QuinCAT - Quick Innovation in Catalysis

🌟 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀: 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀.𝗻𝗿𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀! 🌟 We're thrilled to announce that we have received continued support from the North Rhine-Westphalian government with a grant of €400,000! 🎉 This funding, together with substantial contributions from our industry partners (Bayer, Braskem, Currenta GmbH & Co. OHG, Evonik, Henkel, RAG-Stiftung, VCI NRW) will enable us to expand our activities beyond regional borders and foster even more collaborations between startups and established organisations. 🙏 A heartfelt thank you to Minister Mona Neubaur (Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Industrie, Klimaschutz und Energie des Landes NRW), our partners and everyone involved in chemstars for believing in our vision and working tirelessly alongside us. Your are what makes chemstars successful. 🚀 For the next three years, we will continue to inspire scientists to embrace entrepreneurship and support founders in driving the transformation of the chemical industry across four critical dimensions: • 𝗚𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 • 𝗚𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 • 𝗚𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 • 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝘀 🌍 🔍 Want to learn more or get involved? Reach out to us! #Innovation #Sustainability #ClimateAction #Chemistry #Startups

Thanks to Marcus S. Lehnertz and Jan Uecker for pointing out this critical topic! ♻ Team SeCaRa is working on innovative solutions for the plastic problem with exciting new recycling technologies. Stay tuned! #GreenChemistry #Innovation #plasticrecycling

You are curious to hear about career paths beyond academia? 🚀 Excited about innovations and transforming the chemical industry towards a more sustainable future?👩🏻🔬 Join us on Friday during the #startupweekAC for an inspirational event! *Free registration in the comments*

🌟 join us to during the #StartupWeekAC and get a tour of the #QuinCAT incubator 🚀

It’s a wrap on the 2024 FLTMC! 🎉 After successful business modeling and pitch training workshops, the participating teams competed in the grand award event. Congratulations to the winning teams: Power2Polymers , AlgaCore, and HyphaGrowth! 🏆 A special shoutout to team CYNiO for bagging the special prize of a feature in CHEManager. 🌟 👏Well done to all the teams, to us you are all winners! We look forward to seeing more achievements from all the teams involved. Keep up the excellent work! 👏 Along the impressive pitches by the participating teams, the event had an engaging panel discussion on startups in Green Chemistry. 🌱 A heartfelt thank you to Martin Bellof for moderating the discussion with Arianna Savini, Johannes Velling, Adilson Arli Da Silva Filho, and Karl D Collins. Special thanks also goes to Alexander Troemel for his inspiring opening keynote and Sebastian Förster for guiding us through the immersive experiences at Henkel ICD. 🎤 We greatly appreciate Esmina Kampmeier for co-moderating the event with Stefan Weber. A big thank you goes to Henkel for organizing this event at the Innovation Center in Düsseldorf. 🙌 Thanks to everyone who sponsored, supported, attended, and participated, contributing to the event’s success. Here’s to continued #innovation and #transfer in #Green Chemistry! 🥂 🌍💡 A genuine thank you to Manor Lux for capturing the atmosphere of the event and the professional photographic support throughout 📸 🙌 NRW.BANK I CHEManager I chemstars.nrw I EXIST - Existenzgründungen aus der Wissenschaft I ZENIT GmbH I Bayer I Bayer Crop Science | Innovation Ecosystem I Henkel I Henkel Adhesive Technologies I Covestro I Currenta GmbH & Co. OHG I Evonik I Evonik Venture Capital I Braskem I VCI NRW I DECHEMA I Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Industrie, Klimaschutz und Energie des Landes NRW I QuinCAT - Quick Innovation in Catalysis I RWTH Aachen University I Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion I René Hanke I Dr. Sarah Schulz I Shanika Yadav I Björn Johnen I Walter Leitner I Regina Palkovits

🎉 Exciting News from SeCaRa! 🎉 In our first post, we're thrilled to announce that SeCaRa recently participated in the prestigious "From Lab to Market Challenge" hosted by chemstars.nrw. This incredible competition provided us with a platform to showcase our innovative chemical recycling solutions and engage with other forward-thinking startups, such as Power2Polymers or #Breakomers. The journey was nothing short of amazing! We gained invaluable experience, knowledge, and insights that will undoubtedly propel us forward in our mission - To transform waste into tomorrow! We had the opportunity to connect with industry experts, receive constructive feedback, and explore new horizons for our startup. This is especially valuable for us, since we are in the early phase of our journey! A heartfelt thank you to chemstars.nrw for organizing such a fantastic event. Your support and dedication to fostering innovation are truly commendable. We also want to extend our deepest gratitude to the QuinCAT - Quick Innovation in Catalysis incubator as well as the KOALA Startup Network, René Hanke and Regina Palkovits for their unwavering support and guidance throughout this journey. We're excited for what lies ahead and can't wait to continue this journey. Stay tuned for more updates from SeCaRa! #StartupJourney #Innovation #ChemstarsNRW #QuinCATIncubator #FromLabToMarketChallenge #SeCaRa Photos by Manor Lux

What a thrill to support our first two QuinCAT - Quick Innovation in Catalysis teams during their pitches at the "From Lab To Market Challenge" Award Event by chemstars.nrw and KOALA Startup Network at the Henkel Adhesive Technologies - Inspiration Center Düsseldorf! 🚀 Marcus S. Lehnertz and Jan Uecker of #SeCaRa, who revolutionize selective polymer recycling, delivered an amazing performance after being part of the QuinCAT Incubator for only one month! 💪 Dr. Guido Schroer and Yannik Kohlhaas of Power2Polymers pioneer toxin-free polymer products such as lubricants addressing the worldwide problem of forever chemicals. Their strong IP base, advanced business model and inspiring pitch secured them the first place after jury and audience voting. Congrats to the winners of the "From Lab To Market Challenge" 2024! 🏆 A great thank you to the team and the supporters of the QuinCAT Incubator RWTH Aachen University | Björn Johnen | Dr. Sarah Schulz | Shanika Yadav | Walter Leitner | Regina Palkovits | #JürgenKlankermayer | Marcel Liauw | Andreas Jupke | Raoul Meys | #PaulAnastas | Kurt Wagemann | Elisabeth Schrey | Hans-Jürgen Mittelstaedt | Malte Brettel | Markus Steilemann 🙌 #Innovation & #Transfer in #GreenChemistry 🌿 Picture by Manor Lux

Happy to share that we secured the first place at the From-Lab-to-Market Challenge from chemstars.nrw winning a cash prize of 2.500€ from NRW.BANK! We really enjoyed the challenge and the awesome Grand Award and Pitch Event at the Henkel Adhesive Technologies Inspiration Center in Düsseldorf this week. Thanks to all participating startups as well as the insignificantly valuable support and sparring from Stefan Weber, Martin Bellof, QuinCAT - Quick Innovation in Catalysis, KOALA Startup Network, and all industry partners and mentors Wolfgang Nestel, Arianna Savini, Jerusa Roeder Jesus, Moussa Barhoum, Meike Fischer, Marcel Riedel, Rainer Schweda and Grzegorz Darlinski. Thanks for shaping and rewarding our From-Lab-To-Market strategy! Photos: Manor Lux, LL.M.

Die Vereinigung Chemie und Wirtschaft (VCW) ist eine Fachgruppe der Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh). Mittlerweile treffen wir uns in über 30 Städten regelmäßig zum Austausch, Plaudern und Netzwerken. 🗨 Willkommen ist jede Person, die Interesse an der Chemie hat und Lust zum Netzwerken findet. Wir freuen uns auf euch und auf einen Austausch in lockerer Atmosphäre. 🙌 #Innovation & #Transfer in #nachhaltigerChemie 🚀

We had the opportunity to present at ACHEMA 2024 in Frankfurt. Our CTO Tobias Riedl gave an insightful talk explaining our technologies for more sustainable polymers and applications during the Kopernikus P2X-Session. It was also a valuable occasion to connect with industry leaders, explore cutting-edge technologies, and discuss the future of sustainable polymers. A big thank you to all the innovators and partners we met – your insights and collaborations are invaluable. Stay tuned for more updates from Power2Polymers, including some exciting news coming later this week!