All Checkerspot articles
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ArticleWNDR Alpine launches all-season outdoor gear made with 100% biobased materials
Salt Lake City-based WNDR Alpine makes outdoor gear and apparel with materials derived from microalgae oil. The brand is refining and expanding its hard and soft goods in celebration of its fifth anniversary this July.
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ArticleWNDR Alpine introduces first apparel collection, with 100% petroleum-free moisture control
WNDR Alpine, an outdoor B-Corp founded by biotech company Checkerspot, is launching the Phase Series, an eco-friendly activewear line featuring ingredients derived from microalgae. The Phase Series builds on WNDR Alpine’s success in developing backcountry skis and snowboards that feature high-performance materials derived from microalgae. Source: WNDR ...
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News briefsCheckerspot closes $55 million funding round
Biotech firm Checkerspot has announced the close of a $55 million Series C financing led by ArrowMark Partners, with participation from Cox Enterprises and other new and existing investors. The funding is supposed to accelerate Checkerspot’s development and commercialization of high-performance, bio-based alternatives for everyday products and to boost Checkerspot’s ...
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ArticleDPS Skis and Checkerspot develop new biologically produced materials
Salt Lake City-based company DPS Skis has taken a significant step toward environmentally friendly, high-performance products with the development and commercialization of algae-based ski sidewalls derived from renewable resources used in all DPS skis manufactured in Salt Lake City beginning in 2022. The collaboration with Checkerspot, a California-based materials innovation ...
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News briefsWNDR Alpine moves away from petroleum with new ski line
WNDR Alpine, a ski brand launched as part of California-based advanced materials company Checkerspot, released a new ski lineup with improved material properties, increased biobased content and a powder-focused backcountry shape to create the Reason 120 backcountry skis. Utilizing industrial biomanufacturing techniques and materials science, Checkerspot grows microalgae to produce ...
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News briefsWNDR Alpine receives B Corp certification
WNDR Alpine, a Salt Lake City, Utah-based backcountry ski and apparel brand owned by Checkerspot, a California-based biotech performance materials company, has announced that it has received Certified B Corporation (“B Corp”) status. Checkerspot commented that “this certification marks its participation in a global movement of for-profit companies dedicated to ...
