Futurity Bio-Ventures
Pioneering advanced biomaterials and consumer goods to redefine our relationship with consumption
01/09/2020
Here's our latest interview with new multi-media tech hub, Umbrellar Connect. Co-founders Gaetano Dedual and Kohn Jacob shared the recent milestones achieved for Futurity.
https://www.umbrellarconnect.com/culture/new-zealands-pioneering-spirit-is-behind-futuritys-breakthrough-biorefinery/
Yesterday, co-founders, Jacob Kohn featured on Jesse Mulligan's RNZ programme to tell him and his listeners about the mission Futurity is on to establish New Zealand's first bio-refinery in Tairawhiti, Gisborne. Have a listen and let us know what you think.
Thanks for having us Jesse Mulligan RNZ Afternoons
Futurity Tairawhiti Gisborne
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018754713/new-technology-developed-for-waste-wood-to-replace-oil
11/06/2020
Last week some of our team had the opportunity to sit down with Simon Pound from The Spinoff and Callaghan Innovation to talk about Futurity on the Business is Boring podcast.
Please feel free to have a listen and understand how our venture aims to harness the potential of New Zealand's existing forestry industry to produce wood-derived bio-materials that will outperform oil in the creation of everyday products.
Hit the link below:
https://lnkd.in/gYm3Af3
The New Zealand company starting a biorefinery to make materials out of pine Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound speaks with innovators and commentators focused on the future of New Zealand. This week he talks to Dr Gaetano Dedual and Jacob Kohn, co-founders of Futurity. It's possi
11/06/2020
Check out the article on Futurity in the National Business Review by Andrew Bevin.
We are excited to be working alongside Resene, Foodstuffs New Zealand, Callaghan Innovation on integrating our products from our first Bio-Refinery in Tairawhiti Gisborne with proven technology supplied by Sweetwater and MetGen alongside Trust Tairāwhiti.
https://www.nbr.co.nz/story/replacing-oil-new-zealand-pine
Replacing oil with New Zealand pine Gisborne based startup wants to make products refined from pine.
Most people are unaware of how reliant we are on oil-based products in our everyday lives. Everything is either made or transported by oil. Oil isn’t in the system; it is the system. It adds new carbon to the atmosphere and is non-renewable. Step up with us. Follow our journey. Support our mission to outperform fossil fuels. 🌲
10/06/2020
Using licenced, patented, proven and safe technologies to harness the potential of New Zealand’s existing forestry industry, Futurity will produce a range of wood-derived, bio-materials that will offer renewable alternatives to oil and will outperform fossil fuels in the creation of everyday products.
10/06/2020
Kia Ora.
We are Futurity. Our missions is to establish New Zealand’s first bio-refinery Tairawhiti, Gisborne by 2022
— producing renewable materials and bio-chemicals that promise to outperform oil
We are Futurity
A New Zealand based bio-venture whose mission is to help move the world past oil dependency. By using responsibly managed plantation forestry to produce high performing renewable materials; Nano-fibrillated Cellulose and advanced Lignins.
We are here to collaborate with companies and investors to develop supply chains of better materials into better products and construct our first commercial pinewood biorefinery. Together, let’s outperform oil with trees.