From discoveries to inventions

Extracellular is developing cell culture technologies to use the cell samples of living animals and plants to create sustainable alternatives to commercial products in the cosmetic, material and food industries. As a bioprocessing and manufacturing partner, it provides solutions from cell-line and scale-up development to facilitating routes to market, supporting other biotech companies seeking to develop greener consumer products such as cultivated meat, dairy products, leather, cotton and active ingredients for cosmetics.

Medusa Materials is transforming carbon dioxide into carbon-negative minerals to drive sustainability in the construction industry. Its MEDUSA system takes carbon captured from sources like cement kilns, coal power plants, beer fermenters and even the air, using biological agents and waste materials to convert it into limestone and carbonate crystals. These can be used in concrete as a cement supplement, reducing atmospheric carbon, cutting cement consumption for greener, more resilient building materials.

Zentraxa is precision engineering biomaterials, pushing the boundaries of biopolymer synthesis to develop sustainable, performance-enhancing ingredients for everyday products. Its proprietary technological platform (Zentide) overcomes the biodesign limits of existing, conventional peptide synthesis by designing, producing and testing complex, novel peptides with one universal process. Zentraxa creates bespoke solutions for a range of industries by combining key features from different naturally-occurring proteins, such as stiffness, adhesion or thermal stability.