
Soarce Closes $5M Seed Round Led by Collab Capital
We closed a $5 million seed round last week. Collab Capital led the round. The capital goes toward a second electrospinning line, a dedicated compounding line, and raw material supply agreements...
Technical updates and perspectives from the Soarce team.

We closed a $5 million seed round last week. Collab Capital led the round. The capital goes toward a second electrospinning line, a dedicated compounding line, and raw material supply agreements...

We tested NC-200 against standard E-glass short fiber in a polypropylene matrix. At matched flexural modulus, the NC-200 compound showed 38% lower density...

Moving from lab-scale needleless electrospinning to 120+ square meters per hour forced us to rethink humidity control, collector speed, and solvent recovery...

Thermal decomposition onset temperature matters for any composite near engines or heated tooling. Here is exactly how we measure it and what the numbers mean...

Agglomeration kills performance. We share our screw profile, feed rate settings, and barrel temperature zones for achieving uniform CNC dispersion in PA6...

Traceability matters. We source dissolving-grade pulp from two FSC-certified mills in the Carolinas. Here is our supply chain from forest to nanocrystal...

NF-400 pellets run on standard PA6 barrel temperatures. We document melt temperature, injection pressure, and hold time adjustments for fiber-reinforced grades...

Fiber diameter and mat basis weight determine membrane pore size. We document the relationship with production data from NF-200, NF-400, and NF-600 grades...

Carbon fiber wins on absolute performance. But on a dollar-per-GPa basis, NC-200 is competitive — and for applications needing 4-7 GPa, it costs 35-55% less...

Untreated cellulose bonds poorly to hydrophobic polymers. APTES silane treatment improved NC-200/PA6 flexural strength by 22% — enough to pass automotive qualification...

NF-400 mats work with standard wet layup and compression molding processes. We document the layup procedure, press parameters, and resulting panel properties...

Cellulose absorbs water. We measured moisture uptake and property retention at 50% RH, 95% RH, and water immersion for NC-200 in PP and PA6 matrices...

OEMs do not buy materials based on data sheets. The qualification process takes 12-24 months and costs $50,000-150,000 in testing and documentation. Here is what it involves...