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TORONTO, ONTARIO, August 4, 2022 – Genecis Bioindustries Inc. ("Genecis") announced that it has raised US$7 million in Series A funding led by Khosla Ventures and BDC Capital’s Cleantech Practice. The round includes participation from Gullspang Re:food, with returning investors such as AME Cloud Ventures, IT Farm, and Heinz Group.Genecis has also secured a US$3 million credit facility from Silicon Valley Bank, subject to customary closing conditions.

Disruptive cleantech startup Genecis selected as Global Winner; MicroGen Biotech wins Female Founder Award and Tyto Care takes home Covid-19 Innovation Award

Luna Yu, founder of Genecis Bioindustries, has been awarded $50,000 and 12 months mentoring by Mondi as part of Lead2030.

Genecis was featured by TechCrunch on March 16, 2020

Genecis was featured by Industrial Process Products and Technology Magazine.

GreenBiz Group’s VERGE 19 conference in Oakland, California, saw over a dozen innovators whose products, services and technologies offer great promise to advance the clean economy and reverse climate change.

Genecis CEO Luna Yu was invited to speak at the Women in the Bioeconomy panel

Genecis Biotechnology lead Vani Sankar was featured in Flare.

Unilever Young Entrepreneurs Awards recognise and support brilliant young innovators tackling the planet’s biggest environmental and social challenges, helping them achieve scale for impact. Genecis COO Abdul Khogali was announced as a winner in the 2019 cohort.

Genecis was featured in an article in Freethink - Freethink is a platform for the people and ideas that are changing our world.

Genecis was featured in BIolab Business - For more than 30 years, every issue of BioLab Business (formerly Bio Business and Lab Business magazines) has been packed with valuable and inspiring content that reaches scientists and leaders all over Canada.

Genecis is the recipient of a $2.3 million investment from Sustainable Development Technology Canada

Genecis has partnered with Sodexo, one of the world's largest multinational companies to explore reducing plastic use in their supply chain

The Genecis team is harnessing the principles of biology to create PHAs – a class of bioplastics produced by micro-organisms.

Toronto-based biotechnology startup Genecis was selected as the winner of BASF Canada’s first Innovation Pitch Series

Genecis Bioindustries contributes to a greener economy by making PHAs a feasible alternative to conventional plastics

Luna Yu founded Genecis to repurpose food waste into products

Leading Chinese Canadian publication features CEO Luna Yu and Genecis

Genecis CEO Luna Yu is featured in this article on sustainable entrepreneurship.

Genecis was featured on CBC news on Oct 29, 2018

Article written by https://3dprintingindustry.com about Genecis' development of 3D printing filament using PHA's

Genecis featured in the University of Toronto news in 2018

Genecis featured in StartUp Here Toronto

Genecis wins the Social Enterprise Pitch Competition 2018, the competition, held in partnership with the Ministry of Economic Development and Growth (MEDG).