Bioindustrial Innovation Canada
VC Fund
Sarnia, Canada
Bioindustrial Innovation Canada is a Canadian research network aims to position the Sarnia-Lambton region as a world-scale hybrid chemistry cluster. It is helping Ontario and Canada become professionals in taking sustainable feedstock, such as agricultural and forestry by-products and wastes, and turning these renewable resources into energy andvalue-added chemicals for use in applications ranging from construction to automotive parts.Bioindustrial Innovation Canada was set up with 15 million U.S. dollars in seed funding from the Centers of Excellence for Commercialization and Research program in 2008, with renovations for the accelerator, Bowman Centre, partly funded by Ontario’s Ministry of Innovation and Research through a 10 million U.S. dollars grant. It is headquartered in Sarnia, O.N.
- Total investments:
- 11
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 36%
Last updated:
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Industries Bioindustrial Innovation Canada invests in
Stages Bioindustrial Innovation Canada invests in
Countries Bioindustrial Innovation Canada invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1.5M–$1.5M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $799k–$12M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Manufacturing 4 (36%)
- Recycling 3 (27%)
- Chemical 2 (18%)
- Agriculture 2 (18%)
- Sustainability 2 (18%)
Stage
- Venture - Series Unknown 6 (55%)
- Seed 1 (9%)
- Series A 1 (9%)
- Funding Round 1 (9%)
Country
- Canada 7 (64%)
- France 1 (9%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Meaghan Seagrave
Executive
|
Executive | Total investments: 3 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evercloak is a manufacturer of ultra-thin graphene and other 2-d nanomaterial films designed for cleantech applications. The company's platform uses a low-cost advanced manufacturing platform which builds ultra-thin nanomaterial membranes, enabling disruptive clean technologies to reduce cost, energy use and associated greenhouse gas emissionsthroughout the oil and gas, nuclear, energy, mining and agri-food sectors. | $1.5M / Seed / Feb 13, 2024 | ||
| Cyclic Materials recovers rare earth elements and other critical metals from end-of-life products and reintegrates them into supply chains for use in electric vehicles, renewable energy systems, electronics, and advanced manufacturing. It uses proprietary processes such as MagCycle and REEPure to extract and refine materials from waste sources likemotors, wind turbines, hard drives, and medical devices, then produces recycled mixed rare earth oxides and base metals for industrial use. The company offers recycling services and material supply solutions to magnet manufacturers and other industrial buyers, supporting circular sourcing and reducing dependence on traditional mining. Cyclic Materials also provides traceability of recycled materials through digital product passports and partners with industry players to advance material circularity. | $27M / Series A / Apr 25, 2023 | ||
| and fuels by recycling plastics utilizes a proprietary thermo-catalytic system and patented process to cost-effectively convert and up-cycle waste plastics, including hard-to-recycle materials such as grocery bags and film, into high-value waxes and other specialty chemicals. These materials have a broad range of applications in the coatings,plastics processing, adhesives, roofing and paving industries. | $798.6K / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 22, 2021 | ||
| Forward Water Technologies is revolutionizing the remediation of wastewater by breaking the water-energy paradigm and recover water that is permanently lost today.It commercializing a greener and more efficient way to purify and desalinate water, using a proprietary forward osmosis process. | Venture - Series Unknown / May 29, 2018 | ||
| and fuels by recycling plastics utilizes a proprietary thermo-catalytic system and patented process to cost-effectively convert and up-cycle waste plastics, including hard-to-recycle materials such as grocery bags and film, into high-value waxes and other specialty chemicals. These materials have a broad range of applications in the coatings,plastics processing, adhesives, roofing and paving industries. | Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 24, 2018 | ||
| and fuels by recycling plastics utilizes a proprietary thermo-catalytic system and patented process to cost-effectively convert and up-cycle waste plastics, including hard-to-recycle materials such as grocery bags and film, into high-value waxes and other specialty chemicals. These materials have a broad range of applications in the coatings,plastics processing, adhesives, roofing and paving industries. | Apr 06, 2018 | ||
| FireRein provides safer firefighting solutions. They also provide replace todays toxic, non-renewable, firefighting water additives whose myriad of human, and environmental toxicity services. | Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 06, 2017 | ||
| Comet Biorefining is a leading provider of sustainable high-quality cost-competitive cellulosic glucose technology for applications in renewable biofuels and biochemicals. The company’s proprietary technology allows for the conversion of wood, wheat straw, bagasse, corn stover and other agricultural waste materials into high purity cellulosicglucose syrup. These non-food sources offer lower cost and price stability when compared to food sugar sources such as corn or sugar cane. Demonstrated at 5 dry tons per day scale, Comet is focusing on commercial scale up and development of commercial partnerships with applications in renewables industries. | Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 02, 2017 | ||
| Zyl is social mobile app that finds in your camera roll your best memories of your past and that everyday makes you re-experience one of them and let you share it with your friends to interact with them.5 years ago, everybody was sharing lots of photos on social medias. Today, we only share the top 1% of our memories. Why? The fear of judgement,the race to get more likes / views / comments, the fear of a privacy breach...And what do we do with the remaining 99% of our photos? Nothing!And yet, nowadays, we struggle to keep in touch with our loved ones. What if we could use the emotional power of our memories as daily icebreakers?Zyl leverages the intrinsic social graph of your photo library. Zyl is a place where all the memories of you and your friends are, automatically curated and sublimated. | Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 28, 2017 | ||
| Vive Crop Protection makes effective and sustainable pesticides for organic and non-organic production. The company creates new ways to use proven crop protection products using their targeted Allosperse Delivery System, which improves the targeting and performance of pesticide active ingredients. This helps farmers do more with less, all whileincreasing crop quality and yields.Vive Crop Protection was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. | $11.9M / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 11, 2016 | ||
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FAQ
What does Bioindustrial Innovation Canada invest in?
Bioindustrial Innovation Canada invests primarily in Manufacturing, Recycling and Chemical startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Seed stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Bioindustrial Innovation Canada's check size?
Bioindustrial Innovation Canada typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$1.5M at Seed and $799k–$12M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Bioindustrial Innovation Canada participates in.
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The team at Bioindustrial Innovation Canada includes Meaghan Seagrave (Executive). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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