Kelpi wins Barclays Entrepreneur of the Year 2024 Award
Major national award recognises Kelpi’s huge success in sustainable materials innovation
Kelpi speaks at Warwick Polymer Club 2024
Kelpi speaks at the Warwick Polymer Club 2024 to highlight the plastic crisis and the environmental issues caused by single-use plastics.
Science Minister Lord Vallance visits Kelpi
UK's top scientist explores the innovation underpinning Kelpi's world-leading, seaweed-derived coating.
Kelpi awarded Start Up Enterprise of the Year
Kelpi wins ' Start Up Enterprise of the Year' at the Global Good Awards in London
Kelpi signs Champions of Change Open Letter
Kelpi signs the Champions for Change Open Letter, organised by Greenpeace, Break Free From Plastic and Plastic Pollution Coalition, calling for governments to cut plastic production for good.
Turning the Tide on Microplastics
In a TEDx talk, Kelpi co-founder and CEO Neil Morris looks at the problem – and the solutions – to our global use of plastics in single use packaging.
Kelpi wins Innovate UK Analysis for Innovators Grant
Kelpi wins Innovate UK Grant - Analysis for Innovators, to further boost the development of seaweed-based biomaterials.
Kelpi’s new kilo-lab facility
Kelpi opens additional lab to assist the scale up of production and fast-track materials development.
Kelpi welcomes new team member
Kelpi welcomes Mehreen Khan, Regulatory Affairs Scientist, to the team, increasing expertise around regulations on the lead up to go to market.
Shadow Minister for Climate Change visits Kelpi
Kelpi showcasing innovation at the leading edge of addressing plastic pollution
Kelpi lands £4.3m funding to take seaweed packaging to market
Current and new investors back Kelpi to win in the fight against fossil fuel plastic pollution
Kelpi gains additional talent
Kelpi welcomes two additional members of the team, a Programme Manager and Senior Process Engineer.
Kelpi celebrates International Women’s Day
Kelpi marks International Women’s Day by celebrating the incredible women Scientists, Engineers and Business Professionals that contribute to Kelpi’s success
Kelpi launches programme to revolutionise fresh fruit packaging
Sustainable packaging innovator Kelpi has won a new contract with Blue Skies and their supermarket client Waitrose to eliminate plastic packaging.
Kelpi celebrates B Corp Month
Kelpi celebrates their first B Corp Month with the theme ‘This Way Forward’.
Kelpi secures second contract with L'Oréal
Kelpi has secured a second R&D contract with the world’s largest cosmetics brand, focusing on specific product applications.
Kelpi marks International Women and Girls in Science Day
Kelpi marks International Women and Girls in Science Day by hosting an outreach workshop for a local primary school.
Kelpi kicks off 2024 with 3 new team members
Kelpi welcomes three new team members to kick off the new year, further strengthening the technical and commercial ability of the business.
Kelpi wins at Tech Tour and the Open Innovation Forum
Looking back on 2023, Kelpi was particularly proud to win two major awards over two days in Germany.
Kelpi Appoints New CTO to Accelerate Growth
Georgios Gkotsis becomes CTO; Ed Jones becomes Head of Engineering; Julia Maxwell promoted to Product Manager