PFAS-free battery firm bags fresh funding: 'EU crackdown is driving demand'
29 sep. 2025
10:07
Westra Materials has bagged new funding from investors including Voima Ventures and Almi Invest.
The Swedish startup that produces organic polymers designed to replace the PFAS-based polymers used in batteries and solar panels.
"There is a better way,” Daniel Westling, Westra’s CEO, tells Impact Loop.
The Swedish startup that produces organic polymers designed to replace the PFAS-based polymers used in batteries and solar panels.
"There is a better way,” Daniel Westling, Westra’s CEO, tells Impact Loop.
Swedish startup Westra Materials has raised €3.8m in fresh funding from Voima Ventures, Lotus Investment, Almi Invest, Navigare Ventures to expand production of its PFAS-free polymers and grow its team.
The company currently produces 9 tonnes of polymers a year at its site in Norrköping, Sweden. With the new investment, it plans to boost that capacity to 65 tonnes.