Turning CO2 into Carbon-Neutral Industrial Chemicals Evan Haas, Co-Founder & CEO, Helix Carbon Helix Carbon: https://helixcarbon.co/
Helix Carbon is decarbonizing heavy industry by transforming emitted CO2 into carbon-neutral fuels & chemicals including CO, ethylene, and syngas. Born from MIT innovations, these electrochemical systems use inexpensive catalysts with high stability to convert flue gas directly into these cost-competitive carbon feedstocks. Helix builds drop-in electrolyzers that integrate with existing direct reduced iron & petrochemical facilities to upcycle CO2 emissions into chemical feedstocks, enabling green steel, polycarbonate, polyurethane, and more.
Nissan Chemical Corporation is developing new manufacturing systems of large quantities of cell spheroids for regenerative medicines and drug discoveries and are now seeking potential collaborators for development of new applications of this system.
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Denka, a leading medium-sized chemical manufacturer, is looking for startups that have the technology to visually detect food freshness and spoilage.
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