Octarine is unlocking the power of biology to deliver innovative cannabinoid and psychedelic therapeutics
Location: Denmark
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $13.69M
Founded date: 2018
Investors 4
| Date | Name | Website |
| 31.08.2025 | Unreasonab... | unreasonab... |
| - | MassChalle... | masschalle... |
| - | Enexis | enexis.se |
| - | DSM Ventur... | venturing.... |
Funding Rounds 4
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 23.01.2026 | Series A | $5.85M | Unconventi... |
| 10.11.2023 | - | $4.65M | - |
| 21.09.2022 | - | $2M | - |
| 11.03.2021 | Seed | $1.2M | - |
Mentions in press and media 20
| Date | Title | Description |
| 10.02.2026 | Sparxell Leads Sustainable Color Revolution with €4.2 Million Investment | Sparxell, a Cambridge spin-out, secured €4.2 million to scale its bio-based structural color platform. This innovation replaces toxic synthetic dyes and pigments. It uses 100% biodegradable cellulose, mimicking nature's hues. Industrial-sca... |
| 03.02.2026 | Sparxell raises €4.2 million to scale plant-based colour technology for fashion and textiles | Sparxell, a University of Cambridge spin-out and innovator of bioinspired colour technology, has raised €4.2 million ($5 million) in pre-Series A funding to replace toxic chemicals in the €40 billion ($48 billion) global colourants market. ... |
| 25.01.2026 | Octarine Bio Secures €12.8M Series A for Sustainable Pigment Revolution | Octarine Bio, a Danish biotech innovator, secured an additional €5 million, pushing its total Series A funding to €12.8 million. This significant investment fuels the industrial scaling and commercial rollout of its PurePalette platform. Pu... |
| 23.01.2026 | Octarine Bio: €5 Million Raised To Scale Precision-Fermented Natural Pigments | Octarine Bio has secured €5 million in new funding, bringing its total Series A financing to €12.8 million, including earlier pre-Series A capital, as the Danish biotech pushes to scale a new platform for sustainable, bio-based pigments. Ba... |
| 22.01.2026 | Copenhagen’s Octarine Bio adds €5 million to Series A to advance sustainable colour platform | Octarine Bio, a Danish BioTech company developing a new generation of sustainable pigments through precision fermentation, has successfully secured €5 million to accelerate the industrial-scale validation and commercial rollout of PurePalet... |
| 13.09.2025 | /C O R R E C T I O N -- Mars/ | In the news release, Mars Snacking and Unreasonable Group Welcome Fourteen New Ventures to Unreasonable Food™, issued 11-Sep-2025 by Mars over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the release has been updated to include the full ... |
| 11.09.2025 | Mars Snacking and Unreasonable Group Welcome Fourteen New Ventures to Unreasonable Food™ | As an international network, Unreasonable Food is uniquely positioned to scale high-growth ventures dedicated to creating a more sustainable food system. NEW YORK, Sept. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, as part of the Unreasonable Food™ coll... |
| 18.09.2024 | Octarine Bio celebrates PurePalette™'s debut on the London Fashion Week runway in collaboration with Patrick McDowell | Danish Biosolutions company Octarine Bio has joined forces with sustainable and luxury fashion designer Patrick McDowell to produce several garments for their SS25 collection dyed with PurePalette™, Octarine's sustainable nature-based dyes.... |
| 10.11.2023 | Octarine Bio Raises €4.35M in Funding | Octarine Bio, a Copenhagen, Denmark-based synthetic biology platform company, raised €4.3M in funding. The round, which brought the total amount to €12M, was led by Óskare Capital, Unconventional Ventures, and The Footprint Firm with partic... |
| 10.11.2023 | Octarine Bio secures € 4.35 funding to propel their sustainable dyes | Image Courtesy : https://specialtyfabricsreview.com Danish synthetic biology startup, Octarine Bio has successfully secured a € 4.35 million funding round, with Unconventional Ventures leading the charge. Notable participation came from inv... |
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