23 December 202220 December 2022 Trillium Announces Close of Series A Financing, Raising $10.6 Million New investment round led by Hyosung and HELM AG will accelerate the commercialization of Trillium’s process to manufacture chemicals from plant-based materials
9 December 20216 December 2021 DMC Biotechnologies has completed the first close of its Series B fundraising, raising $34 million (USD) Company has a deep pipeline of predictable, scalable, cost-competitive products, addressing sustainability challenges across a wide range of industries
16 July 20219 September 2021 Twelve, Formerly Opus 12, Secures $57 Million in Series A Funding Led by Capricorn and Carbon Direct Announces carbon transformation partnerships with Mercedes-Benz and Procter & Gamble to convert CO2 emissions into essential products
24 March 202019 March 2020 Capricorn Partners invests in plant-based protein company Prolupin Coming years will bring the company's unique Lupine Protein Isolate (LPI) as well as the vegan Made with LUVE brand centre stage for consumers
6 September 20183 September 2018 Expert View: Invest-ability of the bio-economy Product performance, sustainability and customer awareness are driving the demand for new products
18 May 201716 May 2017 Why Sustainable Chemicals? The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to Capricorn Venture Partner’s Sustainable Chemistry Fund CVP’s Babette Pettersen gave this illuminating presentation at ABLC 2017 in Washington, DC
31 January 201727 January 2017 Capricorn Venture Partners announces first closing of its Capricorn Sustainable Chemistry Fund (CSCF) at € 50 million Aim of the new fund is to create shareholder value through financial return combined with the Sustainability Impact of the planned investments
3 November 20162 November 2016 3F Bio voted best speech and MetGen won the John Sime award at Efib 2016 Companies were acknowledged as industrial biotech leaders at this year’s European Forum on Industrial Biotechnology and the Bioeconomy
3 March 201625 February 2016 From Upstream to Downstream, the importance of the Value Chain Plant Based Summit shows optimism surrounding the commercialisation of renewable chemicals
16 December 201516 December 2015 Avantium reserves capacity in its first FDCA production plant for Mitsui; a new thin film PEF for packaging emerges In Japan, Avantium signed an agreement with Mitsui & Co., Ltd. to commercialize 100% biobased chemicals FDCA and PEF
16 September 201514 September 2015 100% renewable – making bio-plastics real The Digest’s 2015 8-Slide Guide to the Coca-Cola Plant Bottle
6 July 20153 July 2015 The 10 Hottest, Bossest Renewable Plastic Technologies 10 technologies that are changing the landscape. Let’s dive into the who and why
9 June 20159 June 2015 Virent, Coca-Cola hit key production milestone with the 100% biobased Plant Bottle Production goes from pilot to demonstration scale as Coca-Cola “makes it happy,” showcasing its newest Plant Bottles at Expo Milan
17 February 201516 February 2015 Not all innovative businesses begin in a garage They often start as biotech SMEs, and EuropaBio will reward the most innovative among them
27 January 201526 January 2015 Green Biologics secures $76 million in debt and equity financing Proceeds position company to deliver 1st commercial plant in U.S.
9 January 20158 January 2015 Avantium: Biofuels Digest’s 2015 5-Minute Guide Jime Lana about Avantium, a technology company specialized in the area of advanced catalytic research
17 October 201416 October 2014 Bio-based companies rank in Global Cleantech 100 Capricorn Venture Partners scores a hat-trick in prestigious list
14 October 201413 October 2014 Italy and France awarded for their Most Innovative EU Biotech SMEs 2014 Top five candidates presented their achievements at the 2nd edition of the European Biotech Week
