bubbles & beyond closes new financing round

Bubbles & beyond is a technology company which focuses on innovative liquids and foams for industrial, medical and other applications.

This company has managed to develop a singular technology platform which combines polymer and tenside chemistry with surface modification techniques. Bubbles & beyond is able to produce novel structured liquids and foams, which may be applied and customized to meet specific needs and requirements. The resulting products and processes can be placed as utterly new areas of application or to significantly improve product characteristics.

The company focuses on three business units: Foams and Bubbles, Surfaces, and Cosmetics.

On the 7th of March 2011 the German company has announced the closing of a second financing round. With a total of 1.2 million Euros, the successful closing gathered all its existing investors: LBBW Venture Capital, S-Beteiligungen, Hightech-Gruenderfonds and KfW.

The company’s priorities are to manage strengthening its presence within the international market and to be able to broaden the internal development capacities so as to meet the large demand for customized intelligent fluids™ in numerous industry sectors. The new funds will be used to obtain the above-mentioned priorities. Including future sale opportunities in microelectronics, the printing industry and facility cleaning sectors in countries across Europe and Japan, bubbles and beyond is already present in markets such as cleaning and building preservation. Moreover, a new product portfolio containing professional cleaning agents for print rolls is to be launched soon. The company enjoys also considerable market demand in functional cosmetics.

To support the company’s upcoming success, Christian Roemlein, Managing Director of bubbles & beyond, declared: „This follow-on financing round is a clear sign of confidence of our investors regarding bubbles & beyond and our unique intelligent fluids™ technology platform. Our partners can achieve significant benefits from implementing our customized solutions”.

Bubbles and beyond is based in Leipzig, Germany and was funded in 2006. For more information, please visit
www.bubbles-beyond.com.