Swiss startup Seprify raises €13.4M to replace titanium dioxide with cellulose

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By Alina Maria StanMar 10, 2026, 8:19 am34 pts
Swiss startup Seprify has raised €13.4 million to scale a cellulose-based alternative to one of the most widely used, and increasingly banned, industrial whiteners on the planet. IKEA is backing it. Somewhere in Southeast Asia, a small beetle called Cyphochilus produces the whitest surface found in nature,…

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