Media

The latest news about Evonik, its R&D activities and Venture Capital Investments

Press Releases

High-performance additives for sustainable plastics: Evonik invests in Interface Polymers

Interface Polymers’ Polarfin® additives simplify the processing and recycling of plastics such as mixtures of polyethylene and polypropylene. ... MORE

Company

Performance boost for electromobility: Evonik invests in battery expert SuperC

The Chinese company is a technological leader in graphene materials that improve the range, robustness, charging speed, and service life of lithium-ion batteries. ... MORE

Company

No opioids after surgery: Evonik invests in Allay Therapeutics

Allay Therapeutics has developed an implant for treating pain after knee surgery. It is inserted directly into the knee and may relieve pain for up to three weeks ... MORE

Venture Capital

Evonik Venture Capital invests in Japan for the first time

Evonik Venture Capital has invested in Fund VIII of Global Brain Corporation, a Japanese venture capital company. The move marks Evonik’s first investment in the country. ... MORE

Company

Evonik spends venture capital on sustainability funds Azolla Ventures and Chrysalix

Evonik Venture Capital has invested in two sustainability funds: Azolla Ventures I and the Chrysalix Venture Capital’s Carbon Neutrality Fund. ... MORE

Portfolio Company

Vivasure Medical Announces Series D Financing to Advance Portfolio of PerQseal Vessel Closure Devices

Vivasure Medical announced the closing of the first tranche of €22 million ($23M) as part of its Series D financing round that could reach up to €52 million ($54M) in total. ... MORE

Portfolio Company

Citrine Informatics Wins Investment from Evonik Venture Capital

Evonik invested in Citrine Informatics, provider of the Citrine Platform, a leading AI and smart data management software platform for materials and chemicals development. ... MORE

Venture Capital

Evonik Venture Capital invests in Laxxon

3D printed tablets with better drug delivery improve patients’ health. ... MORE

Portfolio Company

In Ovo raises EUR 34M to end male chick culling

Dutch AgTech scale-up closes 34M fund raise to accelerate its international growth and scale up plans. The funding is provided by impact investor ECBF and ABN AMRO and includes existing shareholders Evonik and VisVires New Protein. ... MORE

Portfolio Company

Biograil Secures Seed 2 Funding for Oral Delivery Device for Biologics

Biograil ApS, a Copenhagen based biotech company developing a unique oral device for delivery of biologics, announced the closing of a Seed 2 funding of 3.2 million Euro. Evonik Venture Capital participated as a new investor. ... MORE

Venture Capital

Evonik invests in U.S. start-up offering medical device to improve patient recovery after open-chest surgery

Evonik Venture Capital has invested in CircumFix Solutions, a U.S.-based start-up that has developed a new sternal closure device to improve patient recovery after open chest surgery. ... MORE

Venture Capital

Alternative to animal testing: Evonik invests in Singapore start-up

Evonik has invested in start-up Revivo BioSystems to support the development of a realistic 4D model of human skin that provides an alternative to animal testing. ... MORE

Company

Evonik Venture Capital invests in two leading Chinese funds to access advanced material technologies

Evonik is extending its corporate venture capital activities in China with investments into GRC SinoGreen Fund V and Richland VC Fund III. ... MORE

Health Care

Evonik acquires German biotech company JeNaCell to expand biomaterials portfolio for new medical device markets

Evonik has acquired German biotech company JeNaCell. The acquisition expands Evonik’s biomaterials portfolio to provide biotechnologically derived cellulose. ... MORE

Venture Capital

Evonik makes follow-on investment into In Ovo

Evonik has made a follow-up investment in the biotechnology start-up In Ovo through its venture capital unit. The investment comes as the young company reaches the commercialization stage for its technology and is bringing its gender-testing machine for eggs to the market. ... MORE

Venture Capital

Evonik invests in digital platform for chemicals to strengthen its e-commerce activities and online customer interactions

Evonik’s venture capital arm has invested in chembid, the world’s largest search engine and market intelligence platform for chemicals, to strengthen the company’s e-commerce activities. ... MORE

Venture Capital

Evonik Venture Capital acquires stake in leading Chinese 3D printing specialist

Evonik has acquired a minority stake in Chinese company UnionTech through its Venture Capital unit. ... MORE

Venture Capital

Evonik participates in growth financing for young Danish hydrogen peroxide company HPNow

Evonik has made a second investment in HPNow, based in Copenhagen, Denmark, through its venture capital unit. ... MORE

Company

Evonik sells stake in Synoste to Globus Medical in successful venture capital exit

Evonik Venture Capital has sold its stake in Synoste Oy to Globus Medical. ... MORE

Venture Capital

Evonik invests in Chinese technology start-up to support more intelligent and healthier pig farming

Evonik’s venture capital arm has invested in a Chinese technology start-up that enables more intelligent and healthier pig farming. ... MORE

Venture Capital

Evonik invests in Israeli software start-up offering a 3D printing decision-support system

Evonik Venture Capital has invested in an Israeli software start-up that helps industrial companies adopt 3D printing. ... MORE

Venture Capital

Evonik invests in start-up that makes animal-free leather-like materials

Evonik’s venture capital arm has invested in a start-up that sustainably produces biofabricated materials that are inspired by leather, eliminating the need for animal skins. ... MORE

Venture Capital

Evonik invests in Chinese 3D-printing start-up making medical implants

Evonik Venture Capital has invested in a 3D-printing start-up in China that makes implants for neuro and spine surgery. ... MORE

Topics from research and development

Publications

The digital innovation magazine

The innovation magazine ELEMENTS by Evonik offers informative science journalism with social, economic and political classification. ... MORE

Publikationen

Das kommt dabei raus

Wasserstoff hat das Potenzial, die Wirtschaft nachhaltiger zu machen. Welche Innovationen sorgen dafür, dass aus der Vision Wirklichkeit wird? ... MEHR

Publications

A fantastic shortcut

The more efficient reactions are, the more sustainable chemistry becomes. Working together with partners from the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis, a group of researchers at Evonik have recently achieved a notable feat - the direct production of the important industrial chemical adipic acid. ... MORE