Dutch-based IamFluidics, a company that develops technology for microparticle production, announced last month that it has raised €4 Million from entrepreneur Joost van Neck and existing investor Innovation Industries.
IamFluidics says it will use the funds to set up a new head office, build a production facility, hire more people, and get its first products on the market faster.
Michiel van Alst, CEO of IamFluidics, says, “We are thrilled with this new injection of capital and adding D.H.B. GreenConcepts B.V. to our core investor group. Their knowledge and expertise in scaling companies in high added value products are of great value in how to grow a company successfully. Furthermore, we are very happy that Innovation Industries also shows their belief in our team to back the investment of D.H.B. GreenConcepts B.V., supporting the next phase of our company.”
About IamFluidics
IamFluidics develops a unique and proprietary microencapsulation technology known as “in-air microfluidics.” This technology combines the flexibility and clarity of inkjet printing with the high quality of making microfluidic particles.
The company claims that the technology can make up to 1,000 times as many samples per minute as chip-based microfluidic technologies. The current generation of microencapsulation processes mainly uses non-degradable plastics and energy-intensive processes. It has limited control, resulting in a lot of material (up to 50%) being lost.
Together with controlled shape, composition, and size at the industrial production scale, these microparticles enable affordable, sustainable, and high-quality products. The company is collaborating with top-tier companies in these areas, and says that it can play a leading role in reducing microplastics and in the upcoming revolution in biotechnology.
Tom Kamperman, CTO and co-founder of IamFluidics, says, “Being able to produce for actual customers makes science not just something for academia; we apply science to disrupt microparticle production, along with it, we will produce sustainable, scalable, and superb microparticles.”
Joost van Neck, owner of D.H.B.GreenConcepts B.V., says, “We met IamFluidics during technical discussions for potential collaboration with one of our previous companies. We saw an ambitious team with strong technology that can enable various upcoming markets and decided to invest in IamFluidics to accelerate its growth to support the scaling of the technology for high-quality production of microparticles towards a market entry.”
Harm de Vries, Partner at Innovation Industries, says, “We are pleased to reinvest and have D.H.B. GreenConcepts B.V. onboard as an investor in IamFluidics. To date, IamFluidics has been realising its growth ambitions and is consistently meeting its targets. We see even more potential for its technology moving forward and believe in the team and the technology, to capitalise on those future opportunities.”
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