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Rubi Secures $1 Million Phase II Grant from the National Science Foundation to Scale its Breakthrough Carbon-to-Cellulose Platform

Dec 06, 2024•over 1 year ago

Contract Type

partnership

San FranciscoManufacturingBiotechnology

Description

Rubi has been awarded a $969,961 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop and scale its carbon-to-cellulose platform. The grant supports the company's mission to decarbonize materials manufacturing through its CO2-derived cellulose technology, which aims to reduce the environmental impact of raw material manufacturing.

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Company

Rubi

Location

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Rubi is a company re-inventing manufacturing to be symbiotic with the planet. It has pioneered a first-of-its-kind cell-free biocatalysis technology to make CO2-derived materials and chemicals.

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