Naturbeads Revenue and Competitors

Naturbeads Ltd is a startup commercializing sustainable and biodegradable cellulose ingredients. Our cellulose microbeads are being tested in cosmetic and personal care products, paints and coating, adhesive, packaging and many other industrial and consumers applications to replace polluting plastic microbeads. Naturbeads cellulose beads are 100% biodegradable and show the same performance of plastic microbeads.\n\nOur achievements:\n3 Innovate UK grants for a total value of ~£1.4 million to build two pilot plants and expand our range of applications from personal care and cosmetics to paints and coatings and consumers applications.\n2 contracts (£200K) with the UK government for fully funded research to test our cellulose beads in biocatalysis and a follow-up Eureka Project (£250K) to bring the technology to TRL 6, due to start October 2022.\n£4200 Royal Society of Chemistry internship grant (cultured meat applications)\nFinalist IchemE Awards Innovation and Sustainability Categories\nWinner Manufacturing and Engineering Startup of the Year 2022\nHard Tech Finalist UKBAA 2022\nUK Finalist KPMG Tech Innovator 2022\nHello Tomorrow Deep Tech Pioneers 2021\nWinner Blue Tulip Award Climate and Energy 2021\nFinalist Emerging Technology competition, Royal Society of Chemistry 2021\nSelected for Plug and Play Japan 2021\nFinalist Plug and Play Europe Program in partnership with the Alliance to end plastic waste 2021\nPlatinum Award MassChallenge Switzerland 2020 \nSelected for the Investment Catalyst event of the UKBAA\n2*3-month Internship grant from the Royal Society of Chemistry £4000\nFinalist SouthSummit 2020\n2020 Nominee PostCode Lotteries Green Challenge\n2nd place Virtual SouthSummit in Sustainability 2020\nFinalist in Pitch@Palace 12.0 2019\nFinalist in the Launch Great West Award 2019 - One to watch category \nUK 2018 Finalist of the Climate Launchpad competition \nFinalist in the 2018 Emerging Technologies Competition of the Royal Society of Chemistry