Metsä Group’s innovation company Metsä Spring has made an equity investment in Metsä Spring, a startup converting forest industry side streams into high-value bioactive products. The financing round totals roughly EUR 1 million, and Metsä Spring participated in the round with current and new private investors.

For the first time, Bayer Foundation is launching its Women Empowerment Award. The award empowers women as key change-makers and helps female founders generate social impact in Sub-Saharan Africa. Apply now to be one of the five women that will receive 25,000 EUR in cash and an in-kind contribution plus a long-term partnership!