Pfibre
Entrepreneur First '20Singapore, SG · Founded 2020 · 1 known investors
pFIBRE makes flexible packaging films from wood pulp that are designed to biodegrade in seawater. The films are intended as a drop-in substitute for plastic film on existing packaging equipment, giving consumer brands a way to reduce microplastic pollution and address packaging regulations.
Also known as pFibre · pFIBRE · PFibre
Founders & leadership
Pfibre was founded in 2020 by Prakruti Kodali, Dinaz Tamboli, and Prak Kodali.
Investors · 1
Company profile
researched Aug 2026pFIBRE is a Singapore-based materials company that develops fully biodegradable, plant-based B2B packaging intended as an alternative to conventional plastics. Public descriptions of the company frame the technology as a bio-based, marine-biodegradable substitute for plastic packaging, with the stated aim of reducing plastic waste as well as the greenhouse gas emissions associated with plastic manufacture and disposal.
The company was formed out of the Entrepreneur First (EF) talent-investor programme in Singapore and appears in EF's portfolio listing. It is led by CEO and co-founder Prakruti (Prak) Kodali, who has an engineering background, an MBA and prior management-consulting experience, together with co-founder Dr Dinaz Zenobia Tamboli, who provides the materials-science expertise. Coverage of the company is limited to EF portfolio and accelerator listings, an EF quarterly portfolio-news post, and a founder interview in an Asian business publication; no funding rounds, revenue figures or headcount are disclosed in the available sources.
Founding story
Prakruti Kodali moved from engineering studies, an MBA and a series of corporate consulting roles into entrepreneurship after participating in the Entrepreneur First programme in Singapore, which she describes as the turning point at which she first envisioned starting a company. Motivated by concerns about environmental problems including climate change and plastic waste, she founded pFIBRE in Singapore with co-founder Dr Dinaz Zenobia Tamboli, whose materials-science expertise complements Kodali's commercial background; Kodali has said the pairing gave her a route to understanding the technical nuances of the materials work.
Business model
Business-to-business supply of biodegradable packaging materials to brand owners and consumer-goods manufacturers, based on the company's own described positioning; the available sources do not detail pricing or contract structures.
Traction
Reported traction is limited to an early adoption engagement with a global FMCG company secured when the company was about eight weeks old, and a patent filing in Singapore and the Netherlands announced in March 2024. No revenue, volume or customer-count figures appear in the sources.
Latest developments
In March 2024, Entrepreneur First reported that pFIBRE had filed a patent in Singapore and the Netherlands for its bio-based, marine-biodegradable plastic alternative. No later developments appear in the available sources.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies
Market position
One of several climate- and materials-focused companies in the Entrepreneur First portfolio; the available sources do not provide market share, comparative benchmarks or independent assessment of the company's standing.
Technology
Plant-based materials engineered into fully biodegradable packaging that is described as marine-biodegradable, positioned as an alternative to petroleum-based plastics. The underlying material technology is the subject of a patent application filed in Singapore and the Netherlands, reported in March 2024. Sources characterise the work as materials science and describe the company under a renewable-energy/semiconductor-manufacturing sector label in one accelerator listing.
Go-to-market
Direct engagement with large consumer-goods manufacturers as early adopters of the material, per the founder's account of winning a global FMCG customer in the company's first weeks.
Business customers in consumer packaged goods; the founder cites an early adopter described as a global FMCG company.
Geography
Headquartered and founded in Singapore, where the founding team came through the Entrepreneur First Singapore cohort; intellectual-property filings extend to the Netherlands.
History
The company emerged from the Entrepreneur First cohort in Singapore. By early 2021 it was reported to be developing fully biodegradable plant-based B2B packaging, and Kodali cited securing a global FMCG company as an early adopter when the company was roughly eight weeks old. In March 2024, EF reported that pFIBRE had filed a patent in Singapore and the Netherlands covering its bio-based, marine-biodegradable alternative to plastics.
Risks & controversies
No controversies are reported in the available sources. Public information is sparse: no disclosed funding, financials, headcount or independent validation of the material's performance claims were found, and the company remains at an early stage.
Compiled by commissioned research from 6 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 2
launches, deals, and filingsEntrepreneur First's Q1 2024 portfolio news reported that pFIBRE filed a patent in Singapore and the Netherlands covering its bio-based, marine-biodegradable alternative to plastics.
Founder Prakruti Kodali stated in a January 2021 interview that she convinced a global FMCG company to become an early adopter of the material when pFIBRE was about eight weeks old.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 6
primary sources listed
- pFIBRE | Portfolio | Entrepreneurs Firstjoinef.com · web
6 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Pfibre do?
- Singapore-based developer of plant-based, marine-biodegradable flexible packaging materials for B2B customers.
- Who founded Pfibre?
- Pfibre was founded by Prakruti Kodali, Dinaz Tamboli, Prak Kodali in 2020.
- Who are Pfibre's investors?
- Pfibre's investors include Entrepreneur First.
- Where is Pfibre headquartered?
- Pfibre is headquartered in Singapore, SG.