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.

New Iridium has been selected as one of the top four finalists for the Radicle Corn Challenge! We will be pitching our innovative technology at the event on October 22, 2024, in San Francisco. Our groundbreaking process converts corn ethanol into bio-based acetic acid—a critical building block in consumer products like footwear, paint, and adhesives. Acetic acid ranks among the top 10 highest-volume organic chemicals, and we are proud to be driving the transition towards sus

New Iridium was selected among the 12 finalists for The 2023 Nature Spinoff Prize. The Spinoff Prize is an award for early stage university spinoff companies from around the world. It gives visibility to academic entrepreneurs and their companies and helps them secure future investment. Excerpt: New Iridium is decarbonizing the chemical industry using light-driven photocatalysis technology to create low-carbon products at lower cost than incumbent processes. Applications inc

New Iridium was crowned the winner of the Environment Track at Hello Tomorrow Global Summit that took place in Paris from March 8-10, 2023. 70 finalists were selected out of about 4000 applicants around the world to deliver a 3-min pitch. Dr. Lim presented his vision on how photocatalysis can revolutionize the chemical industry by producing low-carbon chemicals at lower cost than incumbent processes. Photo credit: Hello Tomorrow

New Iridium has been selected as a finalist for Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge 2023 - Environmental track. Join us in Paris on March 8-10 for the event! Excerpt of the Hello Tomorrow press release: "THE 70 FINALISTS THAT WILL CHANGE THE WORLD…An international jury of experts carefully reviewed over 4000 applications to the Challenge, and have identified 70 projects that stood out for their technological innovation, economic viability, leadership, team, and potential impact

New Iridium founder and CEO, Dr. Chern-Hooi Lim, was named to C&EN's Talented 12 Class of 2021 by the industry's top scientific body honoring early career chemists solving formidable global problems.

New Iridium was honored by The Biomimicry Institute (https://biomimicry.org) as a finalist for its 2021 Ray of Hope Prize. This prestigious award celebrates nature-inspired solutions addressing the world’s largest environmental and sustainability challenges. New Iridium was selected as a finalist from over 300 worldwide contestants.