With each “Start-up of the Month”, the ISC3 tells the story of a company and its founder(s), gives insights into their innovation, and explains their relation to sustainability. The Start-ups presented here are all signed up to the ISC3 Global Start-up Service, which provides them with tailored support to develop and scale their business based on the principles of Sustainable Chemistry.
DNACotton is a female-led start-up from Türkiye that has developed a blockchain-based labelling and traceability system for textiles. The solution al...
The female-led Swedish start-up Renasens has developed a clean, waterless recycling technology that transforms textile waste into valuable new resourc...
Egrobots, a start-up from Egypt, developed a solution for efficient farm monitoring and management using AI and robotics. Their innovation includes an...
The Ghanian start-up Theseus Development produces an alternative material to cement-based concrete for the construction industry called "geopolymer". ...
AR-ENA is a female-led start-up from Jordan, that produces a new type of hydrogel – polymers which absorb air humidity and capture liquids and can b...
Austrian start-up Vienna Textile Lab produces biodegradable dyes and pigments utilizing naturally occurring microorganisms. Low-emission production, t...
The American start-up ZILA BioWorks is transforming hard-tech manufacturing with drastically cleaner, greener chemistry, while supporting rural commun...
The Mexican start-up Neptunus Biotech extracts bioactive compounds from marine microalgae which are used as a bio-stimulant for crops. The assimilatio...
African start-up Ecorich Solutions uses an innovative technology called “the Wastebot decomposer machine” to convert organic waste into organic fe...
The German start-up BIOWEG found a way to replace petroleum-based chemicals with innovative bio-alternatives through fermentation and green chemistry....
The Kenyan start-up Molepse BioResources has developed two products, one for small scale and one for large scale grain farmers, to protect their harve...
Germany-based start-up ClimEtSan-OnTheGround has implemented an integrated approach of pyrolysis cookstoves, eco-toilets, compost and regenerative agr...
The Croatian start-up Makabi has created a 3-in-1 encapsulation technology for plant protection, nutrition and controlled release of bioactive compone...
The Ghanian start-up „Aquamet“ provides a sustainable and affordable solution to maximize fish farmers´yield. The start-up developed a device to ...
The Egypt-based start-up Plastale produces composite materials for different applications out of local plastic and crop waste. Their recycling process...
The British start-up Bio-Sep has developed the Sonichem technology and process capable of converting lignocellulosic biomasses such as hard and soft w...
Block solutions Oy is a Finland-based company who has developed environmentally friendly Block-modules made of recycled plastics or in combination wit...
Colombia-based company CALI FOOD PAPERS S.A.S. started with new product line named ECOPAPEL that offers biodegradable, compostable and recyclable pape...
India-based start-up Ashaya focuses on increasing the value of waste, especially waste that is usually hard to recycle and ends up mostly in landfills...
Ghana-based start-up AppCyclers has developed a web- and app-based solution for local e-waste management services. They not only offer pick-ups and dr...
The Dutch Start-up MYCOTEX is part of a disruptive company named NEFFA | New Fashion Factory that attempts to change the way garments are produced. Wi...
The South African start-up EL MAT SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS has developed an innovative microbial fuel cell (MFC) solution with a triple output: it produc...
The female-led start-up We Are Galaktika from Germany has developed a resource-efficient chemical recycling technology for end-of-life silicones and i...
The Serbian start-up B-Fresh Technologies tackles the global problem of food waste with their innovative solutions based on a natural biopolymer emuls...
Founded by a group of enthusiastic packaging material experts, the Malaysia-based start-up Materials In Works (MIW) is tackling global warming and env...
Female-led start-up from Ethiopia, RAY Cosmetics, extracts collagen from fish skin waste for production of skin and hair-care products. In that way, t...
The Colombian start-up Natupla (Natural Plastic) is developing a starch-based plastic alternative. The biodegradable innovative solution of Natupla is...
The Brazil-based start-up AIPER has developed an innovative process for production of microbial biopigments that can be applied in textile dyeing and ...
The Lebanon-based start-up, XtendSolution, has developed a natural, biodegradable solution in the form of a patch to extend the shelf-life of fresh pl...
Female-led start-up from Argentina, Blockchainar, is working on development of modular electrolytic cells to convert the solar and wind energy produce...
German spin-off from TU Munich, Reverion GmbH, has developed a new design for high temperature fuel cells, enabling a reversible operation as an elect...
Female-led start-up Microciclo Biotecnologia from Brazil has developed microbial treatment for decontaminating industrial oily wastewater and enabling...
Estonia-based start-up UP Catalyst has developed electrochemical transformation technology to produce different types of carbon nanomaterials from CO2...
Uruguay-based start-up Cryosmetics develops all-natural skincare products that are free of any synthetic chemicals in order to promote skin health whi...
The Nigeria-based start-up Shobab Energy has engaged in addressing the lack of access to electricity that has long plagued Sub-Saharan Africa. This is...
The Germany-based start-up ESy-Labs GmbH is using electrosynthesis as a platform for the synthesis of chemical compounds. The direct use of electricit...
The Italy-based start-up “Innovative Catalysis for Carbon Recycling” (IC2R) has brought forward carbon recycling by developing innovative catalysi...
Geyser Batteries, a Finland-based startup, develops and manufactures innovative high-power batteries with a sustainable approach. The novelty lies in ...
The Argentina-based biochemical start-up INBIOAR was established a decade ago at the National University of Rosario with a vision of creating agrochem...
The Seattle based start-up Sironix Renewables transform plants into eco-friendly high-performance ingredients for the household cleaning industry. Wit...
The female-led start-up CELLUGY from Denmark has developed a biocellulose-based product called EcoFLEXY that can be used as an alternative recyclable ...
The India-based start-up SCHUTZEN Chemical group has developed new technologies for processing polymer from tamarind seed and gaining desired properti...
Paraexcel Global Ltd., a Nigeria-based start-up, has developed edible coating for fruits, vegetables, and tubers to extend their shelf life and thus r...
The female-led African start-up AHEZA IWACU provides innovative waste management solutions through collection, recycling, and upcycling of local organ...
The Israel-based start-up CannaRe Renewable Technologies LTD converts agricultural and urban green waste into valuable chemicals in the form of phenol...
ZoraMat Solutions, a Canadian start-up from Calgary, came onto the market with a metal organic framework material that acts like a molecular sponge ca...
The female led San Francisco-based biotech startup Primitives Biodesign is actively reducing food waste and plastics pollution by engineering “smart...
The East African start-up EcoAct Tanzania invented an energy-conserving technology which transforms post-consumer plastic garbage and packaging materi...
The German start-up MATSEN CHEMIE AG is specialized in environmental friendly chemical distribution, focusing on products made from renewable raw mate...
The Gujarat-based Indian start-up REVY Environmental Solutions Pvt. Ltd. specialises in producing bio-methane via anaerobic digestion processes and tr...
The Jordan-based start-up company AKYAS develops innovations for toilet solutions. One of their inventions is a toilet in the form of a 100% compostab...
The Austrian start-up Acticell is developing innovative, environmentally-friendly processes for denim fabrics. Thanks to its enzyme-based solutions, h...
The Hong-Kong-based start-up Eco-Nutrient Biotechnology Company Ltd. and its Foshan-based subsidiary, Little Fat Worm Biotechnology Company Ltd. are r...
The Indian start-up KBCols Sciences, founded by Dr. Vaishali M. Kulkarni, is extracting natural pigments and bioactive compounds from microbes and pro...
The young Kenyan start-up LeafyLife, founded by Peter Gachanja (COO), Dennis Wachira (CEO), and Melvin Kizito (R&D), is improving lives of families, w...
Charles Dimmler, Scott Franklin and their team, are breeding and optimizing microbes that are able to biomanufacture unique structural oils. This su...
Isemar and Jacqueline Cruz use biotech, engineering expertise, and microorganisms to create high-quality vegan leather that is biodegradable and toxin...
With over a decade of expertise in the chemical and innovation fields, Pablo founded INDRESMAT with the goal of implementing sustainable technologies ...
Mani Vajipey and Raj Madangopal are reshaping plastics recycling in India through their data intelligence platform for waste management and process fo...
Innoverda’s innovators reduce energy consumption, chemical waste, and financial cost in chemical and pharamaceutical manufacturing with flow electro...
Based in Tennessee, mobius is innovating breakthrough technologies that have the potential to transform the plastic and polymer specialty chemical ind...
Mario Salgado has developed a process to produce biochar from agribusiness biomass wastes which can improve tropical soils as well as provide renewabl...
