Pili

Industry

Biorefining, Industrial chemistry, Paints & coatings, Textiles & leather

Topics

Synthetic biology platforms & biomanufacturing, Organic acids & bio-based chemicals

Role

Producer — “…is, the company uses hybrid processes combining industrial fermentation and green chemistry to replace fossil-…”

Not yet cited as a supplier in a graded solution.

Sites 4

• Toulouse White Biotechnology (TWB), Toulouse, France
• Cnam, Paris, France
• Roches-Roussillon industrial platform, Isère, France
• Bâtiment Napa Center B, Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France

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

• 2026-09 Latest status: Pili was awarded the ANDAM Special Prize in May 2026 and joined the EU project IRIS in September 2026. ↗ ↗ ↗

Recent news 5

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• 2026-07-02 💫 ANDAM 37th Fashion Award ceremony: Where fashion excellence meets innovation💫 | Pili linkedin.com
  Pili van de Kamp’s team positioned themselves as innovators in sustainable denim, accepting the Special Jury Prize for their bio-based indigo and emphasizing that bio-based dyes are becoming a production standard for high-quality, durable, low-impact denim. They also note …
• 2026-06-01 Biotech Company Pili’s Eco-Indigo Wins French Prize - Smudge Report thesmudgereport.com
  Pili is a biotech company pioneering bio-based dyes and pigments, notably Eco-Indigo, produced via microbial fermentation and green chemistry to replace petrochemical indigo and cut environmental impact. The company has gained recognition from ANDAM for its scalable, low-emission …
• 2026-05-13 Adieu pétrole, bonjour bactéries : la formule gagnante de la couleur des jeans selon Pili - Les Echos lesechos.fr
  Pili is developing biosourced pigments produced by fermentation (notably indigo) as a sustainable alternative to petrochemical colorants, aiming to reduce the denim industry's environmental impact and worker exposure to toxic dyes.
• 2026-04-17 Haute-Garonne - Pili prépare une nouvelle levée de « plusieurs millions d’euros » | La Lettre M lalettrem.fr
  Pili, a Toulouse-based company specializing in biosourced and decarbonized colorants and pigments, plans a Series B funding this year for several million euros, aiming to produce ten tons of pigments with European industrial partners by 2026 and reach break-even by 2028. The firm …
• 2026-02-27 🏭 Une industrialisation patiente, clé du succès de Pili linkedin.com
  Pili, founded in 2015 in Toulouse, aims to be a profitable industrial player in bio-based dyes and pigments, and chose to base its pilot plant on an integrated chemical platform in Roussillon (Isère) to shorten development time by leveraging a real industrial environment. They …

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Funding

• Latest round: Series a · 2023-02-28 · US$ 15.8 M
• Total raised: US$ 27.6 M

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