Baleena is a startup pioneering an innovative device working to stop the flow of microfiber waste in laundry to help save our oceans and drinking water.
Microfibers are strands of plastic thread, less than 5mm-long, released from our clothes. Humans ingest hundreds of thousands of microplastics per year, yet little is being done to tackle this catastrophic pollution.
Winners of the 2022 University of Pennsylvania's President's Sustainability Prize, Baleena is working to enhance filtration and size-specificity over current alternatives by offering a user-friendly, low-cost, and highly effective device.
Microfibers are strands of plastic thread, less than 5mm-long, released from our clothes. Humans ingest hundreds of thousands of microplastics per year, yet little is being done to tackle this catastrophic pollution.
Winners of the 2022 University of Pennsylvania's President's Sustainability Prize, Baleena is working to enhance filtration and size-specificity over current alternatives by offering a user-friendly, low-cost, and highly effective device.
Location: United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2022
Investors 1
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| 10.04.2023 | The Innova... | innovation... |
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| 01.08.2022 | Hair scarves and sea life savers won big at Pennovation Accelerator’s 2022 pitch day | Peach Brown, founder of Sledge Scarves, drove home the strength of her non-slip hair scarves by lifting a bowling ball with one in front of pitch judges. The feat of strength came during Pennovation Accelerator’s fifth annual pitch day on W... |
| - | ‘Never stop talking’ to your target customer: 5 Pennovation founders give startup advice | It’s hard to start and run a business. Period. But with the pandemic and the challenges it brought over the last few years, it’s been even harder to get a startup off the ground. PCI Ventures within the Penn Center for Innovation hosted a s... |