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.

Sodium acetate looks like an unassuming white salt, but it powers food packaging, textiles, pharma buffers, concrete additives, and reusable hand warmers — with the global market projected to reach $16.37 billion by 2035.

Series: Acetic Acid Derivatives — Where peracetic acid comes from, why supply concerns are growing, and what role bio-based peracetic acid could play.

The manufacture of bioethanol-based chemicals is not just technologically timely, it is also politically and economically ripe.