Lignovations (Accelerator)

Company Description: Lignovations is an industrial BioTech startup developing a material platform from biomass lignin to replace harmful ingredients in consumer products. Many consumer products rely on functional ingredients like UV filters (sunscreen) and antioxidants (anti-aging cream) to give them their special properties. Currently available functional ingredients are mostly made from fossil resources using dirty production processes that produce toxic byproducts, waste, and high CO2 emissions resulting in a hazardous contamination of the environment as well as adverse effects on human health Lignovations has developed a patented process to produce a natural alternative to these harmful synthetic ingredients. By transforming upcycled biomass lignin into colloidal particles, Lignovations makes the lignin’s protective properties useable in consumer products. Lignovations’ material is already used by multiple customers to develop more sustainable products using lignin as a functional ingredient.