title: FutureBio startup to make completely recyclable plastic cost-competitive
company: FutureBio Inc.
date: 2025-12-15
link: https://www.futurebio.net/news
classification:
  - Bioplastic Producer
  - Technology Company
category:
  - Investment & Funding
  - Product Launch

Expert Analysis: FutureBio Inc. Advances Cost-Competitive, Recyclable Bioplastics

FutureBio Inc., a biotech startup headquartered in Berkeley, California, is emerging as a significant player in the sustainable materials sector with its focus on developing completely recyclable and cost-competitive plastics. Founded in 2024, the company’s core mission revolves around combating climate change, reducing carbon emissions, and promoting a circular economy through innovative biomanufacturing solutions.

The company leverages advanced biotechnology, including strain engineering, metabolic engineering, protein design, and fermentation, to transform renewable biomass or waste feedstocks into high-performance monomers. These monomers are then polymerized to create materials with reprocessable and molecular-level recyclable networks, enabling both in-house scrap reuse and large-scale circularity. FutureBio claims its novel plastic can be completely depolymerized using hydrochloric acid, allowing for the reuse of decomposed biomass as new raw materials, thereby reducing waste and enhancing sustainability. A key differentiator highlighted by FutureBio is its assertion that these biorenewable plastics will make recycling more cost-effective than producing new plastic, creating a crucial economic incentive for businesses to adopt their solutions. The company is deploying AI to accelerate the development of these sustainable materials, optimizing processes from enzyme design to polymer formulation.

FutureBio recently secured a multi-million dollar seed financing round in February and March 2025, led by Glory Ventures with participation from Capital O, IMO Ventures, Xiangfeng Changqing, and XtalPi Technology, signaling strong investor confidence in its technology and market potential. This funding will support the commercialization of its biorenewable plastics, which aim for up to 95% recyclability. Having spent five years in laboratory research at the University of California, Berkeley, FutureBio became the first tenant at UC Berkeley’s Bakar Labs for Energy & Materials, where it continues to develop its technology for industrial applications.

Contacts:

• Zilong Wang, Ph.D. (Founder, CEO, CFO, Director)
• Seokjung Cheong, Ph.D. (Cofounder, CTO, Director)
• admin@futurebio.net