Outdoor Living Supply adds California’s Rock Garden

Sources: Outdoor Living Supply, Rochester, Minn.; CP staff Hardscapes distributor Outdoor Living Supply (OLS) has acquired The Rock Garden of Truckee, Calif., a division of Marsh Ventures Inc. Founded in 1998, the independent distributor of natural stone, hardscapes, architectural elements and hand-hewn stone furniture extends the OLS platform into the Golden State and strengthens its regional presence in the Lake…

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Investors steer Prometheus Materials’ microalgae-derived binder to market

Sources: Prometheus Materials, Boulder, Colo.; CP staff Prometheus Materials has closed an $8 million initial venture capital funding round to support commercialization of precast elements and a ready mixed material designed with a bio-cement similar to the binder coral and oysters use to form reefs and shells. When mixed with sand and gravel or stone, the bio-cement offers what the…

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