Industrial Microbes
At iMicrobes, we believe there are opportunities for biology to solve our biggest problems. Our mission is to work with the world’s largest companies to use new raw materials and recycle waste for chemical production, polymers, agriculture, and space exploration.
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yc-company-directory #3519At iMicrobes, we believe there are opportunities for biology to solve our biggest problems. Our mission is to work with the world’s largest companies to use new raw materials and recycle waste for chemical production, polymers, agriculture, and space exploration.
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Companies similar to Industrial Microbes
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Alga Biosciences
match 41Alga Biosciences is a fast-moving startup focused on transforming the agricultural industry. Our mission is to make an immediate, dramatic impact on global methane emissions produced by enteric fermentation in partnership with the cattle industry. We believe in leveraging biology to tackle the world’s biggest problems.
shared product terms: mission, believe, biology, biggest; shared affiliation: Y Combinator
Thrive Agritech
match 37Thrive Agritech designs and manufactures advanced lighting fixtures for indoor agriculture. We have a patent pending LED lighting system that precisely targets various photosynthetic spectrums. Many thousands of our LED lighting fixtures have been installed in some of the world's leading indoor farms. Our products are saving millions of watt-hours of energy every day in vertical farms, greenhouses and cannabis production facilities. Agritech expands beyond lighting and so do we. Our R&D team is
shared extracted concept terms: agriculture, production; shared product terms: production, agriculture; shared affiliation: Y Combinator
Lygos
match 37Founded in 2010, Lygos is providing biotechnology solutions for today’s renewable chemical challenges. They engineer microbes to convert sugars into high-value, industrial chemicals, targeting compounds where biological production is cost-advantaged over petrochemical production.
shared extracted concept terms: chemical, production; shared product terms: chemical, production; shared affiliation: Y Combinator
Duranium
match 35China and Russia control the world’s critical minerals. We can produce Titanium, Magnesium, Aluminum, Zirconium & Hafnium in the U.S. more profitably than any existing process, and carbon neutrally via co-production. Carbochlorination is the primary process for producing critical metals like titanium, hafnium, and zirconium, and was once the standard for magnesium. The problem: conventional carbochlorination relies on purchasing carbon feedstocks, wastes valuable byproducts, and is highly CO₂-in
shared extracted concept terms: production; shared product terms: production, problem, waste; shared affiliation: Y Combinator
Mobius
match 32We're creating a world where There's Wonder in Waste. We envision a future where waste streams are upcycled into chemicals and materials.
shared product terms: there, waste, chemical, material
Westwood Aerogel
match 24Westwood Aerogel is a manufacturer of chemical raw materials.
shared product terms: chemical, raw, material