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Avantium

Advanced Chemicals
Advanced high-throughput R&D for energy, chemicals and pharma industries
exited IPO

Black Bear Carbon

Functional Chemicals
Recovering carbon black from end-of-life tyres

DMC

Industrial Biotechnology
Bringing reproducibility and economics to fermentation

Econic

Advanced Chemicals | Materials
Carbon-to-value catalyst platform technology

EpiGaN

Semiconductors
Epitaxial materials for power electronics
exited

ExCulture

Safer, Animal-Free Heparin for Better Health

FRX Innovations

Advanced Chemicals | Cleantech
Enabling Innovation for Safe and Sustainable Solutions

InsectSence

Deeptech
Using nature’s sense for smell and taste to improve food products

NEFFA

Materials
Biobased materials and 3D production system for sustainable fashion

Prolupin

Food
Plant-based proteins
exited

Punch Powertrain

Clean Transportation
Full system supplier of fuel efficient powertrains
exited

Qpinch

Waste Heat
Industrial energy from waste heat 

REIN4CED

Advanced Materials
Impact-resistant, recyclable composites 

Trillium Renewable Chemicals

Industrial Processes Technologies
Renewable chemicals

VOID

Functional Chemicals
Reducing raw materials use in polymer films

Virovet

Food & Feed
Controlling diseases in livestock

Zeopore Technologies

Functional Chemicals
Revolutionizing zeolite catalyst performance
Zeopore Technologies logo

Sector

Functional Chemicals

Headquarters

Belgium

Portfolio entry

2020: Capricorn Chemistry Fund

Revolutionizing zeolite catalyst performance

Zeopore, a spin-out from the University of Leuven, has developed a toolbox which is able to tune the amount, size and interconnectivity of mesopores in zeolites (catalysts for conversion processes), ensuring optimal settings for specific zeolite, feedstock and application combinations.

Zeopore’s technology results in highly accessible mesoporous zeolites, with a direct increase in stability and selectivity in zeolite applications, such as plastics recycling and the production and conversion of bio-renewables. As resources are more efficiently used in these processes, resulting in a reduced environmental footprint.

c-LEcta

Food & Pharma
Customised enzymes and microbial strains
exited