Chemovator invests in Detroit-based startup Heartland rethinking plastics using natural fiber reinforcements

Heartland helps manufacturers to reduce the product carbon footprint of plastic and rubber products

03-May-2024 - Chemovator, the business incubator and early-stage investor of BASF, has successfully finalized an investment in Heartland Industries. The Detroit-based startup is a frontrunner in the production of natural fiber plastic additives, and the latest addition to Chemovator's external-facing Elevate ...

Decentral manufacturing and digital inventory startup Replique spins off from BASF incubator and closes financing round

19-Jun-2023 - Replique, a digital manufacturing startup, spins off from Chemovator, the business incubator of BASF, and successfully closes a late seed round to further build its business. The funding round was led by STS Ventures, a leading digital technology investor. Replique provides the first fully ...

Chemovator, the business incubator of BASF, opens its doors for startups outside of the company

Support in the areas of sustainability, process, research and service optimization, as well as next generation materials

17-May-2023 - For five years, Chemovator has been working under the umbrella of BASF to develop scalable and investable business models from ideas that originated from within the company. As of now, the incubator opens its doors to all early-stage startups working on the successful and sustainable future of ...

Clever solutions for label and packaging processes in highly regulated industries such as the chemical sector

From idea to independence: BASF incubator Chemovator spins off first employee startup

27-Apr-2021 - BOXLAB Services GmbH is the first startup to celebrate its spin-off from Chemovator in April 2021. There, promising ideas outside of the core business of BASF are developed and build into scalable business models and companies. With the right resources, the necessary freedom and respective ...

The journey from BASF-employee to a founder

BASF startup incubator celebrates first anniversary

14-May-2019 - What do modular construction, coworking and polymeres have in common? They are all part of BASF! To be precise, part of Chemovator GmbH. Chemowhat? The internal incubator of BASF turns unconventional ideas which carry usually high risks and lie outside the core business of BASF into investable ...