Dot Ingredients: A greener way to mix oil and water

Dot Ingredients: A greener way to mix oil and water
AUT scientist Jack Chen co-founded Dot Ingredients. (Image: supplied)
Greg Hurrell
Startup company Dot Ingredients has a plan to disrupt the $85 billion global market in chemical surfactants, one sector at a time.The company is a spinout from the Auckland University of Technology (AUT) and is commercialising sustainable technology developed by AUT scientist Jack Chen.Last month, the company received a $133,000 new-to-R&D grant from Callaghan Innovation. That closely followed a $350,000 early funding round led by Motion Capital and including the Climate Venture Capital Fund under a simple agreement for future equity (Safe)...

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