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Emerald joins $23M Round in P2 Science to Replace Petroleum-Based Beauty Ingredients With Plant-Based Alternatives

Published May 26, 2026

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The round will fuel expansion of P2’s award-winning beauty and personal care portfolio and entrance into performance polymers, home care, coatings, and crop care

Woodbridge, CT – May 26, 2026 – Emerald Technology Ventures, a global venture capital firm focused on sustainable industrial investmentshas joined a $23M round in P2 Science, Inc., a leading green chemistry company transforming sustainable feedstocks into high-performance ingredients. The financing will accelerate commercial growth in P2’s beauty and personal care ingredients business and expand the company’s green chemistry platform into new markets, including aroma technologies, performance polymers, home care, coatings, and crop care.

Sofinnova Partners and GS Futures joined the round alongside continued backing from existing investors Lewis & Clark Partners, dsm-firmenich Ventures, Connecticut Innovations, Elm Street Ventures, Chanel, BASF, and Safer Made, L.P. The strong participation from both new and returning partners reflects growing confidence in P2’s commercial traction, proven innovation leadership, and the scalability of its green chemistry platform.

The financing continues a period of significant commercial and scientific momentum for P2. The company was named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies in both 2025 and 2026 and was recently selected for L’Oréal’s €100M sustainable innovation accelerator, L’AcceleratOR. P2 also launched two breakthrough beauty ingredients, Citrolatum® P, a 1:1 plant-based replacement for petrolatum, and CitroComplex® Nourish, a high-performance natural oil blend for skin and hair care and entered a strategic partnership with Algenesis to develop 100% biobased, biodegradable polyurethanes. Most recently, P2 was awarded $2.8 million in non-dilutive funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s ARPA-E to accelerate catalyst innovation through AI-enhanced autonomous laboratories.

“This milestone validates the strength of our technology and the urgency of global demand for clean, scalable manufacturing solutions,” said Oihana Elizalde, CEO of P2 Science. “With this new funding, we are positioned to supercharge our beauty business and bring real green chemistry solutions to entirely new industries. We are deeply grateful to our existing investors, whose continued partnership has been instrumental in getting us here, and we are thrilled to welcome Sofinnova Partners, Emerald Technology Ventures, and GS Futures to the P2 family as we begin this next chapter of growth.”

The capital raise comes at a pivotal moment for sustainable and advanced manufacturing. As brands and consumers demand higher-performing, healthier products and as global markets accelerate the shift away from petrochemicals, P2 Science is uniquely positioned to lead; combining a commercially proven beauty ingredients portfolio, a versatile green chemistry platform, and the manufacturing capabilities to scale. Backed by a world-class syndicate of strategic and financial investors and complemented by competitive non-dilutive funding from federal partners, P2 is the chemistry company of the next generation, rooted in performance, sustainability, and scale.

About Emerald Technology Ventures

Emerald is a globally recognized venture capital firm, founded in 2000, that manages and advises assets of over €1.3 billion from its offices in Zurich, Toronto and Singapore. The firm invests in start-ups that tackle big challenges in climate change and sustainability, with four current funds, hundreds of venture transactions and six third-party investment mandates, including loan guarantees to over 100 start-ups.

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About P2 Science

P2 Science is a green chemistry company, co-founded by Professor Paul Anastas and Dr. Patrick Foley at the Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering at Yale, that designs and manufactures renewable specialty ingredients for the personal care, flavor & fragrance, and performance materials markets. Using the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry as its foundation, P2 develops proprietary chemical processes and products inspired by nature’s chemistry to deliver high performance with sustainability at scale. For more information, visit www.p2science.com.

CONTACT:

Oihana Elizalde

P2 Science, Inc.

Email: press@p2science.com