The Start-up Sparxell, a Cambridge, a company for herbal color technology, has secured financing of 1.9 million euros from the European Innovation Council (EIC).
The capital injection will help the spin-off at the University of Cambridge supported by LVMH to scale its world’s first natural colors in order to change the $ 48 billion.
“This financing by the European Innovation Council is of great importance because it enables us to accelerate our production expansion and to cope with important technical challenges much earlier in our development process,” said Sparxell-CEO Benjamin Droguet “With our vegetable technology, we offer the industries a fundamental approach to color that works with nature and not at the same time, and at the same time the highest performance standards, and at the same time fulfilled. “
Sparxell is a member of the La Maison of the startup Accelerator program from LVMH and the renowned Respond Accelerator of the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt. The subsidy will help the company to increase production at tons of tons to prepare the first commercial market launch with leading brands and manufacturers.
Sparxell secures additional means of expanding the operation and changing the colored agent market
Since the outsourcing from the University of Cambridge in 2023, Sparxell has experienced a quick commercial validation through over 25 fully financed pilot projects with global brands in various industrial sectors and achieved its first sales in the millions.
Success is based on the biodegradable pigments of Sparxell, which provide impressive color results that exceed synthetic alternatives without using fossil chemicals, and instead inspired by nature to create color. The company -owned technology converts cellulose from slightly available materials, including wood pulp and agricultural waste, into living color solutions that exceed the performance of synthetic dyes in terms of color intensity and durability and at the same time are completely non -toxic and biodegradable. In fashion, technology significantly reduces energy and water consumption compared to conventional textile coloring and printing processes. It also eliminates the toxicity in applications with human contact, such as in cosmetics and food, and enables a large-scale recycling and circular economy in industries such as the packaging and color industry.
Last autumn, Sparxell expanded the capacity of his headquarters in Cambridge and thus enabled production on a kilogram scale to accelerate innovations and to satisfy the increasing market demand. The biotech company is now planning a further expansion of its institutions this year, with the aim of double the production capacity and establishing production laboratories.
This is the latest round of financing for the British company. In April 2024, the manufacturer of pigments based on plant base completed a financing of $ 3.2 million. The seed investments, grants and awards were supported by anchorervestor Circular Innovation Fund, a risk capital fund managed by Demeter, and L’Oréal’s Cycle Capital.
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