17Cicada
EMEA
Cambridge
,
United Kingdom
Startup
FOUNDED
2021
HEADCOUNT
2-20
FUNDING
Pre-seed
Keywords:
bacteria, fermentation, metabolic_engineering, specialty_chemicals, bioplastics, cosmetics, waste_valorization, plastics_recycling
BUSINESS
Founded in 2021 in Cambridge, UK as a spin-out from the University of Nottingham. Registered at St. John's Innovation Centre, Cambridge. Develops microbial platforms to convert waste feedstocks (including mixed plastic waste and agricultural waste) into building blocks for polymers, textiles, and cosmetics.
BIOTECH INVOLVEMENT
Core; Cambridge, UK spin-out of the University of Nottingham (2021) engineering microbial strains to convert mixed plastic and agricultural waste into building blocks for polymers, textiles, and coatings. Practitioner of strain engineering with bench-scale fermentation.
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM
microbial synthesis using Cyanobacteria and Streptomyces; genetic manipulation; low-carbon synthesis
PRIMARY PRODUCTS
specialty chemicals for bioplastics