It was a pleasure to welcome the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) team to our site as they filmed the episode 2 of Future Maker to raise awareness about the widespread use of microplastics and the urgent need for sustainable alternatives. We would like to thank the UKRI team for capturing not only the scale of the challenge, but also the collective effort behind the solutions. Alongside Naturbeads, the episode highlights the important work of Ross Harling (Paint Zero) and Em

As we mark the end of 2025, we are delighted to share that we have successfully completed the commissioning of our first-of-a-kind plant in Surbo. This represents a major milestone for us, demonstrating that our technology can scale and validating its performance at an industrial level. It is a significant step forward in turning innovation into real-world impact. We would like to extend a huge thank you to our team for their dedication and hard work throughout this journey.

We’re delighted to share that our CEO, Giovanna Laudisio and CTO, Davide Mattia have been named winners of the Great British Entrepreneur Award in the Equity Backed Entrepreneur category. This recognition means a great deal to us. It reflects not only the innovation behind our technology, but also the hard work, commitment, and passion of the entire Naturbeads team. Every day, the team works towards our mission to replace microplastics at the source with sustainable, plant-ba

Il 5 giugno, in occasione della Giornata Mondiale dell’Ambiente, si è tenuto a Salerno il convegno “Inquinamento da microplastiche: cause, conseguenze, soluzioni” , promosso dal Lions Club Salerno Principessa Sichelgaita. L’evento ha visto la partecipazione di rappresentanti delle istituzioni, della scuola, della ricerca scientifica e dell’industria, uniti da un obiettivo comune: contrastare l’inquinamento da microplastiche attraverso azioni concrete, consapevolezza e innovaz

Giovanna Laudisio è stata intervistata per un articolo pubblicato su Plastix , edizione di Giugno 2025. Nell’articolo (a pagina 22), si trovano alcuni suoi interventi su temi di grande attualità per il nostro settore. Un sentito grazie alla redazione di Plastix  per la collaborazione e la professionalità, e a tutti voi per il continuo supporto! Leggi l'articolo completo qui .

Naturbeads is officially on the shortlist for the 2025  Allica Bank Great British Entrepreneur Awards , often dubbed the “Grammys of Entrepreneurship” . This recognition places us among over 800 outstanding UK businesses celebrated for innovation, impact, and resilience. Being chosen as finalists in this prestigious competition highlights our dedication to creating sustainable solutions and the meaningful progress we’ve made in replacing microplastics with biodegradable cellu

Naturbeads has been selected as a finalist for the Best Investment in Sustainable Innovation  award at the upcoming UKBAA Angel Investment Awards 2025 . This recognition celebrates early-stage companies that have secured equity investment to develop impactful solutions to global sustainability challenges. The awards, hosted by the UK Business Angels Association, will take place on 10 July 2025 at The Brewery in London, and bring together founders, investors, and changemakers

BusinessCloud’s EnviroTech 50 recognises the UK’s most innovative green technology companies and Naturbeads just made it into the list! This annual ranking celebrates businesses using science and technology to create real environmental impact. Being included in the EnviroTech 50 highlights how our biodegradable cellulose microspheres are helping replace microplastics across multiple industries—enabling companies to meet their sustainability goals without compromising on perf

We’re thrilled to share that Naturbeads was named the winner of the Best EIS Investee Company  category at this year’s EIS Association Awards , held at the prestigious House of Lords. Representing the team on the night was our brilliant Senior Chemical Engineer, Giuseppina Tufano. The EIS Awards celebrate excellence in innovation, entrepreneurship, and investment across the UK. Winning this recognition is a proud moment for us, reflecting the hard work, vision, and commitment

We were honoured to take part in EntreConf 2025 in Bristol, where our CEO, Giovanna Laudisio, was invited to speak in the “Next Big Thing” session. A heartfelt thank you to Greg Ingham, Gildas Jones, and the EntreConf team for the opportunity to share the Naturbeads journey alongside a remarkable group of founders and innovators. EntreConf brought together a vibrant mix of investors, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders focused on driving change — from tackling climate challeng

Naturbeads recently made a significant contribution to the field of cellular agriculture by presenting at the 10th International Scientific Conference on Cultured Meat  (ISCCM10), held in November 2024 in Maastricht. Our team, in collaboration with researchers from Spain’s AINIA institute, showcased a poster titled “Comparison of Naturbeads and Commercial Microcarriers Using Primary and Immortalized Myoblasts.”  This biennial gathering—organized by Maastricht University at th

Naturbeads has successfully closed a £7.8 million Series A funding round to accelerate the scale-up of its biodegradable cellulose microsphere technology, a sustainable alternative to microplastics in everyday products. The round was led by Eos Advisory, with participation from existing investor Progress Tech Transfer and new international backers including CDP Venture Capital, PI-NB, and Paragon Capital Management. The investment will support the construction of Naturbeads’

The Naturbeads  team had a fantastic time presenting at the Sustainable Beauty Forum this past week. Sharing our work on cellulose microspheres and our mission to prevent microplastics pollution with such an engaged and inspiring audience was an incredible experience. A huge thank you to everyone who attended our presentation, asked insightful questions, and connected with us. Your enthusiasm and feedback mean the world to us as we continue to grow and innovate! 🙌 We also wa

David is a seasoned leader with a passion for advancing and commercializing new technologies. His extensive career includes notable achievements in executive management and business development in the petrochemical industry. Before joining Naturbeads, David was Chair at Enough Ltd, a food ingredient company that specializes in sustainable proteins, during their transition from pilot to industrial production and continues to advise the company’s management. David's expertise i

Naturbeads: redefining microplastic alternatives University spin-off pioneers sustainability with cellulose microspheres, combatting microplastics in paints and coatings.

Naturbeads recently received a new recognition, being listed as one of the 10 most innovative technologies at the Slingshot Finals 2023 . The event held by Switch SG organization at the iconic Marina Bay Sand venue represented the opportunity for Naturbeads to get in touch with many other global start-ups and a crowd of investors. We went through a severe selection and we were selected as the top 10 start-ups in the Environment, Energy, and Green Technologies segment, selecte

Gianluca Merola, our CCO attended the 2nd Sustainable Beauty forum held in Prague on September 12 and 13. We had the opportunity to present our technology to an audience covering key clients as well as small start-ups aiming at growing their sustainable solutions. We also partecipated in a panel together with Beiersdorf, Natrue, Givaudan, and Biomerieux to discuss the penetration of sustainable products in the industry. The sustainable beauty trend has been growing in popular

The programme was launched three years ago to recognise and celebrate the inspiring women innovating and leading the way in their respective industries. While there has been progress, statistics still show that men hold most of the top jobs, with just 8% of companies having a woman in the CEO role. Despite the smaller representation, data published by money.co.uk business loans shows that women-led companies have an average revenue of $26 billion. In comparison, firms led

Naturbeads took the recent opportunity to sponsor the Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry, presenting its unique technology to a panel of attendees coming both from academia and industry. The EuGSC conference offered the opportunity to broadly discuss the latest developments in green & sustainable chemistry, expanding existing relations between Naturbeads and academics and industrial representatives present at the event.

The annual UKBAA Angel Investment awards celebrate the high growth and success in the angel and early-stage investment market – recognising the fastest growing brands and acknowledging the founders, angels, crowd funders and early-stage venture capital investors behind them. We are delighted to have been named as finalist for the Hardtech innovation award evening, celebrated at the Science Museum, London. The event was the opportunity to recognize the success & determination

We are delighted to share that Naturbeads has been selected as finalist for the Annual EISA Awards 2023 out of a pool of more than 100 entries, with a standard of competition extremely impressive. Winners will be announced at the House of Lords on Thursday 22nd June but for our organization, collecting this nomination is already an incredible achievement. EISA is a highly effective not for profit organisation which exists to aid the provision of capital to UK small and medium

Naturbeads is really excited to be among the industrial partners in the recently funded Cellular Agriculture Manufacturing Hub which is going to revolutionize how food is produced in the next decade. Led by the University of Bath, the hub will run for seven years and aims to transform food production, transitioning to an environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable model in which novel manufacturing systems complement traditional food production. This could drasti

Entreprise for Society center aims at building an ecosystem to advance sustainable innovation and drive action towards an inclusive, net positive planet. In 2023 Naturbeads has been included in the panel of 30 innovative start-ups showcasing in a dedicated booth their technology at the event. In preparation for the exposition, the E4S team thought about the story of Charlie, a young woman living in a sustainable 2030 Lausanne. Charlie lives in a carbon neutral world and lever

Chemspec Europe is a key event for the fine and specialty chemicals industry in Europe. The exhibition is the place to be for purchasers and agents to meet with manufacturers, suppliers, and distributors of fine and specialty chemicals to source specific solutions and bespoke products. Naturbeads has been invited to take part to the panel of start-ups pitching about sustainable solutions applicable to the Agrochem sector. This was followed but a vibrant Q&A session with the a

We are excited to announce that Naturbeads has been included in the list of Change Makers working in Deep Tech Chemistry. Powered by the Royal Society of Chemistry, Change Makers supports deep tech ventures, tackles systemic issues in the deep tech space, and champions technologies that can change the world. In making the choice, the Royal Society of Chemistry focuses on carefully selected ventures whose technology has the potential to make a positive impact on critical globa

Naturbeads has won a new SMART project with Innovate UK! As the global population increases, providing enough protein to meet everyone's needs is becoming more and more unsustainable. The rise in CO2 emissions, land availability, and generally intensive farming is unacceptable. Cellular Agriculture - the science of producing meat in a laboratory - promises to create a substantially more efficient protein supply. The industry is still in the very early stages and most of the p

Cultivated or cultured meats are real animal products made in labs and commercial production facilities. Today the process is costly, but researchers and entrepreneurs say over time manufacturing will become more efficient and cost-effective. The potential environmental, business, and cultural implications of this research direction are massive and could dictate the future of our entire food industry. Thanks to ongoing R&D efforts, Naturbeads is very active in this field with

Our Naturbeads CEO, Giovanna Laudisio, will be presenting at the “International Conference on Microplastic Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea”, which will be held in Naples (NA), Italy, from 25th to 28th September. The µMED Conference is a key event on microplastic pollution, gathering experts from scientific and industrial communities, policymakers, and environmental organizations. It will be an opportunity to update the state-of-the-art, to highlight the progress, and to id

The awards, which are run in association with SomersetLive and The Bath Chronicle newspaper, are set to return after a three-year break to recognise the achievements and resilience of the local business community. Businesses of all sizes and across a range of sectors - from tech to hospitality to sports organisations to marketing - submitted nominations. There were a range of categories available this year, recognising both individual and collective success, in the face of r

The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) has announced more than 100 finalist projects in the running for the 2022 Global Awards, with entries demonstrating excellence in chemical, biochemical and process engineering. The winners in 15 team categories and two individual award categories ( Young Industrialist and Young Researcher ) from 15 countries will be announced on 17 November 2022. The prize will be a coveted trophy in the most prestigious awards in the profession

The use of sustainable and natural ingredients in cosmetics has been a recurring demand of consumers and public opinion. The incoming Sustainable Beauty Forum, held in Frankfurt on 8-9 September, 2022 will pull together some of the biggest market players to discuss and share the different perspectives. Gianluca Merola, Naturbeads CCO, will share with the audience the steps that Naturbeads is taking to expand its presence in this sector, proposing the use of sustainable cellu

Biocatalysis is one of the key technologies to help with the transition from a fossil to a biobased circular economy. Biotechnology products already find application in several field, including pharma, food and energy sector to name a few. Dr. Davide Califano will represent Naturbeads at the 10th edition of Biocat2022, in Hamburg and will explain how we are contributing to the transition. Learn more here .

Our new website is live! During the month of July 2022, we decided it was time to give our www.naturbeads.com a new look. We moved to the new design after several discussions about our key website visitors, under the guidance of a graphic agency. Our vision is to create cellulose solutions for a green planet and our partners in this journey are: our existing and future talents, our prospective and existing clients and, obviously, our investors and sponsors that help us grow.

More than 250 tech scaleups from across the UK applied to take part in the competition, representing the best in tech innovation across a range of sectors. A shortlist of 80 of the most innovative businesses were shortlisted and took part in regional heats throughout June to find the final 12 tech titans of the future.

Naturbeads Ltd. and ChiralVision BV joint R&D project on biodegradable carriers for enzyme immobilisation has been approved for funding by the Eureka Network. The project leverages the two organisations's R&D strengths and marks a new step in Naturbeads' vision of mitigating plastic pollution and replacing plastic with renewable cellulose materials also in the lifescience sector.

The StartUp Awards National Series is a collaboration between the founders of the Great British Entrepreneur Awards - an established national programme receiving over 5,000 applications annually - and the Wales Start-Up Awards, the only national and regional awards currently celebrating new businesses in the UK. The StartUp Awards National Series recognises the achievements of those amazing individuals who have had a great idea, spotted the opportunity and taken the risks to

Seed funding in a founding round led by Progress Tech Transfer® , with participation from Eos Advisory , a Scottish impact investor and chemical manufacturer, Proionic . Naturbeads will use the funds raised to scale the technology from pilot to demo plant scale and expand the range of applications of its platform technology. Giovanna Laudisio, CEO and Co-Founder of Naturbeads, commented: “Raising funds for a deep-tech start-up like Naturbeads is challenging but we are pleased

From the start of the Accenture Innovation Awards in 2007, Accenture and its partners sought to identify the most promising start-ups and innovations in the Netherlands, helping them grow, scale, and flourish. Naturbeads is recognised for its innovative technology helping its clients to replace currently used microplastics with a cost-effective, sustainable, cellulose-based innovative solution.

The Emerging Technologies Competition was started in 2013 to celebrate the very best of chemical science innovation, catapult exciting ideas towards commercialisation through a dedicated support package, and raise the profile of often overlooked solutions to society's biggest challenges. What started with just nine finalists presenting at the Royal Society of Chemistry’s prestigious Burlington House has grown to welcome over 1,200 applications from 23 countries. 266 finalists

MassChallenge, the global network for innovators, tonight awarded CHF 400,000 in equity-free cash prizes to the top 12 startups in its 2020 Swiss early-stage accelerator. The announcement – made during the 2020 MassChallenge Switzerland Virtual Awards Ceremony – caps the non-profit's first virtual accelerator and the fifth Swiss-based program. The top 12 prize winning startups were selected following an online pitch, during which the startups demonstrated their growth and imp

Postcode Lotteries Green Challenge has announced the 25 start-ups that have made it through the first stage of the international competition supporting green entrepreneurs. The start-ups have been selected by a panel of experts from 650 applications to be considered for the grand prize of 500,000 euros to develop their sustainable business. Early September, the five finalists will be announced. The 25 nominees are from Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Norway and Swed

Naturbeads’ biodegradable alternative to plastic microbeads could reduce microplastic pollution in our oceans, so that traces from suncream, cosmetics and other personal care products don’t end up in your fish fingers. The technology to create the cellulose microbeads was developed at the University of Bath by Professors Janet Scott and Davide Mattia from the Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies in 2017. They co-funded spin-out company Naturbeads in 2018 to commerci