Issue #17 Via Separations, Ozonebio, Sway
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Via Separations
Via eliminates energy use in industrial processes, enabling pathways for a more sustainable, resource efficient future. With its core filtration technology, Via can decrease the energy used in separation processes by 90%. They are backed by The Engine, Safar Partners, Prime Impact Fund, and MassCEC. Via Separations recently announced their first successful commercial pilot and was named as a BNEF Pioneer.
Founder & CEO: Shreya Dave, Co-Founder and CEO
HQ: Watertown, MA
Stage: Series B
Company Ask: Via Separations is hiring. They are also conducting customer discovery, and deep diving into Food & Beverage, as well as the Chemicals & Petrochemicals industries to expand the use of our platform. They would love to engage with industry experts in those sectors.
Ozonebio
Photo Credit: Ozonebio
OzoneBio is a Canadian biotech company producing am emission-free adipic acid with the use of unique “zombie cell” fermentation technology. Adipic acid is one of the building blocks of nylon 6,6, a material that is used everywhere, from car parts to your favorite yoga pants, despite emissions of poisonous nitrous oxide and CO2 into the atmosphere. OzoneBio is part of IndieBio Accelerator, batch 11, in San Francisco.
Founder & CEO: Khorcheska Batyrova, Co-Founder and CEO
HQ: Toronto, Canada
Stage: Seed
Sway
Photo Credit: Sway
Sway harnesses the regenerative power of seaweed to help CPGs move towards a plastic-free future. They believe that plastic packaging can be transformed to restore and replenish life instead. Their seaweed-based packaging is fully bio-based and home compostable, generating healthy soil at the end of life while simultaneously replenishing the social and ecological systems harmed by petroleum plastics.
They are currently working with Closed Loop Partners and IDEO to run a pilot of their seaweed-based material with Walmart, Target and CVS. Sway is also part of the Sustainable Ocean Alliance accelerator, Berkeley Skydeck, and they work closely alongside UC Berkeley and the USDA.
Founder & CEO: Julia Marsh, Co-Founder and CEO
HQ: Berkeley, CA
Stage: Pre-Seed
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