Colours from Biodiversity: Pune Innovator Makes Hay with Agro-Waste Feedstock

INSPIRATION STRIKES The dyeing step in the textile industry contributes to 20% of freshwater pollution in the world, and is among the most polluting steps in the entire supply chain. This is what drove the founders of KBCols Sciences—Vaishali Kulkarni (Founder & CEO) and Arjun Singh Bajwa (Co-Founder & CTO)—to address this challenge. KBCols Sciences

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10 August 2023

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10 August 2023

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Pune-based deeptech startup KBCols Sciences dips into the rich biodiversity of India to tech-source microbes and cultures them in bioreactors to produce natural colours of choice, using agrowaste as feedstock. The final product—bio-colours free from microbes—are a universal drop-in-solution to dye fibres.

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