CHEManager Innovation Pitch

CHEManager Innovation Pitch

The CHEManager Innovation Pitch is both a showcase and a competition for start-ups in the chemical industry. Each year, industry experts select a winning start-up from the finalists.

Bridging the Sim2Real Gap in Materials

Dunia Innovations Merges AI and Robotics to Accelerate Real-World Materials Discovery

Turning Water into Fuel

Elementarhy uses a revolutionary plasma technology, positioning it as a leader in supplying cost-efficient and scalable Membrane Electrode Assemblies (MEAs) to electrolyzer manufacturers.

Bringing Biocatalytic Processes from Early Idea to Industrial Scale

Aminoverse enables players in the chemical industry to onboard more cost-efficient and sustainable manufacturing by delivering the right enzyme and process.

Beacons of the Start-up Scene, part 5: MIR Insight

Tapping into Future-oriented Synergies of Data Analysis in the Materials Sector

Innovative PLA Catalyst Solution

Enhancing Manufacturing with Faster, Cleaner, High-crystallinity Processes

Functional Ingredients for Every Phase of Life

Primogene is an innovative biotechnology company based in Leipzig that specializes in the development of biotechnological production processes for bioactive ingredients.

Silicone Recycling without Loss of Quality

Interview with Klara Yoon, Tina Rose and Stephan Enthaler, New Dawn

Advanced Oxidation Treatment for Wastewater

Interview with Fajer Mushtaq and Silvan Staufert, Oxyle

Sustainable Industrial Wastewater Treatment

For decades, Ferrate(VI) has been known as the strongest oxidant in the world for the treatment of (industrial) wastewater.

Halving Chemical Manufacturing Costs

Traditional batch chemistry is too inefficient for a sustainable future. Switching batch processing to continuous processing is inevitable if the world is to reach net zero.

Empowering Frontline Workers with AI

Interview with Russ Fadel, Augmentir

AI Makes Drug Discovery Faster

Interview with Joachim Haupt and Florian Kaiser, PharmAI

Quantum Computational Toxicology

Interview with Pedro Lopes, FastCompChem

Blockchain in Chemical Value Chains

Interview with Jens Schmidt, ReCarbonX

Providing Circular Side Stream Solutions

Interview with Steven De Laet, InOpSys

Enabling the Best Possible Drug

Interview with Oliver Reimann and Andreas Regnery, Belyntic

Making Demanding Applications Bio-Based

Biovox was founded in 2020 to enable more sustainability through renewable bioplastics even in difficult applications such as consumables in healthcare or machine parts.

Transforming the Scale-Up of Biobased Molecules

Interview with Jere Koskinen and Ali Harlin, Mega Cellulose.

A New Standard for Process Simulation — and Beyond

Hafnium Labs is tackling one of the toughest challenges in chemical R&D: Obtaining reliable physical property data — fast.

Glucose Control of Bioprocesses

Online Monitoring and Control of Bioreactors by Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy

Revolutionizing Surface Functionalization

Single-step, Ambient, Dry Grafting of Organic Compounds and Biomolecules onto any Substrate.

Reshaping Adhesion - and the Industry

Hybrid assemblies, joints of dissimilar materials, are everywhere - in our smartphones, cars, TVs, dishwashers, in planes and so on. However, in modern products we increasingly rely on plastics, which are intrinsically hard to bond to other types of material — and by using industrial glue for the bonding the parts cannot be recy­cled easily. Solving this monumental challenge inspired the foun­dation of the Danish start-up company RadiSurf five years ago.

Contributing to the Circular Economy

Cellugy was founded two years ago by a diverse team of young academics and professionals from Spain, Indonesia, Albania, and Denmark. Working together at Aarhus University in Denmark, the idea of developing a material based on nanocellulose as an alternative to plastic barrier coatings arose and grew into a start-up and a first product. Co-founders Isabel Alvarez-Martos and Deby Fapyane talk about their motivation and vision.

Creating the AI-Powered Future of Chemistry

Molecule.one leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to design novel chemical syntheses. As a response to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Polish start-up based in Warsaw has set out on the mission to accelerate the process of creating medicines.

Smart Tools for Chemical Research

Iris.ai was founded at Singularity University at NASA Ames Research Park in 2015. Challenged to come up with an idea that would positively impact the lives of 1 billion people, the team was formed and problem areas were explored.

Bridging the Gap between Virtual Planning and Reality

Analytics Software for Chemical Plants