Building a lighthouse ecosystem for startups in the chemical space

AKIN Solutions provides advanced molecular imaging technology to reveal the location and concentration of critical compounds in tire materials. Their technology enables tire manufacturers, regulatory bodies, and recyclers to understand rubber composition, optimize production, assess environmental impact and develop sustainable recycling solutions.

Aepnus transforms industrial waste streams into valuable chemical resources with innovative electrolyzer technology, powering the circular economy of tomorrow.

Aevoloop develops new, sustainable plastics that are truly recyclable, as well as the processes required to recycle these plastics.

Akeno develops an autonomous production planning platform for process manufacturing companies.

Alteva specializes in ultralight, safe, and cost-effective batteries for electric vehicles using abundant, sustainable materials.

Amovion offers a sustainable and targeted solution for recovering valuable ions from industrial wastewater.

BioThrust develops next generation bioreactors for a new era of biopharma manufacturing.

BIOWEG integrates biotechnology, fermentation, materials science, and molecular simulations to develop sustainable, high-performance, bio-based ingredients that are globally scalable and free from animals, GMOs, and harsh chemicals.

Black Capture is specializing in the capture of CO₂ emissions from central CO₂ sources.

Blue Activity specializes in industrial cooling water treatment that eliminates hazardous biocides, reducing costs and water consumption.

CYNiO specializes in producing rare and customized isocyanates for specialty chemicals and R&D, enabling sustainable innovation at competitive prices.

Carbon Cell is an expanded foam that reduces the need for conventional, fossil fuel-based foams while enabling significant carbon sequestration. Using biochar, a carbon-negative material sourced from biomass that would otherwise be burned or decomposed, we have created a high-performance, non-toxic, expandable, fully biodegradable foam.

Centeon pioneers low-energy bioelectrochemical production of ammonia and nitrogen compounds to secure world’s food supply.

Sustainable production of wet-strength and water-repellent papers

Circulania is building the platform for the industrial Circular Economy to inform about by-products and alternative raw materials, to discuss new ways to process or trade secondary raw materials, to develop new processes, value chains or supply chains for secondary raw materials and to provide a marketplace for sell and procure secondary raw materials.

Cyclize specializes in transforming plastic waste and CO₂ into sustainable syngas through a novel plasma reactor.

D-CRBN recycles CO2 for industrials through our patented CCU plasma technology. We use plasma to convert CO2 emissions to useful chemical building blocks.

Innovating chemical safety: toxicity testing without animal experiments.

E-Lyte powers energy storage with innovative electrolyte solutions for lithium-ion, sodium-ion batteries and supercapacitors.

EEDEN is developing a chemical recycling process to convert cotton-containing textile waste into virgin cellulose fibers.

Conversion of CO₂ into sustainable green chemicals and e-fuels using plasma-based technology.

Excellence Coatings specializes in PFAS-free easy-to-clean and tape-release coatings using reactive silicones.

findIQ is the first SaaS platform that intelligently captures and deploys knowledge for industrial equipment operation, maintenance, and service.

Hydrogenea produces fuel cells and electrolysis cells with a smart catalyst layer design that enables high durability and efficiency while simultaneously minimizing the use of scarce resources.

Hyperheat specializes in developing high-temperature renewable heat solutions for decarbonizing energy-intensive industrial processes.

IonKraft enables a circular economy in packaging with plasma technology.

ionysis provides cutting-edge PFAS-free catalyst coated membranes (CCMs) for enhanced performance and sustainability in electrochemical applications.

SaaS Agentic Process Control platform specializing in heavy industries.

A biodegradable, non-toxic wood and paper adhesive made from modified proteins as an eco-friendly alternative to conventional glues.

Level Nine engineers enzymes from first principles using bio-nanotechnology and quantum chemistry.

MechSyn develops high-performance materials through electrically driven mechanochemical processes, in order to produce new materials with superior properties in a more cost-effective and sustainable way.

High-effective water treatment with gas bubbles to bring microplastics and waste from the water to the surface – without any chemicals, purely physically.

Quantum Chemistry driven Enterprise Automation Software for Laboratories.

Harnessing fungal bioinnovations to shape a greener future.

We automize data interpretation in analytical chemistry – by smart software & specialized AI-models, starting with GC-MS.

naion.tech enables the recovery of critical raw materials with membrane filters, adapted to each process for highest selectivity.

Nanoloom is using graphene and other nanomaterials to engineer a new generation of high performing biodegradable and recyclable fibres that can meet the demands of apparel, aerospace, cars and other industries commercially, mechanically and environmentally.

nerou supports wastewater treatment plants in the flexible control of their processes with real-time data analysis software.

New Wave Biotech accelerates biomanufacturing scale-up with hybrid AI simulation — optimising downstream processing and predicting performance, cost, and sustainability with >90% less experimentation.

NorFalk Produces High-Performing Bio-based Surfactants​ for the Personal Care, Home Care and I&I Markets using a Unique and Scalable Biocatalysis Platform.

Oxylum focusses on the development of solutions for the sustainable production of chemicals.

Plastic Back is a clean tech plastic recycling start-up that converts plastic waste to crude oil, waxes and other valuable chemicals.

Porelio develops biobased materials that remove toxic contamination from water and promotes the circular economy to reduce CO₂ emissions and enable sustainable production processes.

Power2Polymers offers novel POM-Polyols with sustainability and performance beneifts for specialty applications including, but limited to industrial adhesives, coatings and lubricants.

PureSurf specialises in the commercialisation of innovative, sustainable, cost-effective and high-performing bio-based surfactants.

RIZM specializes in algorithm-driven optimization of energy systems, procurement, and production by integrating production, energy, and infrastructure data.

Radical Dot specializes in transforming unrecyclable plastic waste into essential chemical building blocks through feedstock-agnostic recycling technology.

re.solution specializes in chemical recycling of polyester textile waste with a low chemical and water footprint.

Regascold specializes in recycling cold from liquefied gas regasification to reduce industrial cooling costs and emissions.

Resycure is a smart B2B platform that is fixing the economics for brands and converters to use post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastics in their packaging.

Retein adapts Nature’s finest separation for use in the recovery of high purity resources like clean water and lithium, from any accessible water.

SAGES specializes in producing sustainable, biodegradable dyes from food waste through innovative phytochemical and biochemical processes.

SECARA specializes in scalable chemical recycling of technical polymers into drop-in monomers for truly circular value chains.

Simplyfined unlocks the full potential of renewable feedstocks — making the shift from fossil to renewable carbons possible without compromise.

Sixonia specializes in advancing next-generation products with customizable e-Graphenes that surpass traditional graphene materials in performance and reliability.

Optimizing Sunlight for Sustainable Horticulture and Microalgae Cultivation.

Spark e-Fuels is a climate tech start-up tackling aviation’s significant environmental impact. Spark focuses on the problems of limited availability and high cost of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by developing integrated e-fuel SAF production systems that can be connected to lowest-cost renewable electricity directly. Spark’s technology is based on proprietary load-flexible e-fuels production processes to achieve lowest-cost and scalable e-fuels production.

Sybilion specializes in analyzing global supply and demand to deliver clear, explainable market insights for products.

We develope a water repellent yarn to enable circular functional textiles in the very beginning of the textile value chain.

Ucaneo specializes in Direct Air Capture of CO₂ using lung-inspired technology to enable large-scale climate mitigation.

XemX specializes in accelerating material innovation through data-driven screening, rapid prototyping, and scalable coating solutions.

ZAITRUS offers the world’s first real-time monitoring system to detect and quantify microplastics directly at the source.