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Pilot Lite is delighted to announce a £62m Series D investment round led by the National Wealth Fund and The Scottish National Investment Bank which will finance the construction of Pulpex first commercial-scale manufacturing facility near Glasgow. A great journey is only getting better! Pilot Lite has worked with its founding partner Diageo, taking Pulpex from startup to now a true scale up and standing on its own feet!! (if you are a brand that needs to scale up fast, with #PrivateEquity globally in #foodandbeveage, #cpg, #fmcg looking for growth on their Value Creation Plans then see our other offering Pilot Accel (Accelerating Scale-ups)). Sustainability challenges are hard, too many companies try to solve it on their own and fail. Commercial robustness with no compromise has to be baked in from the beginning, a rapid integrated roll out plan that delivers Green Outcomes immediately, not continued Green Washing promises. A key structural answer to de-risking success is the ability to create, manage and engage a consortia, with partners held to rights on hitting commitments. On that basis Pulpex is a great example of partnership and consortia, along the way Pilot Lite clients and Pulpex partners like , Kraft Heinz, PepsiCo, Unilever, Castrol, The Estée Lauder Companies Inc., Haleon....with many others we are unable to mention....Pulpex is delivering outcomes via a controlled yet accelerated process (chat with us Pilot Lite! Read more here: https://www.pulpex.62m-seriesd-funding #SustainablePackaging #PaperBottle #SeriesD #Investment #cpg #foodandbeverage #corporateventurecapital #privatecapital #wef25 #money #venturecapital Thank you: Scott Winston | Rt Hon Rachel Reeves | Ian Murray | Kate Forbes MSP | John Flint | Anthony Kelly |

🌍 International Impact Forum 2025 in Monaco: A Unique Opportunity to Accelerate Sustainable Investments organized by Una Terra Early Growth Fund, Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco, and Deutsche Nachhaltigkeit. 📍 Monaco, March 7, 2025 – After the great success of the first edition in Frankfurt, the International Impact Forum (IIF) returns with an exclusive event, bringing together investors, entrepreneurs, and financial leaders committed to impact investing. We are proud to co-organize this forum alongside our partners and connect capital, innovation, and visionary businesses to accelerate the green transition and sustainable growth. 🎯 Key Topics: ✅ Circular economy and the European Green Deal 🌱 ✅ Sustainable venture and growth capital💰 ✅ Green digital transformation 💡 The IIF 2025 will be a strategic platform for companies seeking international funding, with dedicated networking sessions, panel discussions, and exclusive investor meetings. 🚀 A unique opportunity to be at the heart of sustainable finance! 🔗 Register now and explore impact investing opportunities: https://lnkd.in/d7A3pVFh

When it comes to the English language, we don’t stop at growth being defined as a linear change in size (aka profit), but also, use it to illustrate a multi-dimensional process of development and evolution.   However when it comes to business and how we measure, the idea that there might be limits to growth is for many people impossible to imagine. Thank you Mike Berberich Ryan Dinger & Association of National Advertisers ..as we delve into the question of Growth for who…growth of what…at what cost, paid by whom…. …and dream of a world where people, planet and prosperity thrive, interdependently, together – never one, at the cost of another. #purposeful is what #purposeful does. #regenerativeleadership The Shed 28 Ranjit Jathanna Srija Chatterjee Una Terra Early Growth Fund Costas Papaikonomou Nick Primola Liz Kneebone Bob Liodice WFA Laura Forcetti Rene Lassauzet Nikos Patiniotakis Kok Hwee Ng Dr Victoria Hurth Alexis Eyre Jake Dubbins Sue Allchurch Ozlem Senturk Kirsten Dunlop Natalia Vega-Tracy (Vega-Berry)

We have today announced a £43.5m direct equity investment in sustainable packaging technology company Pulpex to finance the construction of its first commercial-scale manufacturing facility near Glasgow. The #NWF's investment cornerstones a wider £62m funding round, alongside a £10m co-investment from the The Scottish National Investment Bank, with the balance from existing investors.    Pulpex has developed a unique, fibre-based bottle solution designed to be recycled in the same way as paper or card in normal household recycling streams. Our financing is critical to the industrialisation of Pulpex's first-of-a-kind technology and its future uptake and adoption by packaging manufacturers and their customers.   Our CEO John Flint said: "We need to recycle more and unlock the growth potential of the circular economy. That requires sophisticated, long-term investment, both in infrastructure and packaging innovation. Exciting technological advancements like Pulpex are a great example of that potential, but they need catalytic investment to scale and commercialise. Through financing Pulpex’s new facility in Glasgow, we will help remove barriers to future investment from private capital and lay the foundations for further growth.”   Read more about the deal: https://lnkd.in/esbSaf_F

Marks and Spencer is just one of many major brands and retailers facing massive tax bills. This is a result of extended producer responsibility💰 #EPR which will drive the entire retail sector to reevaluate their packaging strategies to optimise for #recyclability in an effort to reduce fees ♻️ To do that, they need to know what happens beyond the bin 🗑️ I'm proud to say we're already helping #brands and packaging #producers make multi-million-pound design decisions, ensuring their products perform within the current recycling infrastructure using real-world data. Greyparrot Analyzer units worldwide are shining a light on post-consumption packaging, allowing brands to report on #recyclability — and design for a #circular future. See coverage by Financial Times's Laura Onita here 👇 https://lnkd.in/eFCfHwXP

“Action is the best antidote to despair” Thank you Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco for co-hosting with us during World Economic Forum and for being such a great partner in this critical impact space. Thank you to all invited leaders across corporates, NGOs, investors, experts, regulators and asset owners for finding specific opportunities for radical collaboration, innovation, investment and joint action to eliminate plastic waste. We promise next time we will pick a better time :) but your impressive commitment was evident even because of that! More to come… Una Terra Venture Capital Fund

I'm hiring! We have an opening in the team for a Finance Innovation Specialist who will join our work with governments across Europe to mobilise investment into climate solutions. A very interesting (and challenging) role! https://lnkd.in/dU4d5qTa

📢 We're hiring a Full Stack Software Engineer (Contract)! Amazing opportunity to work alongside our team and MD of Insights Yaseed Chaumoo to build something truly exciting and disruptive! 🎉🎊 Join us to be part of the journey in creating a B2B/B2E Saas platform, leveraging our unique #AI data to deliver a world-first solution which shines a light on our post-consumption world and tackles the waste crisis. 💪 Job post here: https://lnkd.in/dh-YQQPX

This year I thought we would not join Davos, but then our amazing partners at the Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco offered to co-host a meeting that was content and action-driven, inviting leaders that could truly make a difference by collaborating in "Advancing solutions to Plastic pollution". So Una Terra Venture Capital Fund decided to join forces with them and call upon our network to accelerate circular economy and blue economy solutions to one of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time. Despite growing awareness and efforts, global plastic production continues to rise and about 12 million tons of plastics are estimated to end into the ocean every year [i.e. 4 full jumbo jets of plastics per hour]. The UN global Plastic Treaty, after 4 years of negotiations, is still not ratified due to countries like Russia and Saudi Arabia that do not want to curb oil and gas, and hence plastic, production. Current approaches to mitigation remain insufficient and addressing this challenge demands bold, ambitious actions as well as greater collaboration across all sectors of society. This session will convene a curated group of influential leaders from corporates, private and institutional investors, civil society, research, and innovation. We aim to foster a constructive exchange of perspectives, sharpen visions, and identify pathways to drive change. Looking forward to keep pushing for large scale change in order to preserve land and oceans, and improve the long-term wellbeing of people and planet. Ieva Bružaitė Natalia Eisele Michele De Capitani Costas Papaikonomou

🎉 We’re delighted to round out the year with a win of the Business Awards UK Recycling and Waste Management award 🏆 Greyparrot was named the winner of the Innovation in Waste Management category, which recognises solutions that improve the efficiency, safety and sustainability of waste recovery ♻️ Learn more about the technology behind the award here 👇 https://lnkd.in/gYX8zdaf