AM Batteries will use $2,272,500 to build a pilot scale production line of its novel solvent-free, dry electrode manufacturing technology that replaces the use of toxic solvents.

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Massachusetts-based Clean Crop Technologies has launched a commercial cold plasma seed treatment facility, signed $3.4 million in purchase orders, and has a sales and pilot pipeline worth $47 million in annual recurring revenue from companies that represent 39% of the global vegetable seed market, claims the startup. While hot water and chemical seed treatments are effective at tackling pathogens, they can also reduce germination rates, says the firm, which uses ionized gases to disinfect seeds instead. “You can choose between killing the contaminant, and in so doing harm the germination of the seed, or you can make sure you have vigorous seeds, but not be able to kill everything,” claims CEO Dan White, who cofounded Clean Crop Technologies in 2019 with plasma tech expert Dr. Kevin Keener and former Cargill executive Daniel Cavanaugh