Kellerhals Carrard with Bloom on Series A financing round
Kellerhals Carrard advised Bloom Biorenewables in connection with the closing of its CHF 13M Series A financing round.
The investors
Anaïs Ventures and Valquest Partners led the capital round in question, with further participation from several notable investors, including Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Lombard Odier Investment Managers, Capital Risque Fribourg, Btomorrow Ventures, Amcor Ventures, Rosebrook and the King Baudouin Foundation, on behalf of R&Co4Generations, the Rothschild & Co philanthropic fund.
The company
Bloom Biorenewables is a spin-off from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). Founded in 2019, the company has developed the first technology to selectively convert cellulose & lignin – the most abundant biopolymers on Earth – into added-value chemical products.
The Kellerhals Carrard team
The Kellerhals Carrard startup and VC desk team working on the matter featured senior associate Joséphine Marmy, as well as partners Alexandre Gachet (pictured left) and Max-André Haas (pictured right).
