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Biotech startup Shellworks announced that it has raised $15 million in a Series A investment round, with proceeds aimed at scaling its technology designed to produce an affordable biomass-based alternative to plastic packaging.<\/p>\n
Founded in 2019 by Insiya Jafferjee and Amir Afshar, UK-based Shellworks develops compostable packaging solutions made from naturally-derived materials. The company\u2019s first material, Vivomer, a polymer made by using microbes to ferment second-generation feedstocks, that behaves like plastic, can be rigid or flexible, and is microplastic-free, and home-compostable. The material is made by taking waste biomass such as plants, and using microbes to ferment it into plastic-like material.<\/p>\n
According to Shellworks, Vivomer is already cost-competitive with alternatives like aluminum, glass and paper at a fraction of plastic\u2019s production scale, and is being used for packaging by Wild at Tesco and Target, and by Phil\u2019s at Whole Foods.<\/p>\n
The company said that the new capital will support its expansion into the U.S. and partnership with more brands.<\/p>\n
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