Voltea

Background to Voltea: Voltea is a start-up backed by Unilever Ventures, the venture capital arm of Unilever plc. Unilever began working on the technology in 2004 and formed Voltea Ltd, a UK-based company, to commercialise the process in 2006. Voltea is headquartered in London. The operational side of the business is based in Leiden, the Netherlands.