Johanna Schmidtke

Siluria Technologies, Inc. develops and manufactures a direct chemical process for plastics and fuels from natural gas. Its second process technology can convert ethylene to liquid fuels such as gasoline, diesel or jet fuel. The firm’s revolutionary catalyst technologies uniquely combine nanomaterials, biotechnology and chemical engineering, to convert an abundant, ubiquitous, and inexpensive feedstock into high value, drop-in fuels and chemicals using processes that can be seamlessly integrated into existing industry infrastructure. The company was founded by Clinton Whitewood Bybee and Alexander Tkachenko in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Novomer, Inc. manufactures biodegradable plastics, polymers, and other chemicals from renewable substances. It specializes in commercializing a family of low-cost, high-performance, sustainable polymers and other chemicals. The company was founded by Geoffrey William Coates, Anthony Romey Eisenhut and Scott D. Allen in 2004 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Polar Sapphire Ltd. manufactures aluminium oxide. It produces 3N to 6N purity alumina including milled alpha powder, spray dried alpha powder, and compressed pucks. The company was founded by Scott Nichol and Dan smith in March 2013 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

Ara Advisers LLC (Ara Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2017 by Charles Reed Cherington, Troy W Thacker and George Churchill Yong. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Circulus Holdings PBLLC engages in the manufacture of plastic resin and synthetic fiber. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Aloxe Holding BV is an investment holding Dutch company. The company is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands and has subsidiaries in France. The company was founded in 2020 by Clément Lefebvre, Arnaud Piroëlle.