EcoSynthetix Raises $7.2M from U.S. Backers, Much More from Abroad

EcoSynthetix has garnered more support from both domestic and international investors, according to an SEC filing. The Lansing, MI-based company—which applies its “green chemistry” to make latex and other materials from renewable resources—said it has raised $7.2 million from U.S. investors in an equity funding round.

The filing does not list the investors in the financing. However, it does note that the $7.2 million that the firm reports in the filing under Rule 506 represents equity sold to U.S. investors only, and that the total equity sold was more than $30 million. “The remainder of the issue was sold [outside] of the U.S.,” the company stated.

A message was left this morning for Robert Haire, the firm’s chief financial officer.

EcoSynthetix announced in January of this year that it had raised $10.1 million in a Series A-3B round of equity financing led by Canaccord Financial. Founded in 1996, EcoSynthetix has also attracted investments from 401 Capital Partners, Cargill Ventures, Delta Northern Rivers Fund, H.B. Fuller Ventures, H.J.G. Partnership, Nadal Investments, Northern Rivers Innovation Fund, and VentureLink Diversified Balanced Fund.

Author: Ryan McBride

Ryan is an award-winning business journalist who contributes to our life sciences and technology coverage. He was previously a staff writer for Mass High Tech, a Boston business and technology newspaper, where he and his colleagues won a national business journalism award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers in 2008. In recent years, he has made regular TV appearances on New England Cable News. Prior to MHT, Ryan covered the life sciences, technology, and energy sectors for Providence Business News. He graduated with honors from the University of Rhode Island in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in communications. When he’s not chasing down news, Ryan enjoys mountain biking and skiing in his home state of Vermont.