Colorifix

Industry

Bioprocess equipment, Food ingredients, Industrial chemistry, Paints & coatings, Textiles & leather

Topics

Synthetic biology platforms & biomanufacturing

Role

Producer — “…hion industry ( ) - Textile manufacturing ( ) **Certifications** - ZDHC Level 1 MRSL conformance ( ) - OEKO-TE…”

Why it is bioeconomy

Colorifix is a biotechnology company that uses engineered microbes to produce and fix pigments onto textiles as a sustainable alternative to traditional chemical dyeing.

Products: Blushing Rose; Sunlit Sand; Oceanic Berry; Oceanic Tide; Solar Glow; Sunlit Clay; Orchard Vale

Certifications: ZDHC Level 1 MRSL conformance; OEKO-TEX® Eco Passport

Sites 5

• Cambridge
• Portugal Fermentation hardware and media
• R&D base, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
• Manufacturing/fermentation hardware site, Portugal
• Pilot plant, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Production, R&D and other sites from the company's website and automated research; street addresses omitted.

Applications

Dyeing fabric · Fashion industry · Textile manufacturing

Certifications (website)

ZDHC Level 1 MRSL conformance · OEKO-TEX® Eco Passport

Customers & partners

Vollebak · Pangaia

Products (website)

Blushing Rose — A pigment created by ancient bacteria, used in the Colorifix process. · Sunlit Sand — A lightfast pigment from soil bacteria that retains its vibrant color even in harsh sunlight. · Oceanic Berry · Oceanic Tide · Solar Glow · Sunlit Clay · Orchard Vale

R&D facilities

Norwich Research Park

Read from the company's own website: home · about · products

Recent news 5

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• 2026-09-02 Colorifix Raise £18m In A Series B Investment Round To Accelerate The Adoption Of Their Sustainable Biological Textile Dyeing Solution — TEXINTEL texintel.com
  Colorifix has raised £18m in a Series B led by H&M CO:LAB to scale its fully biological dyeing process, expanding across Europe and Asia and expanding its team as it moves into industrial-scale deployment with major fashion players.
• 2026-08-24 ‘Nature makes every colour in the world’: Meet the company brewing an end to toxic chemical dyes | Euronews euronews.com
  Colorifix is a company that uses biology to produce dyes, growing color in fermentation tanks with genetically engineered bacteria instead of relying on petrochemical dyes. Their approach aims to reduce environmental impact (water, energy, and emissions) and is increasingly …
• 2025-12-03 Modatex partners with Colorifix at ISPO - FashionNetwork United Kingdom uk.fashionnetwork.com
  Colorifix partnered with Modatex to showcase a dyeing process using biological fermentation at ISPO Munich, highlighting a significant sustainability advantage (e.g., reduced water, chemicals, energy) and its role in training designers with innovative, eco-friendly materials.
• 2025-11-21 Colorifix to close Norwich base and relocate to Portugal | Eastern Daily Press edp24.co.uk
  Colorifix, endorsed by the Prince of Wales, is closing its Norwich Research Park headquarters and relocating main operations to its site in northern Portugal due to high UK costs, risking up to about 50 jobs. The move aims to be closer to its European textile supply chain and …
• 2025-06-25 Fresh funding for biological textile dyes firm ecotextile.com
  Colorifix raised $18 million in a funding round led by Inter IKEA Group to expand its global commercial rollout of its bio-based textile dyes, claimed to be produced via the world’s first entirely biological, petrochemical-free process.

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Registry identifiers

• Company number: 10051398 official registry ↗

Funding

• Latest round: Series b · 2025-06-01 · US$ 18.0 M

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