COLORIFIX
Textile Manufacturing · Synthetic Biology
1open role
Venture roundlatest round · Jul 2026 · 3 mo ago
2backers · Cambridge Enterprise, WENVEST Capital GmbH
Growinghiring pace, 62 of 100
Overview
We engineer nature's brilliance to pioneer a new approach to colour.. At the heart of the fashion and textiles industry lies an uncomfortable problem: colour — one of the core ingredients of design, beauty and culture — is creating a devastating effect on our planet.
Funding and backers
Latest round
Venture round
Jul 2026 · 3 mo ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
3
+2 posted in 30 days
Grants
$3.3M
4 grants · CORDIS
Backers
2
Cambridge Enterprise, WENVEST Capital GmbH
The money's age
Fresh money
3 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
47/100
hiring for its size, fresh money
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jul 10
Raised a round Venture round
Jun 26, 2025
Raised a round Venture round
Sep 12, 2024
Raised a round Venture round
Feb 1, 2024
Won a grant $88k · CORDIS
Nov 17, 2023
Raised a round Venture round
Jun 16, 2022
Raised a round Venture round
Dec 1, 2020
Won a grant $239k · CORDIS
Nov 1, 2020
Won a grant $311k · CORDIS
Mar 10, 2020
Raised a round Venture round
Jan 1, 2020
Won a grant $2.7M · CORDIS
Dec 14, 2018
Raised a round Venture round
Mar 7, 2018
Raised a round Venture round
Mar 9, 2016
Incorporated COLORIFIX LIMITED · Companies House
2014
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 5%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Jul 2026 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Venture round | Jun 2025 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Venture round | Sep 2024 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Grant | Feb 2024 | $88k | — | CORDIS |
| Venture round | Nov 2023 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Venture round | Jun 2022 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Grant | Dec 2020 | $239k | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Nov 2020 | $311k | — | CORDIS |
| Venture round | Mar 2020 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Grant | Jan 2020 | $2.7M | — | CORDIS |
| Venture round | Dec 2018 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Venture round | Mar 2018 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | COLORIFIX LIMITED | Companies House |
| Registered | 9 Mar 2016 |
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Visa sponsorship
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Sponsor licence
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Visa route
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
62/100
Growing
Open positions
3
2 opened / 1 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
3 days
faster than 91% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~7 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
QA
33% ▲
Finance
33% ▲
Field & Service
33% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added CAPA to stack
Oct 2026
Financials
Total raised
$3.3M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
12
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2026 | — | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2025 | — | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2024 | — | Details |
| Grant | 2024 | $88k | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2023 | — | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2022 | — | Details |
| Grant | 2020 | $239k | Details |
| Grant | 2020 | $311k | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2020 | — | Details |
| Grant | 2020 | $2.7M | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2018 | — | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2018 | — | Details |
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at COLORIFIX over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
3
Postings analysed
2
Stack modernity
50/100
Developer tools
Microsoft Excel
Practices & domains
CAPA
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Cambridge EnterpriseVia a fund
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News
Poluição Hídrica: Técnica inovadora concorre a prêmio
Empresa britânica desenvolve técnica de tingimento que reduz a poluição hídrica e concorre ao Prêmio Earthshot, criado pelo príncipe William.
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Colorifix secures $18m to rollout sustainable dyeing process
Colorifix has closed its funding round to support the full-scale commercial manufacturing of its sustainable biological dyeing process.
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Prince William visits former Earthshot finalists textile dye lab
Founder Jim Ajikoa says his industry relies on public trust and acceptance.
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These UK scientists are 'growing colour' using nature's DNA codes
Colorifix successfully dyed greens and oranges this year, adding to a palette of pigments from nature.
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Sustainable fashion 'a win for the wallet and planet'
From biological dyes to 'circular' blazers, businesses are making clothing more eco-friendly.
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Colorifix to bring earth-friendly fabric-dyeing ink to China, Asean by 2025
UK biotech start-up Colorifix will focus on the textile markets in India and Sri Lanka next year, before making its entry into China and Southeast Asia, chief operating officer Christopher Hunter says.
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
1
Countries
2
Busiest office
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Norwich
United Kingdom
HQ
Jesufrei
Portugal
Regional office
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for QA, Finance, Sales
4770-160