{"id":178937,"date":"2026-07-27T07:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T05:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=178937"},"modified":"2026-07-20T14:26:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T12:26:04","slug":"visibuilt-raises-eur-3-34-million-to-bring-biobased-binders-closer-to-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/visibuilt-raises-eur-3-34-million-to-bring-biobased-binders-closer-to-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Visibuilt raises EUR 3.34 million to bring biobased binders closer to market"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\u00a9 Visibuilt<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Visibuilt, a Danish biotechnology company developing biobased alternatives to conventional carbon-intensive construction binders, has secured EUR 3.34 million in seed funding co-led by EIFO and Unconventional Ventures followed by Proptechfonden and backed again by earlier investor EMDFonden.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investment will support the next stage of the company\u2019s development as it moves from laboratory-scale pilots towards validating the biobased binder platform in the market and larger-scale tests of production design with industry partners. The binder technology, visiBINDER, is a mycelium-based binder designed for paving and infrastructure applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strong support for a new generation of construction materials<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The funding round was completed with two strong leads from EIFO and UV, both backing Visibuilt\u2019s ambition to replace carbon-intensive binders with biobased alternatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cClosing this seed round is an important milestone for Visibuilt. It enables us to mature our technical platform, validate our solution at a larger scale, and take the next steps towards the market,\u201d says Line Kloster Pedersen, CEO and Founder of Visibuilt<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cConcrete and asphalt production are among the largest sources of CO\u2082 emissions globally. If we are to truly reduce emissions, it requires new solutions in heavy industries. Visibuilt has an approach that could become an important piece of that transition,\u201d says Sara Sande, Managing Director, Partner and Head of Direct Thematic Venture at EIFO.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201dAt Unconventional Ventures, we look for companies where the impact case and the commercial case are structurally identical. Visibuilt is that company. Every tonne of visiBINDER placed in a paving application displaces a tonne of fossil binder, generates royalty revenue, and reduces the embedded carbon of the infrastructure it goes into. Line has built active industrial testing relationships with Denmark\u2019s leading concrete paver manufacturer and Copenhagen Municipality within two years of founding \u2013 without a finished production setup and without a fully derisked product. That is an unusual execution signal for a hard-tech founder at this stage, and it is why we co-led. \u201d says Thea Messel, General Partner, Unconventional Ventures.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Developing an alternative to bitumen and cement<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Construction and infrastructure rely heavily on binders such as bitumen and cement, both associated with significant carbon emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visibuilt is developing visiBINDER, a biobased binder produced from mycelium \u2014 the root structure of fungi. The technology is designed to offer a less energy intensive solution for paving materials while meeting the durability and performance requirements of outdoor applications.<\/p>\n\n\n

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visiBINDER \u00a9 Visibuild<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

By combining biotechnology and material science, the company aims to enable a new category of lower-impact construction materials for roads, paths, and other infrastructure projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next step: validation at scale<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The new funding will allow Visibuilt to expand testing and validation activities, establish the production setup required for larger-scale trials, and strengthen the team with additional technical and commercial expertise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These activities will support the company\u2019s ambition to demonstrate the technology in real-world applications and prepare for future market introduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About Visibuilt<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Visibuilt is a Danish biotechnology company developing a mycelium-based binder solution for the construction and infrastructure industries. Founded by Line Kloster Pedersen and Oleksii Rebrov, the company combines biotechnology and material science to create lower-carbon alternatives to conventional construction materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About EIFO<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

EIFO is Denmark\u2019s state-owned investment and export financing institution. It supports Danish startups, SMEs, and larger companies through loans, guarantees, and equity investments. EIFO helps businesses innovate, scale internationally, and attract capital while promoting sustainable growth and the green transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Unconventional Ventures<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Unconventional Ventures is an impact-focused venture capital fund investing in early-stage technology companies tackling critical inefficiencies in resource-intensive industries. UV backs founders building scalable solutions at the intersection of operational performance and measurable environmental impact. UV Fund II is based in Copenhagen and invests across Nordic and European markets, with a focus on companies where revenue growth and positive environmental outcomes are structurally the same variable. www.unconventional.vc<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About EMDFonde<\/strong>n<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

EMDFonden is a Danish commercial foundation focused on developing and supporting technology that reduces resource use and environmental impact. It invests in and promotes software, data, and modelling tools \u2013 especially within the energy and climate sector. The foundation also funds research and development projects that contribute to the green transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Proptechfonden<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Proptechfonden is a Copenhagen-based venture capital fund that invests in early-stage startups in real estate, construction, and urban development technology. It focuses on pre-seed and seed companies with an MVP and early traction. The fund often acts as a lead or co-lead investor, typically alongside experienced business angels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Visibuilt, a Danish biotechnology company developing biobased alternatives to conventional carbon-intensive construction binders, has secured EUR 3.34 million in seed funding co-led by EIFO and Unconventional Ventures followed by Proptechfonden and backed again by earlier investor EMDFonden. The investment will support the next stage of the company\u2019s development as it moves from laboratory-scale pilots towards […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":178950,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"The young company moves from laboratory-scale pilots towards validating the biobased binder platform in the market and larger-scale tests of production design with industry partners","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[16380,26312,5838,5796,19092,28208],"supplier":[23799,24043,25578],"class_list":["post-178937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-biobased","tag-biobinders","tag-bioeconomy","tag-biotechnology","tag-fungalmycelium","tag-myceliumbased","supplier-eifo-export-investment-fund-of-denmark","supplier-unconventional-ventures","supplier-visibuilt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178937"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":178969,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178937\/revisions\/178969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178937"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=178937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}