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Unstash that Trash: Material(s) progress in making fuels, chemicals from Municipal solid waste

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Industrial Biotech’s Billion Dollar Quarter: ventures raise $1.1B in Q1 from seed to commercial-scale

In Florida, Biofuels Digest reports that the industrial biotechnology sector raised $1.103B in new capital in the first quarter of 2017, excluding debt and...

Agrisoma raises $15.M in Series B: grower-ready and ready for growth

In Canada, Agrisoma Biosciences closed its $15.4 MM Series B financing round, co-led by new investor Groupe Lune Rouge and current investors Cycle Capital...

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