The investment in BioBTX is part of Covestro's venture capital program, in which the company invests in young start-ups and scale-ups with innovative products, solutions or business models, and thus promotes entrepreneurial activities in and alongside its core business.

Two startups in India have won Paint the Future awards and the chance to continue working together with AkzoNobel to accelerate their solutions.

INX International Ink Co. is establishing INX Venture Capital to make minority investments in technology and materials science startups with strategic relevance to the printing inks and coatings value chain. 

NASA is unveiling a new opportunity for start-up companies to license patented NASA technology with no up-front payment.