Shrinking the Chemical Industry's Carbon Footprint with Unisieve
FML spin-off UniSieve was featured in a Forbes article today. The cleantech company, which provides molecular separation membranes for various applications that will help decarbonise heavy industry, has closed a $5.5 million seed round.
The chemical industry is one of the largest sources of carbon emissions, particularly the processes used to separate chemical compounds. Most separation processes rely on distillation, which requires a lot of energy in the form of heat. external page Unisieve has developed membranes that separate molecules according to their size, similar to a sieve. This separation process requires much less energy, making it cheaper and cleaner.
The cleantech company has completed a $5.5 million seed funding round and is featured in an article by David Prosser in external page Forbes magazine today.