Can Everdye clean up one of fashion’s dirtiest processes?
Can Everdye clean up one of fashion’s dirtiest processes?

Behind every brightly coloured garment lies a largely invisible cost. Dyeing synthetic fibres can account for up to 60 per cent of the total energy used in textile production, while the global dyeing …

QT Sense closes €4M round to support real-time cell analysis

Dutch-basedstartup QT Sense has raised €4 million to advance Quantum Nuova, aquantum-based platform that monitors cellular stress in living cells atsingle-cell resolution. The funding includes a €3 mi…

Twogee Biotech completes €2.2M seed round for circular biomass technology

Munich-based Twogee Biotech, a biotechnology start-up developing customised enzyme solutions forthe industrial conversion of biomass into sustainable raw materials, hascompleted a €2.16 million seed f…

The first human test of a rejuvenation method will begin “shortly” 

When Elon Musk was at Davos last week, an interviewer asked him if he thought aging could be reversed. Musk said he hasn’t put much time into the problem but suspects it is “very solvable” and that when scientists discover why we age, it’s going to be something “obvious.” Not long after, the Harvard professor…

Anzen Industries raises $2.2M for chemical production innovation

UK-based deeptech startup Anzen Industries has raised $2.2 million in pre-seed funding, led by LocalGlobe and Creator Fund, withparticipation from strategic angel investors across the UK, EU, and US,i…

Novo Nordisk Foundation backs BioInnovation Institute with €736M to scale life sciences and deeptech innovation

The Novo Nordisk Foundation has allocated up to €736 million (DKK 5.5 billion) to BioInnovation Institute (BII), a leading institute for life science and deep tech innovation in Copenhagen. The fun…

Nuclera extends Series C funding to $87M to accelerate antibody engineering work

Biotech company Nuclera has secured anadditional $12 million in financing, bringing its total Series C funding to $87million. The extension was led by Elevage Medical Technologies and JonathanMilner, …

Avenue Biosciences raises $5.7M to scale high-throughput protein engineering

Finnish protein engineering company Avenue Biosciences has raised $5.7 million in a Seed extension funding round co-led by Balnord and Tesi, with support from existing investors Voima Ventures, Inven…

Biographica raises £7M to expand AI crop design globally

London-based Biographica, an agricultural biotechnology company, hasraised £7 million in a funding round led by Faber VC, with participation fromSuperSeed, Cardumen Capital, The Helm, EQT Foundation, …