Kelpi is today unveiled as one of Tech Nation’s Net Zero 3.0 cohort of the UK’s leading climate tech scaleups

From The Hollywood Reporter and Vogue magazine to Popular Science and Bioplastic News, Kelpi made the news this week as a finalist in the TOM FORD Plastic Innovation Prize.

Kelpi has been unveiled today as one of 8 finalists in the world’s most prestigious plastic innovation competition.

Yesterday’s historic UN treaty is a “triumph by planet Earth over single-use plastics”.

Kelpi’s growth means we’re hiring again. We want to hear from people with commercial skills and experience in packaging innovation and ideally a track record in sustainable materials.

The rising tide of marine plastic pollution constitutes a planetary emergency - an existential environmental threat on which the UN must now act.

So Kelpi successfully closed our pre-seed funding round. Here are a couple of things we learned along the way.

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.

Kelpi has applied to ⁠the Tom Ford Plastic Innovation Prize for the chance to scale our technology as a solution to thin-film plastic waste

Sustainable biotech innovator Kelpi has today secured both a private sector seed round and public grant funding to advance its pioneering technology creating bioplastics from seaweed.

Kelpi is looking for a forward-thinking polymer chemist to work at the leading edge of sustainable technology development, joining an innovative, award-winning and well-funded team.

Recycling alone is not a solution to the plastic pollution crisis. But without new thinking, there could be more plastic than fish in the oceans by 2050.

A fantastic project off England’s south coast seeks to restore a once mighty kelp forest, sequestering carbon dioxide and enhancing marine biodiversity.

Kelpi is hiring a Product Manager with experience in sustainable packaging to lead innovation projects with our industry clients and partners.

Kelpi is delighted to have been accepted as an industry member of the Innovation Centre for Applied Sustainable Technologies (iCAST).

Right now single-use plastic films are almost all ending up in landfill or being incinerated. That’s why Kelpi has focused entirely on developing compostable bioplastic.

Kelpi's rapid progress towards commercial success has been boosted by joining a world-leading incubator.

Wouldn’t it be great to create a new world of plastics, where increased functionality gives us increased performance?

This week, Kelpi proudly took ownership of a small plot of new, carbon-offsetting forest between Bath and Bristol.

Kelpi was one of just 15 start-ups selected for a place on the prestigious Innovate UK Edge competition.