Treeless Pack raises CHF 1.2M to advance treeless biofabricated materials
What's the deal? Treeless Pack, an ETH Zurich spin-off, has raised CHF 1.2 million in an early-stage round from business angels and family offices, including Business Angels SwitzerlandDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → and WE Family OfficesDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →. The company uses microorganisms to grow bio-based alternatives to fossil-based materials. The round was oversubscribed.
What's the endgame? Founded by Adam KorczakDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → and Patrycja Kucharczyk, Treeless combines biofabrication, biomimicry, and automation to produce materials for cosmetics, adhesives, coatings, and composites. It is building an automated pilot smart factory in Switzerland, using a modular approach designed for decentralised, resource-efficient manufacturing.
Why now? Treeless is entering commercialisation, with customers already engaged in co-development projects and its first products in testing. It is initially focused on cosmetics and sustainable adhesives, where demand for high-performance biomaterials is growing.
Where does the money go? The funds will develop its modular smart-manufacturing platform, accelerate commercialisation, expand technical and commercial teams, and advance customer projects. A substantial part of the round came from reinvestments by existing shareholders, and the company has also secured non-dilutive funding.
"This financing enables us to accelerate industrialization, commercialization and the development of scalable manufacturing systems," said Korczak, co-founder and chief executive officer.
The signal: The raise is modest but marks an early-stage industrialisation bet on treeless, waste-derived materials. It arrives as capital flows into low-impact alternatives — from Bcomp's CHF 36 million Series C for natural-fibre composites to the Bezos Earth FundDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →'s $34 million push into biofabricated textiles — signalling investor appetite to reinvent the raw-materials layer of industry.
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