Sources: Prometheus Materials, Boulder, Colo.; CP staff Prometheus Materials, developer of a micro-algae binder alternative to portland cement, has proved the efficacy of its material in concrete masonry units, successfully testing specimen blocks to ASTM C129-22, Standard Specification for Nonloadbearing Concrete Masonry Units and C90, Standard Specification for Loadbearing Concrete Masonry Units performance requirements. “We are thrilled to have achieved…
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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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