La empresa de bio-aromáticos Relement consigue su primera inversión de capital

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Relement BV ha recaudado su primera inversión de capital del Fondo TTT Smart Industries Fund que es administrado por Innovation Industries, un fondo de capital de riesgo especializado en deep-tech.
Entradas relacionadas: “TNO lanza una empresa spin-off enfocada en bio-aromáticos”, 20/11/2020.

Figure 1. Relement is focused on specialty bio-aromatics (taken from Relement website)

Relement BV es una spin-off del instituto holandés de investigación y desarrollo TNO. La empresa se encuentra en una posición única como fabricante de ingredientes para recubrimientos y materiales, para los que no existe una alternativa renovable en la actualidad. La inversión permitirá a Relement contratar socios para escalar la producción de muestras para los clientes y fortalecer el desarrollo tecnológico.

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