utilizing cobalt-free LFP batteries for grid and micro-grids. The corporate’s ‘Franklin Dwelling Energy System’ is a whole-home vitality administration system leveraging AC-coupled storage expertise. This pre-assembled system makes use of aPower Battery and the aGate energy management system for straightforward set up and high quality dwelling vitality administration management. Inside its first 12 months within the American market, FranklinWH onboarded roughly 1,000 set up firms via its Licensed Installer program.
The corporate has secured $25M Collection B spherical from Particle Future, with the contemporary capital going in the direction of scaling its analysis and growth capabilities, optimising its provide chain, and rising each its gross sales community and operations attain.
Supplies & Chemical compounds
beeOLED (2020) is a deep tech start-up which is growing deep-blue emitters to enhance shows in telephones, tablets, laptops, TVs, and different digital home equipment. The environment friendly and steady emitters are primarily based on beeOLED’s expertise which makes elementary emission from atoms, match to be used in vacuum processed OLED shows.
The corporate has landed a $14M Collection A spherical, co-led by eCAPITAL and Innovation Industries with participation from KBC Focus Fund, M Ventures, HTGF, TGFS, and JBN-Make investments.
The funding will likely be poured into growth and getting its deep-blue emitter expertise in the direction of go-to-market readiness.
Sources & Setting
Redwood Supplies (2017) has developed applied sciences for supplies recycling, remanufacturing, and reuse; its focus is on recycling Li-ion batteries, with claimed restoration charges of over 80% for lithium and 95-98% for nickel (nickel sulfate), cobalt, graphite and aluminium. Redwood Supplies operates in three principal areas of the worth chain: gathering and receiving, refining, and upgrading.
The corporate has introduced the completion of its Collection D spherical co-led by Goldman Sachs Asset Administration, Capricorn’s Know-how Impression Fund, and T. Rowe Worth Associates.
The Collection D funding will go in the direction of additional constructing out capability, rising its home battery provide chain and supporting prospects with battery supplies purchases made within the U.S. for the primary time.
Transportation & Logistics
ALVA (2021) sits within the 2-Wheeler Electrical Automobile (2W EV) business as a producer aiming to advertise EV mobility as a life-style answer. The bikes are designed with most torque and high pace via a single cost, with full connectivity and zero-emissions expertise, which improves the pace, precision, and total efficiency of rides to encourage prospects to modify to electrical mobility.
The corporate has secured $50M in Collection B funding from Brama One Ventures (BOV), Foxconn Co-GP Fund, and Horizon Ventures, amongst different undisclosed buyers.
The funding will go in the direction of scaling its product growth plans and community development in Indonesia.
Enabling Applied sciences
Botanical Resolution (2019) has designed a manufacturing expertise that permits scalable and sustainable provide of botanical merchandise. The corporate leverages a proprietary platform to enhance the constant manufacturing of superior botanical supplies (ABM), starting with ABM-01, which relies on a plant known as Quillaja saponaria. This AMB is the lively ingredient for 2 key merchandise, BSI’s biopesticide Quillibrium® and the vaccine adjuvant QS-21. These botanical merchandise are used throughout numerous industries together with agriculture and healthcare.
The corporate has raised an extra $7M in Collection A funding to enrich the earlier $6.1M Collection A funding secured in January 2022 – the full Collection A spherical now’s at $13M.
The funding will go in the direction of scaling manufacturing of QS-21, in addition to fulfilling provide agreements with Huge Pharma firms.
