Beauty

US precision fermentation startup Melazyme, founded by two former Perfect Day executives, has raised $2M in seed funding to advance its melanin and sweet protein platform. Melazyme, a startup using precision fermentation to develop…
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German biotech startup Primogene has raised €4.1M ($4.8M) to commercialise its bioactive molecules, which can replace functional ingredients in infant and elderly nutrition and personal care. Leipzig-based firm Primogene has secured…
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German specialty chemicals company Wacker has teamed up with US biotech firm Amyris to create bio-based, sustainable personal care ingredients using precision fermentation. Weeks after expanding production capacity at its Brazilian…
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Clean Food Group has raised £4.5M ($6.1M) in new funding, alongside a £700,000 ($950,000) grant from the UK government, to expand production of its sustainable yeast-derived fats. UK biotech startup Clean Food Group has brought on new…
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US startup Checkerspot has launched a fermentation-derived algal oil for personal care and cosmetics applications, as part of a collaboration with La Fabrique Végétale. Betting on the personal care industry's expanding embrace of…
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German startup Bluu has scaled up production of its cultivated fish cells to 1,000-litre bioreactors in partnership with Dutch firm Cultivate at Scale, with the personal care sector its first target. Months after expanding its focus…
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Estonian startup Äio has debuted its upcycled, sustainable fat alternative, RedOil, in a skin-boosting serum created with personal care brand Tilk. Accelerating the drive to phase out harmful tropical and petroleum-based oils from the…
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UK biotech startup Clean Food Group has launched CleanOil, a waste-derived yeast fat that can help the beauty and cosmetics sector shift away from the planet-harming palm oil. As more consumers seek cleaner, more sustainable…
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Swiss biomaterials firm Seprify has raised 12.25 million francs ($15.7M) to scale its cellulose-based alternatives to titanium dioxide for the food and cosmetics sectors. As the consumer goods industry reckons with the impact of…
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US startup Savor has launched a beauty and personal care division, expanding its carbon-based fats beyond food to address the climate issues caused by the use of tropical oils in cosmetics. The ubiquitous use of palm oil in cosmetics…
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As Europe’s personal care brands look for eco-friendly alternatives to animal and tropical fats, a new partnership bets on microalgae oils to usher in a new era for cosmetics. More and more Europeans are seeing cleaner beauty, with half…
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Singaporean cellular agriculture company Umami Bioworks has teamed up with salmon specialist Nippon Barrier Free to bring cultivated marine supplements and cosmetics to Japan. A pioneer in the cultivated seafood and marine ingredients…
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Japanese cellular agriculture specialist IntegriCulture has introduced Cellag, a brand to sell its own products, as well as those by other companies, across the food, cosmetics, and materials categories. To drive greater interest and…
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German startup Bluu has expanded its salmon cell culture technology to skincare and health innovations, adding to its existing cultivated seafood line. Hamburg-based Bluu has taken a "salmon leap of opportunities" with the expansion of…
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Singaporean startup ImpacFat has secured fresh financing to fuel its Asian commercialisation plans for cultivated omega-3 fish fat. ImpacFat, a Singapore-based biotech firm producing fish fats from cell cultures, has expanded into Japan…
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UK startup Clean Food Group has acquired the assets of Algal Omega 3, giving it access to a million litres of fermentation capacity to produce its yeast-derived oils. Two weeks after securing regulatory approval in multiple markets,…
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Estonian startup Äio has produced the first tonne of its yeast-derived palm oil alternative and plans to roll out its first cosmetic ingredient by year-end. Taking a big step towards commercialisation, Tallinn-based biotech firm Äio has…
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UK startup Clean Food Group has secured regulatory approval to use its sustainable yeast-derived oil as a cosmetic ingredient in the US and Europe. In a major milestone for the sustainable fats space, British food tech firm Clean Food…
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Singapore's Greenitio has closed a $1.5 million seed funding round to turn mushroom-based chitosan into functional biopolymers for cosmetics and specialty chemicals. A biotech startup from Singapore has attracted $1.5M from investors to…
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Japan's IntegriCulture and Singapore's Umami Bioworks have joined forces to leverage their cellular agriculture expertise and develop novel cosmetics from cultured fish cells. Ahead of Japan's inaugural Cellular Agriculture Week, one of…
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Singaporean cellular agriculture startup Umami Bioworks has launched Marine Radiance, a line of cell-cultured marine bioactives, starting with regenerative compound PDRN. Singapore-based Umami Bioworks has expanded its AI-led cell…
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