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April 24, 2023

This startup has raised $31m to turn wood into glass

Woodoo repurposes dead wood into new advanced materials to replace glass, leather and steel

Sadia Nowshin

3 min read

Woodoo, a France-based startup that uses wood to make environmentally friendly alternatives to leather, glass, concrete and steel, has raised a $31m seed round led by French VC Lowercarbon Capital. Around two thirds of the raise was made up of equity, and the rest in non-dilutive funding. 

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Sadia Nowshin

Sadia Nowshin was a reporter at Sifted covering foodtech, biotech and startup life. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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