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Kelpi competitors & alternatives
The 12 closest competitors and alternatives to Kelpi among sustainable materials companies — ranked by similarity to what Kelpi actually does, not by market-cap band.
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About Kelpi
Kelpi is a certified B Corporation headquartered in Bristol, United Kingdom, leading a sustainable materials revolution. The company creates innovative, seaweed-based packaging solutions designed to replace traditional plastics without compromising on performance.
Kelpi at a glance
Kelpi is a sustainable materials company headquartered in United Kingdom, founded in 2016. Its most recent funding round, Venture Round, raised $5.5M in May 2024.
Kelpi funding rounds
Every round on record:
| Date | Round | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture Round | $5.5M | 1 named | |
| Seed | $3.8M | 1 named | |
| Grant | $4.5M | 2 named |
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Top 12 Kelpi competitors
Ranked by semantic similarity — how close each company is to Kelpi by what it does, using Xcout's live company graph. Click any company for its full profile, or its competitor set.
Materials Science
Xampla is a world-leading material science company that develops innovative, plastic-free and edible packaging solutions. The firm operates out of its headquarters in Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Materials
Paptic Ltd is a high-growth company established in 2015 with headquarters in Espoo, Finland, that develops innovative fibre-based sustainable packaging materials derived from renewable wood fibres as an alternative to plastics.
Materials
Bcomp Ltd. is a Swiss cleantech company and a global leader in sustainable lightweighting solutions, providing bio-based materials to decarbonize various industries.
Materials
SMUSH Materials is an innovative startup that transforms agricultural by-products into high-performance, compostable, and circular packaging solutions.
Materials
KiwiFibre is a regenerative-fibre composite textile manufacturing company founded in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2020 by Ben Scales and William. The enterprise transforms plant materials into high-performance composite structures used for applications ranging from race cars to snowboards.
Materials Science
M-Based is a biomaterials company headquartered in Ankara, Turkey, that develops next-generation sustainable materials using mushrooms.
Materials
Alt.Leather is a textile manufacturing startup headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. The compact team designs scalable, high-performance, and low-impact alternative leather materials targeted at multiple product verticals. The company advances sustainable fashion and manufacturing through grants and alternative material innovation.
Materials
NFW develops and manufactures sustainable, plastic-free performance materials, including plant-based alternatives to leather, textiles, foam, and footwear outsoles. The company serves brands in fashion, footwear, and consumer goods by providing bio-based material solutions designed to replace synthetics.
Basic Materials
OrganoClick develops and provides biobased, biodegradable green chemistry solutions to replace fossil-based plastics and harmful chemicals in materials such as paper, wood, textiles, and nonwovens. The company serves industrial manufacturers and consumers with products including biobased binders, barrier technologies, textile waterproofing, biocide-free wood protection, and eco-friendly cleaning agents.
Advanced Materials
AilArian is an engineering services company based in Swansea that specializes in reusable silver conductive inks using a pioneering design-for-recycling approach. The firm helps manufacturers significantly reduce CO2e emissions and decrease manufacturing waste in the printed electronics sector.
Materials
MatNex combines materials science, AI systems, and first-principles modeling to discover new materials that reduce environmental and social costs. The company is headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Materials
WasteZero, Inc. is a certified B Corporation and waste reduction company based out of Raleigh, North Carolina. The company utilizes a unique combination of product, service, and purpose to address waste management.
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