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Anodyne Chemistries is a Vancouver-based company focused on the sustainable production of critical chemicals. Utilizing innovative biochemistry, Anodyne employs enzymes and renewable electricity to convert carbon dioxide and other bio-based feedstocks into valuable industrial chemicals, materials, and fuels. The company's breakthrough technology not only eliminates emissions but also transforms CO2 into products traditionally derived from fossil fuels, thereby addressing climate change and promoting carbon utilization. By engineering novel enzymes and developing bioelectric pathways, Anodyne aims to maximize carbon efficiency in chemical production, enabling clients to reduce costs and improve competitiveness in the market. Through its mission, Anodyne Chemistries seeks to create a climate-positive world by reimagining how emissions are recycled into useful products.

New Iridium is a company focused on decarbonizing the chemical industry by converting CO2 into value-added products, thereby reducing overall carbon emissions. The company employs innovative technology that uses photocatalysts and light instead of heat to produce chemicals, resulting in low-energy consumption. By consuming more CO2 than it emits during production and integrating lower-cost alternative feedstocks, New Iridium creates carbon-negative versions of existing commodity chemicals. This approach not only lowers the environmental impact but also offers a cost-effective solution for the chemical industry.

Strong by Form develops timber-based biocomposites intended as sustainable alternatives to aluminum, steel, concrete, and fiber-reinforced plastics in construction and transportation. Its Woodflow technology combines digital design, structural optimization, and additive manufacturing in a design-to-fabrication workflow to produce lightweight materials with structural properties comparable to conventional materials while reducing weight and raw material use. The company's platform supports the automotive, building, and mobility sectors by enabling stress-tailored timber composites that can replace heavier materials, thereby lowering emissions and increasing productivity.

Hephaestus Technologies specializes in developing simulation acceleration engines, currently focusing on plasma science. These engines enhance the exploration capacity of control agents, delivering physically accurate predictions of future plasma conditions at high computational speed. This enables clients to access faster hardware development cycles in plasma research and development.