• Pangaea Ventures Team

    Pangaea Ventures Celebrates Final Close of Fifth Fund at $85M

  • What is hard tech (and why we are so passionate about it?)

  • Pangaea Ventures' 2023 Impact Report provides an in-depth look at the value and potential of our growing portfolio of hard tech solutions.

  • Aspect Biosystems Announces $200 Million Partnership with the Governments of Canada and British Columbia

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Floré Unveils World’s First Line of Probiotics for Neurodiversity

Floré, a leader in gut health testing and customized probiotics, has launched its new line of probiotics specifically designed for neurodiversity. The new products, Pathways Support and Mood Support are formulated using extensive data from the company’s groundbreaking research study conducted in partnership with Arizona State University, which explored the positive impact of customized probiotic supplementation on individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

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Tidal Grow® AgriScience Receives USDA Fertilizer Production Expansion Grant to Expand Leading Regenerative Fertilizer Production

Tidal Grow® AgriScience, a division of Tidal Vision Products Inc., has been awarded a Fertilizer Production Expansion Program (FPEP) grant by the USDA. This funding significantly increases production of the popular seafood hydrolysate liquid fertilizers Oceanic® and SeaPhos®.

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Kanvas Biosciences Secures Additional $12.5M to Advance Its Novel, Microbiome-Based Immuno-oncology Drug Candidates to IND Filing

Kanvas Biosciences, a full-stack spatial biology company, today announced it has raised $12.5 million in additional funding co-led by existing investors DCVC and Lions Capital LLC, and participation from FemHealth Ventures, Germin8, Ki Tua Fund, and Pangaea Ventures as well as existing investors.

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Make More in America Initiative to Fund Expansion of ESS’s Long-Duration Energy Storage Manufacturing Capacity

ESS Tech, Inc. (ESS) (NYSE: GWH), a leading manufacturer of long-duration energy storage systems (LDES) for commercial and utility-scale applications, today announced that a financing package of $50 million was approved by the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) Board of Directors under the Make More in America Initiative.

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World's First Dog Treats Launched Featuring Calysta’s FeedKind® Pet Protein

Dr. Clauder’s has joined forces with protein pioneer Calysta to launch the world’s first dog treats made with FeedKind® Pet protein, a revolutionary new pet food ingredient.

Announced at the world’s leading pet trade fair, Interzoo, the groundbreaking air-dried treat presented by Dr. Clauder’s makes the most of Calysta’s nutritionally rich protein, which is produced by natural fermentation – making it a perfect non-GMO ingredient that meets market demands for nutritional quality, palatability, and health for pets.

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Clinical Study Highlights Improvements to Gut Microbiome and Autism Spectrum Disorder Symptoms with Use of Custom Probiotics

Researchers with Sun Genomics and Arizona State University (ASU) have discovered that probiotic supplementation may improve symptoms in people with autism spectrum disorder. The joint metagenomics study assessed the effects of customized probiotic supplementation on children and adults with autism.

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ESS Technology Takes Off at Schiphol to Decarbonize Air Transportation

ESS Tech, Inc. (ESS) (NYSE: GWH), a leading manufacturer of long-duration energy storage (LDES) systems for commercial and utility-scale applications, today announced that commissioning has been completed on the initial system installed at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. This marks the launch of a project designed to reduce carbon emissions by electrifying ground operations.

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Biodel AG and Carbon Asset Solutions Partner to Deliver More Accurate Carbon Credit Measurement Process to Ag Landowners and Operators

Biodel Ag, Inc. ("Biodel"), a US carbon project developer focused on regenerative agriculture, and Carbon Asset Solutions Ltd. ("CAS"), a carbon registry and leading MRV provider, today announced a strategic partnership to deliver accurate carbon credit measurement and regenerative carbon programming as an integrated service offering.

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B.C. funds project to extract minerals, metals while reducing environmental impacts

The British Columbia government is funding a pilot project that it says offers the mining industry a path to significantly reduce the environmental impacts of extracting critical minerals.

A statement from the province says Vancouver-based PH7 Technologies Inc. has developed a "closed-loop" process using chemistry to extract and refine critical minerals and help the industry transition to renewable energy.

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First carbon capture pilot rig delivered by Compact Membrane Systems

Compact Membrane Systems (CMS) today announced that it has delivered a carbon capture pilot rig to OMV, a leading petrochemical company in Austria. The rig delivery represents an important milestone in demonstrating CMS’s breakthrough technology and its potential to unlock near-term decarbonization for heavy industry, which accounts for nearly 40% of worldwide CO2 emissions. 

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Vestaron Receives EPA Approval for Second Active Ingredient, BASIN® Bioinsecticide

Vestaron Corporation, a leading innovator in sustainable crop protection solutions, proudly announces the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approval of its second novel-acting peptide-based insecticide, BASIN®. This approval marks a significant milestone in Vestaron’s mission to revolutionize the agricultural crop protection industry by creating the novel modes of action growers need to effectively manage pests while enhancing sustainability.

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NewLeaf Symbiotics Introduces New EPA-Registered Biocontrol Treatment to Repel Corn Rootworm at the Root

NewLeaf Symbiotics, the global leader and pioneer of pink-pigmented facultative methylotrophs (PPFMs), has announced the launch of TS201, its first EPA-registered biocontrol technology to repel Corn Rootworm (CRW) pest activity and help corn varieties grow to their fullest potential with stronger roots. CRW is an increasing threat to farming operations and corn crop yields with the rise of insect variants that are adapting and thwarting historic methods farmers have used to manage and control the pests.

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