Bringing a startup and small-business perspective to the future of the U.S. bioeconomy We're proud to share that Brent Cutcliffe, Co-Founder and COO of Kemvera, has been elected to the Plant Based Products Council (PBPC) Board of Directors as the Start-up and Small Business representative. A voice for emerging companies PBPC brings together companies and organizations working to grow the market for plant-based and bio-based products. Startups and small businesses are central

Kemvera COO Brent Cutcliffe on the Biobased Materials Investment and Production Act, and why policy stability matters Scaling the U.S. bioeconomy takes more than breakthrough technology. It takes the right policies to help promising companies reach commercial scale. That was the focus of two recent Plant Based Products Council (PBPC) engagements featuring Kemvera Co-Founder and COO Brent Cutcliffe: a virtual panel on federal biobased manufacturing policy, and the PBPC meeting

Why the next chapter of bio-based manufacturing starts in the heartland Kemvera CEO and Co-Founder Dr. Chern-Hooi Lim recently pitched at Co_Invest Climate 2026, the annual flagship event hosted by Evergreen Climate Innovations in Chicago. Co_Invest Climate showcases climate technology startups from across the Greater Midwest. It brings founders together with investors, corporate partners, and ecosystem leaders who are backing the region's climate economy. The Midwest advanta

This month, Kemvera CEO and Co-Founder Dr. Chern-Hooi Lim pitched at the first Biomanufacturing Shark Tank at Bio Innovations North America. We're excited to share that Kemvera won the Audience Participation Award. Six finalists each had three minutes to pitch to a panel of industry and investor "sharks," then two minutes to answer questions. Dr. Lim presented Kemvera's approach to scaling bio-based chemical production: turning American bioethanol into bio-acetic acid and bi

Kemvera CEO and Co-Founder Dr. Chern-Hooi Lim has been named to The Bioeconomy 500 for 2026 by Biofuels Digest.

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Kemvera has achieved major process development milestones towards advancing domestic manufacturing of bio-based chemicals and leveraging cost-advantaged U.S. bio-ethanol feedstock while supporting American corn farmers with its advanced chemical manufacturing platform DENVER, CO – Jan. 21, 2026 - Kemvera, a sustainable chemical innovation company, today announced it has completed the process design package (FEL 1) for its planned 50,000 metric tons per year commercial-scale p