
Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez
Cofounder & Co-CEO
We’re hard to define because what we’re doing hasn’t been done before.
Notpla is a sustainable packaging start-up founded in 2014. A combination of designers, chemists, engineers, and entrepreneurs. We create advanced packaging solutions made from seaweed and other natural materials as an alternative to single-use plastic.
We received multiple awards and grants from Innovate UK and the Ellen Macarthur Foundation for our innovative product “Ooho” – an edible and fully biodegradable sachet. Our portfolio has now extended with multiple innovation solutions.
Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez and Pierre Paslier cofounded Skipping Rocks Lab while studying Innovation Design Engineering at Imperial College London and the Royal College of Art.
After their first video of Ooho went viral in 2013, they joined Climate KIC, Europe’s largest funded accelerator focused on climate innovation.
The team started collaborating with chemists and chemical engineers from Imperial College to test Ooho at running events, festivals and takeaway shops. They soon started working on a scalable manufacturing technology.
In April 2017, they raised their pre-seed round on Crowdcube which helped grow the business, build the first machine and set up a manufacturing hub in London.
Sky Ocean Ventures invested in summer 2018 to accelerate the development of the second product and expand the chemistry, commercial, engineering and design teams.
Notpla, the material developed by Skipping Rocks Lab has expanded beyond just Ooho, and in 2019 the startup decided to give it a name and became Notpla.
In April 2017, we raised £850,000 in a record 3 days on crowdfunding platform Crowdcube, thanks to the 900 investors who believed in our vision.
In August 2018, we raised our first VC round from Sky Ocean Ventures.
In December 2019, we raised our seed round led by Impact VC funds Astanor Ventures and Lupa Systems, including participation from Doen Foundation, Torch Capital and our OG crowdfunding investors.
In December 2021, we closed a £10 million Series A financing round led by Horizons Ventures, with participation from existing investors Astanor Ventures, Lupa Systems and Torch Capital.
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Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez
Cofounder & Co-CEO
Pierre Paslier
Cofounder & Co-CEO
Lise Honsinger
CFO / COO
Karlijn Sibbel
Design Director
Tristan Kaye
Commercial Director
Seb Bregeaud
Manufacturing Director
Louise Anderson
Research Director
Ella O’Toole
Operations Lead
Fern Toynton
Culture, Wellness and Office Manager
Matej Prokop
Lead Mechanical Engineer
Manu Lopez
Ooho Technical Lead & QSE Manager
August Ford
Designer
Océane Gaudinet
R&D Chemist
Danny Pitt
Films Technical Lead
Ben Shaw
Engineer
Vijay Tailor
Electronics Engineer
Margaux Deguerre
Marketing and Communications Lead
Kendra Quinn
Junior Impact & Sustainability Associate
Tom Postlethwaite
Designer
Charlie Nunn
Production Technician
Ben Fullerton
Graphic Designer
Poppy Pippin
Designer
Tian Sang
R&D Chemist
Ezbon Wallace
Production Operator
Tezekel Woodley
Production Operator
Tessa Robinson
Business Account Manager
Ceri Rees
Business Development Manager
Flora Blathwayt
Business Development Manager
Callum Wardle
Designer
Phoebe Lewis
Junior Designer
Leila Belasri
Paper Production Planner
Elin Green
Industrialisation Project Manager
Catherine Mondoa
Materials Research Designer
Zain Ali
Production and Logistics
Amaya Jones
Lab Chemist
Alexander Landau
Impact & Commercialisation Intern
Lulu Wallis
Business Account Manager
Andre Gaduan
Research Scientist
Callum Rhodes
People & Talent Manager
Grace Cohen
Research Biologist
Humphrey Atkinson
Business Account Manager
Hattie Freeman
Office & Administration Associate
Alex Bygrave
Lead Engineer Special Project
Dan Whitaker
R&D Chemist
Daniel Watson
Production Technician
Elliot Denvir
Financial Analyst
Eleonora Rombolà
Design Intern