Press releases, scientific milestones, awards and partnership news from PureSurf.
PureSurf is joining the BioInnovation Institute (BII) autumn 2026 cohort, among 17 startups in BII's largest intake ever, with first equity funding and support from XISTA Science Ventures in Austria.
Read the full article →Our CEO, Markus Hochegger-Krawanja, presented PureSurf at VITO4STARTERS, the deep tech accelerator of the Belgian research organisation VITO.
Read the full article →Our CEO Markus Hochegger-Krawanja represented PureSurf at Pitch & Bond, joining startups, industry leaders and investors on the transformation of the chemical industry.
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Our platform chemistry is part of RADAR, a €15M Horizon Europe innovation action developing safe, renewable aromatic compounds across Europe.
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In the CBE JU project ZELDA, lignocellulosic side-streams become natural plant-protection molecules, including data-driven surfactant development.
Read the full article →PureSurf recognised among the Top 10 finalists of the Sustainability & Business Award 2026.
Read the full article →PureSurf received the SEPAWA 2025 Poster Prize and won the SPG Ideenwettbewerb 2025, two independent recognitions in the same year.
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PureSurf FlexCo founded as a spin-off of the University of Graz.
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Two early-stage recognitions in 2023: StageTwo Investment Award and sfg Innovationspreis.
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