Tag - Impermea Materials

Shark Tank’ appearance sparks success for Massachusetts company creating greener world through chemistry

Antonette Ho2023-11-08T10:32:37-05:00Framingham’s DetraPel is trying to create a greener world with chemistry. Overlooking 23,000 square feet of manufacturing space, David Zamarin’s company is changing the way other companies think about and use chemical materials. At DetraPel, they’ve created consumer and industrial coatings that protect items such as textiles, paper and food packaging -- all the while making those coatings without using cancer-causing PFAS chemicals. Remarkably, this rather young yet successful entrepreneur started down the cancer-free industrial path when he was just...

The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 9/18/23

Antonette Ho2023-09-25T22:06:15-04:00The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report takes us on a trip across various ecosystems in the US, highlighting some of the notable funding activity in the various markets that we track. The notable startup funding rounds for the week ending 9/16/23 featuring funding details for Obee, Pixis, Elsa, and twenty-three other deals representing $1.6B in new funding that you need to know about. DetraPel – $7.6M - Framingham-based DetraPel is a cleantech advanced materials company that specializes in synthesizing and...

DetraPel: Advanced Materials Company Secures $7.6 Million

Antonette Ho2023-09-25T22:06:26-04:00DetraPel – the advanced materials company that manufactures sustainable coatings – recently announced the completion of its $7.6 million Series A funding led by Material Impact. And additional investors in this round include multi-billion dollar packaging ink manufacturer INX International, Touchdown Ventures, FitzGate Ventures, Boro Capital, Icebook Investments, and others. The new funding round will enable DetraPel to build on the market traction of the company’s recently rebranded industrial arm, Impermea Materials. And DetraPel has also rebranded its consumer operations...

DetraPel Closes $7.6M Series A Funding

Antonette Ho2023-09-25T22:06:33-04:00DetraPel, the advanced materials company that manufactures sustainable coatings announced the completion of its $7.6M Series A funding led by Material Impact. Additional investors in this round include multi-billion dollar packaging ink manufacturer, INX International, along with Touchdown Ventures, FitzGate Ventures, Boro Capital, Icebook Investments, and others. The newly raised funds will allow DetraPel to build on the market traction of the company’s recently rebranded industrial arm, Impermea Materials. DetraPel has also rebranded its consumer operations to ProofPlus. The capital...

Whatever Happened To Detrapel Liquid Stain Repellent Spray After Shark Tank Season 9?

Antonette Ho2023-08-14T01:02:05-04:00Just about everyone has experienced the struggle of stepping into a mud puddle in brand-new shoes or spilling condiments on their favorite shirt. Young CEO David Zamarin, however, decided to put that struggle to good use and develop a product to fix this problem. On season 9, episode 15 of ""Shark Tank,"" Zamarin showed off his new product, Detrapel, to the Sharks. These investors are no strangers to products that promise to solve everyday issues, and the group received the...