Summary
- Profile Type
- Technology offer
- POD Reference
- TODE20250123007
- Term of Validity
- 23 January 2025 - 23 January 2026
- Company's Country
- Germany
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
- Research and development cooperation agreement
- Targeted Countries
- Germany
- Belgium
- Italy
- Spain
- Netherlands
- France
- Sweden
- Denmark
- Austria
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General information
- Short Summary
- Plastic pollution has reached alarming levels, with over 300 million tons of plastic waste generated annually, much of which ends up in our oceans, soil, and food chains. The German Startup is determined to tackle this challenge by producing biodegradable and eco-friendly alternatives to plastics, without compromising on functionality or affordability. These products are designed to meet the growing global demand for sustainable materials while adhering to stringent environmental regulations.
- Full Description
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The need for renewable resources, green technologies, and eco-friendly materials is still largely unmet. Customer-demand for sustainable product alternatives, which are also affordable, is growing as also the stringency of policy restrictions against the materials, which directly or indirectly harm the environment. The available technologies are not enough to meet this demand-supply gap due to high production costs, non-competent product performance, limited range of renewable raw materials.
The German Startup addresses this niche for sustainable, affordable, and eco-friendly products. Through its AI and Machine Learning-based platform blended with expertise in material science, the Startup offers possibility of ‘tailored development’ of a wide range of natural biopolymers for specific applications. It helps in expanding the range of usable raw materials, improving the end-performance
of biomaterials and reducing the production costs by optimizing the production process through in silico simulations. The customized biomaterials are superior in performance, meeting the changed policy norms and customer demands. The current product portfolio of this Startup contains rheology modifiers, seed coating material, mulching sheets, food packaging material, and bioleather, all completely biodegradable. The Startup is looking for:1) partners to collaborate and co-develop products for diverse applications, 2) Speciality chemicals distributors, 3) Partners for market entry. - Advantages and Innovations
- Biomaterial development at this German Startup is driven by a unique blend of material science, Simulation, AI, and Machine learning. This innovative approach helps the Startup in ‘tailoring’ the properties and ‘fine-tuning’ the performance parameters of biomaterials to meet the needs of specific applications. It eliminates the limits for usable natural biopolymers as raw materials, fully exploiting their potential in a wide range of applications. Therefore, entering in new collaborations and exploring new market boundaries is a ‘constructive challenge’ for this German Startup. The Startup makes ‘Sustainability choices affordable and achievable.
- Stage of Development
- Available for demonstration
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
- Goal 17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal
- Goal 15: Life on Land
- Goal 13: Climate Action
- IPR status
- IPR applied but not yet granted
- IPR notes
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1. A Patent published (currently under
examination), entitled ‘Process for
producing a cellulose fiber based
biodegradable composite’.
2. Two patent applications filed for completely
biodegradable seed coating material and
completely biodegradable mulching
sheets.
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
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Aiming at bringing the innovative and eco-friendly biomaterials in various markets, the Startup inclines to partner with:
1. Sustainable, biodegradable ingredients/materials manufacturers and/or distribu-tors (focus on
cosmetic, paints, adhesives, coatings, packaging industry, bi-oleather)
2. Seed manufacturing, Agri-products companies (focus on seed coating, mulching sheets)
3. Brand owners, Manufacturers in textile and fashion industry (focus on bioleather) - Type and Size of Partner
- Big company
- SME 50 - 249
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
- Research and development cooperation agreement
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 06006004 - Biopolymers
- 06006012 - Bioprocesses
- 02007005 - Composite materials
- 06006010 - Bio- Composites
- 06002002 - Cellular and Molecular Biology
- Market keywords
- 07006 - Other Consumer Related (not elsewhere classified)
- 08005 - Other Industrial Products (not elsewhere classified)
- Targeted countries
- Germany
- Belgium
- Italy
- Spain
- Netherlands
- France
- Sweden
- Denmark
- Austria