德国亚兴 - 2021年11月23日 - 纤维化纤维制品GmbH，这是一种创新的复合材料，来自RWTH Aachen University的TextitutFürTextiltechnik（ITA）的创新复合材料，宣布已与鹅资本，Phoenix Venture Venture Venture Venture Venture Felure fenture fenture fens of 300万美元系列融资合作伙伴，B.Value AG，Saint-Gobain的Nova和Tie Houston Angels，由Ashok Rao（Goose Capital）领导。筹集的资本被用来扩展纤维涂料团队，以增加销售和营销活动，因为该公司希望增加产能并允许纤维造影材料在建筑，电子和汽车行业建立新的合作伙伴关系。
“These strong investors offer a knowledgeable background in materials and a diverse network into the markets we serve as we lay the foundation for scaling our technology to increase our capacity from 10 tons per month by the end of 2021 to 60 tons per month in 2022,” said Robert Brüll, CEO, FibreCoat.
FibreCoat offers a revolutionary coating technology for fibers in composite and shielding applications as a basic building block for tomorrow’s mobility and construction industries. Developed by co-founders Robert Brüll, Alexander Lüking, and Richard Haas as part of their doctoral studies at the RWTH Aachen University (Germany), FibreCoat’s product lines include AluCoat, metal-coated basalt fibers used for electromagnetic shielding and conducting applications, and PolyCoat, thermoplastic-coated glass fibers used for strengthening and light weighting applications.
涂层纤维由于单丝涂层和材料的可调性提供了可观的优势，例如，可调节的涂层厚度，均匀性或薄芯纤维。纤维涂料为广泛的应用产生应用和特定于客户的双层丝，从而在复合材料和EMI屏蔽行业的破坏性进步。由于其高速和一步技术流程，它比其他技术提供了显着优势，因此单纤维涂层产生了很大的优势。高性能纤维不仅可以改善现有产品，而且可以在电动汽车中轻巧的EMI屏蔽和防御应用到悬垂的EMI屏蔽面料的智能纺织品或医院的壁纸。
“In addition to high-coating flexibility, our extensive network for customer-specific processing of coated fibers differentiates us from our competitors,” Brüll said. “Our first market-ready product, AluCoat, saves up to 90 percent in CO2 emissions during production when compared to alternative materials, such as solid metal fibers, and aluminum foils and sheets, while also being fully recyclable.”
Goose Capital began 15 years ago as a small group of successful executives committed to supporting emerging entrepreneurs and has evolved into a professional investment organization providing capital, mentorship, and board members to early-stage companies. Members of Goose Capital have broad experience across multiple industry sectors. Goose Capital has invested over $50 million in start-ups, and currently has around twenty companies in its portfolio. Goose Capital provides the Grand Prize at the Rice Business Plan Competition and often provides much more, having invested over $20 million in RBPC winners alone. “We are thrilled to be part of this incredible competition, delivering high quality teams to Rice, from Universities in Europe and Asia,” said Ashok Rao, past chairman of TiE Global and the founder of this feeder competition program along with Brad Burke, managing director of the Rice Alliance. “Our teams from Europe and Asia have acquitted themselves admirably for the 10 years this program has been in existence with 4 teams having made it the finals while obtaining over $10 million in investment from Goose.”
And in his role of Board Director of Goose Capital and future Chairman of the Board of Directors of FibreCoat, Rao added: “FibreCoat is an exciting investment opportunity for our Goose members. The interest level was so high that this offering was oversubscribed by 200 percent.”
B.Value团队在建立，领导和发展技术公司以及商业化生物技术发展方面拥有超过40年的经验。他们的投资理念专注于有才华的企业家，他们希望创建一家充满激情的公司，并具有高可扩展性和破坏性专有技术的商业模式的知识和勇气。
“我们很荣幸能以突破性的复合纤维来欢迎我们的投资组合。我们认为，纤维饰品将在未来几年彻底改变复合材料市场，而B.Value AG很高兴成为这一旅程的一部分。” B.Value董事总经理Georg Lentzen说。
Phoenix Venture Partners（PVP）投资于高级材料，生物学和硬件与高级计算和AI的融合。PVP采用多阶段的投资策略，包括种子和风险投资计划，并协助企业家对客户和供应链业务开发。
NOVA by Saint-Gobain, the corporate venturing arm of Saint-Gobain, acts as a bridge by working with qualified start-ups by providing access to Saint-Gobain’s internal resources and helping start-ups form long-term partnerships. Rooted in trust, expertise, support, and flexibility, the NOVA team supports entrepreneurs whose focus aligns with their expertise to create a path to market.
“Our partnership with FibreCoat will bring innovative solutions to our customers and aligns well with our mission of making the world the better home,” said Minas Apelian, vice president, Internal and External Venturing, Saint-Gobain.
The mission of the TiE Houston Angels is to foster entrepreneurship through mentoring, networking, education, funding, and incubation. With a focus on giving back to the community, TiE’s focus is on generating and nurturing the next generation of entrepreneurs. The overall aim is to empower individuals and create wealth in communities by assisting entrepreneurs.
发表于2021年11月23日
资料来源：ITA - RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSION的FTENTITUT TEXTILTECHNIK INSTIC
