Ourobio
Our technology is unique in its ability to produce complementary biomaterials in a single fermentation process - lowering the cost, footprint, & difficulty of producing brandable, fully bio-based biodegradable products and packaging.
About Us
Ourobio is a young synthetic biology, biomaterials, and circular economy company. We are developing fermentation technologies to turn industrial byproducts into biodegradable plastic resins and additives, and we are working with brands to spec out biomaterials for their desired product and packaging needs. Initially, our strains are being engineered to use dairy industry byproducts to produce bio-based, biodegradable plastic resins and colorants.
Relevant Challenges
Waste Management
Innovations in sorting, recycling and recovery processes and infrastructure for optimal conversion and utilization of waste (biomass and inert materials) for the production of new raw materials.
Biomaterials
Materials generated from a renewable and sustainable bio-based source (including low or carbon negative plant, fungi and algae sources and by-products) as well as waste streams (such as urban and agricultural biowaste and waste-water sludge) and via microbial and enzymatic processes.
Biodegradable Materials
Innovations in biodegradability of polymers whilst ensuring high performance of properties vital to applications.
Process Innovation
Innovations that reduce the energy intensity of production and conditioning processes such as separation, filtration, drying, chemical and plasma synthesis. Material substitution and additive manufacturing.
