Ecovia Renewables Raises $1M in Seed Financing

Ecovia Renewables, Inc., an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based biotechnology company, raised an initial $1m seed funding round.

The company intends to use the capital to fund near-term R&D, product development, and bioprocess scale-up activities.

Backers included Seppic Inc., a member of the Seppic Group, a designer and manufacturer of specialty ingredients. With this investment, Caroline Drouart joined Ecovia as a Board Director.
The company and Seppic have also signed a multi-year joint-development agreement. Under the deal, the two parties will co-develop a suite of biobased and biodegradable polymers for topical applications in the health and beauty markets. Similarly, Seppic will have exclusive marketing rights to products made using Ecovia’s technology, a proprietary fermentation platform,

Founded in 2014 by Dr. Jeremy Minty and Dr. Nina Lin, Ecovia Renewables is a biotechnology company focused on the research and development of high-performing biobased chemicals and fuels.

FinSMEs

09/04/2018

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