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| | Country of incorporation|| United Kingdom<ref>https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12164488</ref>
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| == Summary ==
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| Every year, £1 trillion worth of food goes to waste globally. Metalchemy produces durable, organic packaging using nanotechnology that helps food stay fresh for longer, which in turn, would reduce emissions and cut costs. Having developed their MVP, they are now raising to expand their manufacturing and enter the UK market.
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| * Patent Pending IP making Nanotechnology Affordable & Greener. | | * Patent Pending IP making Nanotechnology Affordable & Greener. |
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| * Aims to save up to £600M of food waste resulting in 1M Tonnes of CO2e reduction. | | * Aims to save up to £600M of food waste resulting in 1M Tonnes of CO2e reduction. |
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| If food waste were a country, it would be the third-largest emitter in the world. Metalchemy aims to address this crisis through the circular economy and sustainable solutions via our nano-enabled bioplastics. Our research indicates it can save money to both businesses and consumers.
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| Metalchemy’s bio-packaging is plant-based and biodegradable, and could offer an alternative to petrochemical synthetic plastics. By incorporating our nanotechnology into bioplastics, our own research indicates that food shelf life can be increased by 7 days for meat, 5 days for cheese, and 4 days for fresh salad.
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| The global eco-friendly food packaging market is expected to grow from £113 billion in 2019 to £191 billion by 2027, at a CAGR of 6.8% during the forecast period of 2020-2027. We aim to sell our sustainable solutions via B2B to food retailers and distributors, and initiated discussions with these.
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| We opened two production facilities, developed MVPs, submitted several pending patents, created a portfolio of partnerships, were selected as both Alpha & Impact start-up at WebSummit and joined the NatWest accelerator programme.
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| With your investment, we aim to further develop our nano-enhanced bioplastics to optimise our product. We estimate our scale-up manufacturing could produce up to 800kg/year of bioplastic and begin our go-to-market strategy by running trial studies with potential clients.
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| ==Team==
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| '''Federico Trotta - Co-Founder & CEO'''
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| Federico leads the company's vision and technology development, with a strong passion for sustainable entrepreneurship, having a masters in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College London. He led start-up projects, charity and societies from conception, technology development, and sales.
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| '''George Wang - Co-Founder & Green Angel Investor (Part-time/Advisor)'''
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| George has founded companies in Asia. He leads the company’s business development.
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| '''Patrizia De Santis - Co-Founder & Senior Strategic Advisor (Part-time)'''
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| Patrizia is an innovative executive with over 30 years of international experience as a group CEO/CFO/COO in various multinational corporations. Is a CIMA and CGMA qualified accountant.
| | * Every second we emit over 1000 tonnes of CO2. |
| | * Lack of regulation. |
| | * Solutions slow to market. |
| | * Greenwashing by corps. |
| | * Policy clashes. |
| | * Compromises to our lifestyles. |
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| '''Professor Shervanthi Homer-Vanniasinkam - Senior Strategic Healthcare Advisor (Part-time)'''
| | ==Solution== |
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| Professor Homer is an internationally renowned clinician-scientist. She has over 150 publications, research grants, and an extensive track record of international collaborative research.
| | '''Nanoparticles''' |
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| '''Dr. Dean Carroll - Senior Scientific Advisor (Part-time)'''
| | * Can be used as building blocks at molecular levels. |
| | * These particles are extremely small – can be as small as DNA. |
| | * Metalchemy manufactures green silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) that can kill harmful organisms. |
| | * Can be incorporated inside food packaging. |
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| Dean has a PhD in Materials Engineering from Imperial College London and 7+ years experience in R&D of innovative materials in addition to career experience as bioplastic start-up CTO.
| | '''Bioplastics''' |
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| ==Actions==
| | * Nanoparticles can be embedded into bioplastics. |
| | * Can be used as food packaging and increase shelf life hence reducing waste. |
| | * AgNPs could allow for faster decomposition of the bioplastic and organic waste composting. |
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| To invest in Metalchemy, click [https://www.crowdcube.com/companies/metalchemy/pitches/bgWL8b here].
| | '''Food packaging''' |
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| To contact Metalchemy, click [mailto:info@metalchemy.tech here].
| | * Nanoparticles have been used successfully to increase food shelf life significantly when applied to food packaging. |
| | * Globally, 1.6 billion tonnes of food is wasted. |
| | * This equates up to £1 trillion loss every year as well as food waste contributes up to 3.3 billion tonnes CO2e. |
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| == References ==
| | '''Why is there a need for better food packaging?''' |
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| __INDEX__
| | * UK households could save up to £700 per year. |
| | * Food businesses could save up to £4.5 billion per year. |
| | * That’s up to 25 million tonnes of CO2 emissions cut in the UK per year. |
| | * 5 million people in the UK in food poverty. |
| | * Making fewer compromises to our lifestyles. |
