Its role Investor / Financier
Beiersdorf Venture Capital is the corporate venture capital unit of Beiersdorf AG, the German skin care and personal care company. It invests in early- and growth-stage startups developing innovations across skin care, beauty, consumer health, and related digital platforms and services. The team targets strategic minority stakes and collaborates with portfolio companies to advance technologies and business models relevant to Beiersdorf’s core categories.
With a strong interface to R&D and operations, Beiersdorf Venture Capital focuses on enabling technologies important to the chemical and materials value chain, including novel cosmetic ingredients, formulation science, dermatology and microbiome research, sustainable and circular packaging, biotechnologies, and advanced manufacturing. Investments are global in scope, and portfolio companies may benefit from industry expertise, development capabilities, and market insights to scale scientifically robust and sustainable solutions.
chemXplore tracks 1 project involving Beiersdorf VC.
New Monthey depolymerization plant converts PET and polyester textiles back into virgin-quality monomers for hard-to-recycle streams.
Showcase plant will convert PET and polyester waste into oil‑equivalent, virgin‑quality monomers without fossil fuels; commercial scale target set for 2027.
The plant will recycle 500 tons of PET annually, creating 30 jobs, and serve as a model for future global expansion, targeting industries like apparel, food, and automotive.
A new CHF 12.3m seed round will help scale a pilot plant in Valais, Switzerland, using a unique chemical recycling process to convert PET plastics and polyester textiles into raw materials.
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