Simplifyber Secures $3.5M Seed Investment to Reinvent How Clothing is Made, with Sustainable, Advanced Manufacturing Led by fashion designer Maria Intscher-Owrang, company will leverage its additive manufacturing technology to bring economically competitive biodegradable garments to market NEW YORK, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Simplifyber, Inc., creator of the world’s first fully-molded garment and shoe uppers […]
HG Ventures Backs Circulor to Advance Responsible Supply Chains Globally
INDIANAPOLIS – June 28, 2022 – HG Ventures, the corporate venture arm of The Heritage Group, today announced its participation in a $25 million Series B raise for Circulor, the only proven technology solution that tracks materials, emissions, and compliance within manufacturing and recycling supply chains. Circulor’s suite of technologies gives users data-driven insights into […]

HG Ventures’ Managing Director Cracks the Top 25 on Annual List of Most Prominent Corporate Venture Capitalists in the World
INDIANAPOLIS – May 17, 2022 – HG Ventures, the corporate venture arm of The Heritage Group, today announced that its Managing Director, Kip A. Frey, has once again been named to the Global Corporate Venturing (“GCV”) Powerlist 2022—representing the top 1% of corporate venturing leaders spearheading the industry’s future. Frey was named to the Powerlist […]
HG Ventures Backs Advanced Battery Materials Production Company 6K in Series D Financing Led by Koch Strategic Platforms
Koch Strategic Platforms Leads $102M Series D Funding Investment in 6K To Accelerate Battery Material Production and Recycling The investment is the first of two funding closes, expected to reach over $150M in total, aimed at building a low-cost, sustainable domestic supply chain for battery materials. North Andover, MA, May 12, 2022 – 6K, a leader […]
Puraffinity Receives Innovate UK Grant for PFAS Treatment
LONDON, UK – April 21, 2022 – Puraffinity announced today that it has been awarded a £1.5M grant from Innovate UK, as part of UK Research and Innovation’s Transforming Foundation Industries (TFI) Programme. TFI grants fund research and development projects that demonstrate future technologies capable of addressing the resource or energy efficiency challenges of the […]
Smart Mobility Startup Valerann Raises US$17 Million in Series A Funding Round
LONDON, UK – February 22, 2022 – Valerann – a UK-based Israeli smart transportation startup – today announces its latest growth milestone, raising US$17 million in Series A funding. The investment will support the increasing demand for the company’s software product – Lanternn by Valerann™ – and will enable its implementation with multiple road operators in […]
HG Ventures’ Glushik Named Global Corporate Venturing “Emerging Leader”
INDIANAPOLIS – February 10, 2022 – HG Ventures, the corporate venture arm of The Heritage Group, today announced that Managing Director, John Glushik, has been recognized among the “Top 50 Emerging Leaders” List by Global Corporate Venturing (GCV), the leading industry publication for corporate venture capital. Glushik was selected from more than 20,000 industry professionals […]
Biosynthetic® Technologies Raises $7.5M Led by HG Ventures
INDIANAPOLIS – Biosynthetic® Technologies, LLC today announced that it has raised $7.5 million in a series A-1 funding led by HG Ventures, the corporate venture arm of The Heritage Group, headquartered in Indianapolis, Ind. Biosynthetic Technologies is developing and marketing a new class of high-performance bio-based oil, or Estolides, that is biodegradable, non-bioaccumulative, and non-toxic. […]

HG Ventures Invests in and Partners with American Rare Earth To Expand Battery Recycling and Metals Supply for U.S. Manufacturing
Partnership will support circular economy rare earth mineral sourcing in the U.S. Synergies expedite the path to being the first and lowest cost producer of domestically-sourced, purified and sustainable battery and magnet metals INDIANAPOLIS – January 11, 2022 – HG Ventures, a venture capital investment firm and division of The Heritage Group that supports a […]

Titan Advanced Energy Solutions Raises $33 Million Series B Led by HG Ventures to Transform Battery Diagnostics and Management
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – November 16, 2021 – Titan Advanced Energy Solutions (“Titan”), a pioneer in ultrasound-based battery management solutions, announced a $33 million Series B financing led by HG Ventures, the corporate investment arm of The Heritage Group. This new capital positions the company to accelerate industrial-scale deployments of its battery diagnostics and battery sensing/management technologies to drive safer and more […]

New Ventures’ Frey Selected Once Again For Corporate Venture Powerlist
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – July 29, 2021 – For the second year in a row, EVP New Ventures Kip Frey has been included in the Global Corporate Venturing Powerlist 100—the industry compendium of the one hundred most influential corporate venture capitalists in the world. Announcing the Powerlist for 2021, GCV Editor-in Chief James Mawson commented on its […]
PowerTech Water, manufacturer of ElectraMet™ brand water treatment technologies, closes $6 million in venture capital to expand operations in Lexington, KY
LEXINGTON, KY – June 9, 2021 – PowerTech Water announced the closing of its oversubscribed Series B financing round led by HG Ventures. The funds will be used to meet the rising demand for sustainable industrial water treatment, accelerate corporate partnerships, and expand operations in Lexington, Kentucky. PowerTech Water’s ElectraMet™ and INCION® brand water treatment systems […]