Archive · 20 Aug 2025
PeelON Secures $1M to Scale Compostable Produce Packaging
A company called PeelON, which makes eco-friendly packaging for fruits and vegetables, just got $1 million to help them grow.
They make plant-based films that keep food fresh longer.
Their goal is to replace plastic packaging with compostable alternatives to reduce food waste.
The money will be used to improve their products, make more of them, and sell them to more businesses.
They already have customers in India and the US and are working with universities to expand their packaging to more types of produce.
The company's goal is to make sustainable packaging that is affordable and easy to use.
Biotech start-up PeelON secured $1 million in seed funding to scale compostable packaging.
The company develops plant-based films to extend the shelf life of fruits and vegetables.
PeelON's products include liners and retail-ready bags with antimicrobial agents.
The funding will expand R&D, production, sales, and marketing efforts.
The company aims to replace single-use plastics in the fresh produce supply chain.
- Who
- PeelON, a biotech start-up; investors including growX ventures
- What
- PeelON secured $1 million in seed funding to scale compostable packaging.
- When
- Not explicitly stated, but published on August 20, 2025.
- Where
- Visakhapatnam (production); India, US (sales)
- Why
- To expand R&D, production, sales, and marketing of compostable packaging, replacing single-use plastics.
- Company
- PeelON
- Funding Amount
- $1 million
- Funding Round
- Seed
- Lead Investor
- growX ventures
- Products
- Compostable packaging films
- Focus
- Fresh produce packaging
- Materials
- Plant-based