Aspen Aerogels, a Northborough, Mass.-based nanotech company focused on insulation materials, has raised $37 million in fourth-round funding. Aspen Aerogels supplies reinforced, nanoporous aerogel insulation products that are up to eight times more effective than other insulation materials. Aspen Aerogels’ insulation solutions deliver thermal and other benefits that enable customers to conserve energy and save […]
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Helios Coatings Inc., a Canton, Ohio-based provider of metallic coatings for the auto industry, has raised $4 million from Hopewell Ventures. Helios produces and markets the Metallight coating system, an environmentally friendly replacement for chrome plating on aluminum alloy wheels and other auto parts. Metallight offers increased durability and eliminates the environmental hazards of chrome […]
Ondax Inc., a Monrovia, Calif.-based optical components manufacturer, has raised nearly $2.5 million in Series D funding. “ONDAX is the manufacturer of commercial Volume Holographic Gratings (VHG’s) and Wavelength Stabilized Laser Diodes, Pigtailed Lasers, Collimated Lasers and Fiber Coupled Modules. The PowerLocker is a volume holographic glass grating which diffracts a specified wavelength at a […]
Multiwave Photonics, a Maia, Portugal-based developer of pulsed fibre lasers and specialty optical sources, has raised EUR 5 million ($7.764 mm) in Series B funding. allow the Company to become the world’s leading provider of next generation pulsed fibre lasers (MOPA) and specialty optical sources based in fiber-optic technologies, for industrial, environmental and medical applications. […]
Revolvymer Ltd., a UK-based polymer technology company, has raised Gbp10 million ($19.4 million) in third-round funding. New funds will be used to accelerate the commercialisation of removable chewing gum and nicotine gum. Revolymer will also continue to drive the development of its proprietary polymers in a wide portfolio of consumer goods.
Private equity firm Henderson Equity Partners said on Monday it has completed a $21.5 million investment in Sharda Worldwide Exports Pvt Ltd, an Indian agrochemical company based in Mumbai. Founded in 1987, Sharda registers and markets off-patent agrochemicals in 50 countries and across the herbicide, fungicide and insecticide sectors. “The Henderson team has spent a […]
Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc. is harnessing the potential of natural oils to produce a portfolio of commercial products across multiple markets. Elevance was formed to institutionalize work started in 2004 in collaboration between Cargill, one of the world’s largest producers of agricultural oils, and Materia, a leading edge technology organization leveraging patents from the California […]
Ensenda Inc., a San Francisco-based provider of last-mile logistics, has raised $10.3 million in Series C funding. Ensenda is dedicated to leading the industry in customer satisfaction for carrier management and last mile logistics. Ensenda manages a network of the top local delivery firms in North America, linked through our proprietary Web-based technology. By outsourcing […]
Glacier Bay Inc., a Union City, Calif.-based developer of system-integrated DC power and thermal management technologies (refrigeration systems for powerboats. mainframe computers and other power systems), has raised $30 million in Series B funding.
Validus DC Systems has closed $10 million in a first round of venture funding. Validus is launching this year after successfully developing a safe, reliable, and scalable DC power solution for datacenters that can coexist with legacy AC investments. Validus’ “Hybrid Power” technology combines the time-tested attributes of AC power system design with the energy […]
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