Ponda raises $1.7M
Ponda announced a Seed round of $1.7M on 28 August 2026. The company operates in Climate & Energy and is based in United Kingdom. It was founded by Julian Ellis-Brown, Co-Founder.
Founder
Julian Ellis-Brown
Co-Founder, Ponda
Outreach angles
- -Co-founded Ponda in Bristol to build BioPuff, a plant-based insulation material grown from bulrushes on restored wetlands.
- -Ellis-Brown and his three co-founders designed Ponda's paludiculture model to farm bulrushes on rewetted land rather than draining it.
- -Closed a crowdfunding round at 1.6 million euros after drawing 256 new investors, well past the original 230,000 euro minimum.
Signals
SeedClimate TechHardwareDeep TechB2B
Round details
Company: Ponda
Domain: ponda.bio
Amount: $1.7M
Stage: Seed
Industry: Climate & Energy
Country: United Kingdom
Announced: 28 August 2026
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