ZymoChem is breakthrough science for a fossil-free future. We develop bio-based materials for everyday products without compromising Cost, Performance, Scale, or Sustainability. Since 2015, ZymoChem has refined its processes and patented technologies to replace petroleum ingredients and become one of the world’s most efficient biomanufacturing platforms. Materials underpinning our lives are made from fossil inputs with […]

Leather is one of the most versatile, durable, and desirable materials in fashion. No animal-free replacement has been able to meet the top performance specs, until Gozen.

Canaery will be a security company, detecting and identifying dangers in all goods and people – at ports, airports, inspection points, and borders. They don’t use X-Rays, nor do they use cameras. Instead, they will use scent. Absolutely everything in the world gives off a unique signature of volatile compounds, perpetually – a scent-fingerprint. Being […]

Cauldron is unlocking the future of food, feed and fibre at a global scale. As the world grapples with a growing need for protein, and faces environmental challenges such as climate change, the need for planet-friendly foods and ingredients, animal feeds, and medicines, will be crucial to humanity’s need to survive. Precision fermentation holds the […]

Robotics and apparel company building custom jeans for each consumer, on demand

An excerpt from Arvind Gupta’s “Five Insights from investing in Prolific Machines”: The heart of Prolific Machines’ approach to reinventing the assembly line for food is rooted in identifying the most expensive drivers of cell culture. Cost analysis shows that by weight, growth factors are by far the most expensive part of growing food – […]

Textile industry production defects reduced to ZERO

Sustainable materials for a changing planet

The $500 billion personal care and cosmetics industry is alarmingly reliant on raw materials from livestock. The three most important proteins in skincare and haircare products—collagen, keratin, and elastin—typically come from bovine hides, chicken feathers, and meat processing byproducts, respectively. Thus, cosmetics contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, water pollution, and deforestation. With two-thirds of consumers […]

Tidal Vision is the only commercial scale US-based manufacturer of chitosan, a non-toxic, non-hazmat, biodegradable and market-proven industrial biopolymer extracted from crab shells. Tidal Vision’s zero-waste chitosan extraction process produces by far the most consistent quality and lowest cost chitosan in the industry. Tidal Vision converts chitosan from different into ready-to-use formulas that are optimized […]