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Fashion Network
29-04-2025
- Business
- Fashion Network
Colourant specialist Sparxell gets key fashion innovation recognition
LVMH -backed eco tech developer start-up Sparxell has received two prestige international sustainability awards. The UK company has been named among the prestigious 'ChangeNow Change 100' winners for 2025, joining 'a definitive list of the top sustainability start-ups to watch this year'. And during the recent ChangeNow summit in Paris, the company was additionally awarded the jury's 'Coups de Cœur' recognition in the fashion category, highlighting its game-changing potential to transform the fashion industry'. Sparxell, a University of Cambridge spin-out and 'developer of the world's first high-performance, plant-based colourant technology', joins an elite group 'demonstrating exceptional impact potential, scalability, and business viability while creatively rethinking industry standards'. It said this latest achievement reinforces its 'growing momentum as it transforms the $48 billion global colourants market with its revolutionary 100% plant-based, high-performance biodegradable colour platform'. Dr Benjamin Droguet, founder and CEO of Sparxell said the two recognitions 'validate our mission to revolutionise how industries approach colour. 'This comes at a pivotal moment as we scale our technology to transform how the entire fashion industry approaches colour. Through this innovation, we're not just creating sustainable products - we're helping shape a world where beautiful, high-performance materials work in harmony with nature rather than against it.' This recognition comes as Sparxell recently secured a €1.9 million grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC), adding to investments from the L'Oréal -backed Circular Innovation Fund and support from Innovate UK. It has also established partnerships with luxury brands under LVMH's La Maison des Startups.
Fashion Network
28-04-2025
- Business
- Fashion Network
Colourant specialist Sparxell gets key fashion innovation recognition
LVMH-backed eco tech developer start-up Sparxell has received two prestige international sustainability awards. The UK company has been named among the prestigious 'ChangeNow Change 100' winners for 2025, joining 'a definitive list of the top sustainability start-ups to watch this year'. And during the recent ChangeNow summit in Paris, the company was additionally awarded the jury's 'Coups de Cœur' recognition in the fashion category, highlighting its game-changing potential to transform the fashion industry'. Sparxell, a University of Cambridge spin-out and 'developer of the world's first high-performance, plant-based colourant technology', joins an elite group 'demonstrating exceptional impact potential, scalability, and business viability while creatively rethinking industry standards'. It said this latest achievement reinforces its 'growing momentum as it transforms the $48 billion global colourants market with its revolutionary 100% plant-based, high-performance biodegradable colour platform'. Dr Benjamin Droguet, founder and CEO of Sparxell said the two recognitions 'validate our mission to revolutionise how industries approach colour. 'This comes at a pivotal moment as we scale our technology to transform how the entire fashion industry approaches colour. Through this innovation, we're not just creating sustainable products - we're helping shape a world where beautiful, high-performance materials work in harmony with nature rather than against it.' This recognition comes as Sparxell recently secured a €1.9 million grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC), adding to investments from the L'Oréal-backed Circular Innovation Fund and support from Innovate UK. It has also established partnerships with luxury brands under LVMH's La Maison des Startups.
Fashion Network
28-04-2025
- Business
- Fashion Network
Colourant specialist Sparxell gets key fashion innovation recognition
LVMH -backed eco tech developer start-up Sparxell has received two prestige international sustainability awards. The UK company has been named among the prestigious 'ChangeNow Change 100' winners for 2025, joining 'a definitive list of the top sustainability start-ups to watch this year'. And during the recent ChangeNow summit in Paris, the company was additionally awarded the jury's 'Coups de Cœur' recognition in the fashion category, highlighting its game-changing potential to transform the fashion industry'. Sparxell, a University of Cambridge spin-out and 'developer of the world's first high-performance, plant-based colourant technology', joins an elite group 'demonstrating exceptional impact potential, scalability, and business viability while creatively rethinking industry standards'. It said this latest achievement reinforces its 'growing momentum as it transforms the $48 billion global colourants market with its revolutionary 100% plant-based, high-performance biodegradable colour platform'. Dr Benjamin Droguet, founder and CEO of Sparxell said the two recognitions 'validate our mission to revolutionise how industries approach colour. 'This comes at a pivotal moment as we scale our technology to transform how the entire fashion industry approaches colour. Through this innovation, we're not just creating sustainable products - we're helping shape a world where beautiful, high-performance materials work in harmony with nature rather than against it.' This recognition comes as Sparxell recently secured a €1.9 million grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC), adding to investments from the L'Oréal -backed Circular Innovation Fund and support from Innovate UK. It has also established partnerships with luxury brands under LVMH's La Maison des Startups.
Fashion United
28-04-2025
- Business
- Fashion United
Plant-based colourant manufacturer Sparxell wins ChangeNow ‘Coups de Cœur'
Sparxell, an LVMH-backed, plant-based colourant tech firm, has won ChangeNow's 'Coups de Cœur' recognition award in the fashion category, and has further been named among the organisation's Change100 winners for 2025. The list, a round up of the top sustainability startups to watch this year, evaluates solutions based on their positive impact addressing the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, while the award then intends to highlight the firm's 'game-changing potential to transform the fashion industry'. The honours were announced at the ChangeNow Summit in Paris on April 25, where results were revealed on the basis of decisions made by a panel of experts. In a statement, founder and CEO of Sparxell, Benjamin Droguet, said the recognitions validated the company's 'mission to revolutionise how industries approach colour'. Droguet continued: "This comes at a pivotal moment as we scale our technology to transform how the entire fashion industry approaches colour. Through this innovation, we're not just creating sustainable products—we're helping shape a world where beautiful, high-performance materials work in harmony with nature rather than against it." Sparxell has been growing rapidly since its founding in 2022, aligning with increased demand for more eco-friendly solutions in colourants. The company, which recently secured a 1.9 million euro grant from the European Innovation Council, already works with the likes of LVMH on strategic partnerships with luxury brands.
Fashion Network
28-04-2025
- Business
- Fashion Network
Colourant specialist Sparxell gets key fashion innovation recognition
LVMH -backed eco tech developer start-up Sparxell has received two prestige international sustainability awards. The UK company has been named among the prestigious 'ChangeNow Change 100' winners for 2025, joining 'a definitive list of the top sustainability start-ups to watch this year'. And during the recent ChangeNow summit in Paris, the company was additionally awarded the jury's 'Coups de Cœur' recognition in the fashion category, highlighting its game-changing potential to transform the fashion industry'. Sparxell, a University of Cambridge spin-out and 'developer of the world's first high-performance, plant-based colourant technology', joins an elite group 'demonstrating exceptional impact potential, scalability, and business viability while creatively rethinking industry standards'. It said this latest achievement reinforces its 'growing momentum as it transforms the $48 billion global colourants market with its revolutionary 100% plant-based, high-performance biodegradable colour platform'. Dr Benjamin Droguet, founder and CEO of Sparxell said the two recognitions 'validate our mission to revolutionise how industries approach colour. 'This comes at a pivotal moment as we scale our technology to transform how the entire fashion industry approaches colour. Through this innovation, we're not just creating sustainable products - we're helping shape a world where beautiful, high-performance materials work in harmony with nature rather than against it.' This recognition comes as Sparxell recently secured a €1.9 million grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC), adding to investments from the L'Oréal -backed Circular Innovation Fund and support from Innovate UK. It has also established partnerships with luxury brands under LVMH's La Maison des Startups.
