We at COLIPI develop unique and CO2-neutral bioprocesses for the production of various oils based on renewable raw materials, thus offering sustainable yet economic alternatives to vegetable oils such as palm oil for the cosmetic and food industry.
protect what you love
Protecting life comes natural to us humans. Yet conserving nature seems hard. The tragedy of common goods applies. Proximity to the impact of our lifestyle on nature is missing. Floods, wildfires, and heavy storms as seen on TV appear to be too far away to cause an emotional impact leading to conscious counter actions. Climate change is perceived to happen too slow to really be noticeable in one’s lifetime. The feeling of each and everyone’s responsibility does not arise.
Contribute To Preservation of Nature By Conscious Consumption Decisions
The COLIPI vision is to enable CO2-neutral consumer goods for sustainable living.
COLIPI develops unique and CO2-neutral bioprocesses for the production of various oils based on renewable raw materials (#colipibiotech), thus offering sustainable yet economic alternatives to vegetable oils such as palm oil for the cosmetic and food industry.
Consumer goods based on COLIPI oils (#colipioil) are sustainable, yet affordable. Good consumption decisions become easy. End customers do not have to compromise for a more sustainable lifestyle. We move towards a circular economy by contributing to cradle to cradle products. Protecting what you love becomes easy.
developing unique and CO2-neutral bioprocesses
Natural Yeast Fermentation
Yeast fermentation, also called "brewing", is a process applied by humans since thousands of years to produce beer, wine, dough, and other common products from renewable raw materials (see right).
COLIPI produces oils.
Renewable Raw Materials
This can be sugars or other plant based carbon sources consisting of carbon that has been previously captured from atmosphere by plants as CO2. Yeasts themselves produce CO2. We have our way to deal with it (see right).
The carbon cycle closes.
There is one more (Secret) thing
While producing oils, proteins, and vitamins, yeasts also exhale CO2. Yet we manage to create an overall carbon neutral process and product. This is novel and contributes to a circular economy.
COLIPI has a unique selling point.
Potential Applications
Enabling CO2-Neutral Consumer Goods For Sustainable Living
Vegetable Oils
Yeasts can produce a variety of oils (single-cell oils, SCO) resembling naturally occurring vegetable oils such as palm oil or cocoa butter for the cosmetic respectively food industry.
New Oils
Yeasts can produce novel oils with fatty acid compositions designed and tailored to the needs of the cosmetic and food industry.
Vitamins
We apply yeasts naturally rich with the vitamin and antioxidant β-Carotene. This is an important additive to skincare in cosmetic industry and feed stock in aquaculture industry such as fish and shrimp farms.
Proteins
Proteins (single-cell protein, SCP) typically constitute to 50% of the weight of yeasts. These proteins are important additives to food, e.g. for vegetarian diet or feed stock.
Transferring Research to Viable and SDG compliant Business
We believe in science. We believe that existing and new tools will contribute to protecting the climate and preserving the nature. Our endeavour will directly pay into following United Nation Sustainable Development Goals:
- SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production,
- SDG 13 Climate Action, and indirectly into
- SDG 15 Life on Land.
We are grateful for the support of our vision and mission by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), European Social Fund for Germany (ESF), EXIST Transfer of Research Programme (EXIST), and Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH).
Philipp Arbter
Lipid Production Lead
Philipp identifies and realises solutions for CO2 neutral bioprocesses.
Tyll Utesch
Carbon Recovery Lead
Tyll engineers and optimises bioelectrochemical processes, further consults in IP questions.
Jonas Heuer
Cell Optimisation Lead
Jonas engineers microbiological strains to yield oils with desired fatty acid profiles.
