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19Sep
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 9/18/23
The 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...
19Sep
DetraPel: Advanced Materials Company Secures $7.6 Million
DetraPel – 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...
12Sep
DetraPel Closes $7.6M Series A Funding
DetraPel, 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...
05Aug
Whatever Happened To Detrapel Liquid Stain Repellent Spray After Shark Tank Season 9?
Just 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...
03Jun
DetraPel: This Advanced Materials Company Builds Environmentally Friendly Packaging Options
DetraPel is known as an advanced materials company that specializes in synthesizing and manufacturing PFAS-Free protective coatings. Last month, DetraPel announced the rebranding of its industrial pillar with the launch of Impermea Materials, an advanced materials coating company. Read more >>
02Jun
7 Standout Sustainability Innovations We Covered This Spring
From planetary warming to plastic waste, it's easy to get bogged down in all the bad news out there. But let's not forget that innovators around the world are on the case, doing largely unsung work on a daily basis to scale solutions with the potential to address these challenges head on. A water-based alternative to PFAS - The group of chemicals known as PFAS are ubiquitous in modern life. Young entrepreneur David Zamarin started working to develop PFAS alternatives...
23May
Nixing PFAS is a Real Possibility: Here’s One Company That’s Doing It
Per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) have been getting a lot of negative publicity. And with good reason. Classified as “forever chemicals,” they’ve been found in food, water, soil, animals and even our blood. Although the extent of their effects is not fully understood, they are known to negatively impact human health in a variety of ways. But while many are calling for an overall ban on the chemicals, pushback from the industry seeks to simply switch out the PFAS we...
13Apr