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GREEN INGREDIENTS
Canada’s Dispersa secures funding to commercially

scale waste-derived biosurfactants

Dispersa, a Canadian cleantech
startup turning food waste into
sustainable chemical ingredients, has
announced the successful close of
CAD$5.8-mn in seed funding. The
round was led by Nàdarra Ventures
and backed by a consortium of all-
Canadian investors, including new
investors BDC Thrive Lab, Cycle
Momentum, The51 Food & AgTech
Fund and Fonds d’investissement
Eurêka, through Hidden Layers
Capital. This round also saw signi-
fi cant participation from existing
investors, including Good & Well,
Dragonfl y Ventures, BoxOne Ventures,
and Front Row Ventures.
biology and precision fermentation to scale the production of PuraSurf M to
Surfactants are the active ingredients create 100% waste-derived surfactants. service some of the largest multinational
in many everyday products like “Using waste oils and sugars, BioEterna companies in the North American
surface cleaners, laundry detergents, unlocks significant cost reduction household, industrial, and institutional
shampoos, and cosmetics, represent- while boosting surfactant sustainability. (HI&I) sector.
ing the most versatile ingredient in the Using this process, Dispersa has deve-
chemical industry. With over 90% of loped its fl agship ingredient, PuraSurf M: “We are thrilled to welcome new
surfactants currently derived from palm the world’s fi rst fully waste-derived investors and additional capital at a
or petroleum, demand is surging for biosurfactant,” the company said in a signifi cant infl ection point in Dispersa’s
greener alternatives. press note. journey to make biosurfactants
mainstream and accessible,” said
As per Dispersa its proprietary tech- This injection of capital will accele- Ms. Nivatha Balendra, founder and CEO
nology, BioEterna, combines synthetic rate Dispersa’s ability to commercially of Dispersa.

ASIA-DRIVEN GROWTH
Shell forecasts 60% rise in global LNG demand

by 2040

Global demand for liquefi ed nat- 2040, a higher forecast than last year. especially in Asia, but start-up timings
ural gas (LNG) is forecast to rise by of new LNG projects are uncertain.
around 60% by 2040, largely driven Global LNG trade grew by only
by economic growth in Asia, emissions 2-mt in 2024, the lowest annual “Upgraded forecasts show that the
reductions in heavy industry and trans- increase in 10 years, to reach 407-mt due world will need more gas for power
port as well as the impact of artifi cial to constrained new supply develop- generation, heating and cooling, indus-
intelligence, according to Shell’s ‘LNG ment. More than 170-mt of new LNG try and transport to meet development
Outlook 2025’. LNG demand is now supply is set to be available by 2030, and decarbonisation goals. LNG will
expected to reach 630-718 mtpa by helping to meet stronger gas demand, continue to be a fuel of choice because

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