Grenova

Grenova is a life sciences sustainability company focused on reducing single-use plastic consumption in laboratories by enabling the washing and reuse of consumable plastics. Its product line centers on two instruments: TipNovus, a pipette tip washer that processes multiple tip racks per cycle and is compatible with both manual and automated laboratory workflows, and PlateNovus, a microwell plate washer designed to remove a range of chemicals and contaminants so that plates can be safely reused.

Alongside its hardware, Grenova offers a Sustainability Impact Calculator developed in collaboration with Rho Impact, which quantifies reductions in carbon emissions, plastic waste, water use, and consumable spend attributable to its systems. The company frames its mission around the roughly 12 billion pounds of plastic waste it says the life sciences industry generates annually, positioning its solutions as a way for labs to lower carbon footprints, cut waste, and conserve water while reducing consumable costs.

Business model

Grenova sells laboratory washing instruments (TipNovus for pipette tips and PlateNovus for microwell plates) to laboratories, with an accompanying impact-quantification tool that estimates cost and environmental savings from reuse.

Sale of laboratory washing instruments to laboratories.

Traction

Customer testimonials on the company site come from the National Institutes of Health (NIH-NCATS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, WaveBreak in Cambridge, UK, and University College London, with reported outcomes including data quality equivalent to fresh sterile tips, no contamination in TSNA analysis, projected savings of over $24,000 per year at 10 washes, and 7-8 reuse cycles per tip.