Synergia Biotech
CARBON CAPTURE
& CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY
COMPLETELY NATURAL
NON-SYNTHETIC COLOUR
HIGH VALUE
& QUALITY
MADE IN
CANADA
Our Venture
Synergia Biotech is a clean technology that produces an all-natural, vibrant blue pigment.
Our venture values the environment and our planet’s future. By capturing carbon from the air, our process efficiently mitigates CO2 emissions while producing food-safe, healthy alternative to artificial blue.
Colour greatly affects the market value of food products and consumers are increasingly aware of the potential health risks associated to synthetic colours (allergenicity, toxicity, carcinogenicity, links to hyper activity in children). Colours sourced from nature are thus highly sought-after in industry. Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and removal of CO2 from the atmosphere are of critical importance to the environment.
Synergia Biotech sits at the juncture of these two global necessities to create highly marketable pure phycocyanin that can be used as a natural, vibrant blue dye in industry.
Synergistic microbes that cooperate to convert sunlight and CO2 into biomass
3 cups
Flour
CO2 molecule
1½ cups
Butter
Cyanobacteria
Forward thinking
Our name ‘Synergia’ comes from Modern Latin and Greek version of the word ‘synergy’ meaning cooperation and a working together. Our technology relies on natural populations of microbes (cyanobacteria) that cooperate to convert sunlight and CO2 into biomass. The biomass gets broken down by a microbial process to release the valuable, natural blue pigment.
Angela Kouris
Our Shareholders
Founders
Blending years of scientific research and innovation with commercialization prowess and expertise.
Angela Kouris
CEO & Founder
PhD Biological Sciences
A galvanizing force between team members, stakeholders and mentors, Angela Kouris draws on over fifteen years of collaborative international work and research experience to actualize Synergia Biotech’s technology commercialization.
Agasteswar Vadlamani
CTO & Founder
PhD Bioengineering
and Biomedical Engineering
Agasteswar Vadlamani is a biomedical engineer with a background in scaling up algal growth systems.
Marc Strous
Founder
PhD Chemical Engineering
Marc Strous is a groundbreaking scientist and fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He has experience with innovation and commercialization of biotechnology, already leading to tons/day of CO2 emission reductions worldwide. At the University of Calgary, he mentors a new generation of leaders in science and business for success."
Christine Sharp
Founder
PhD Environmental Microbiology
Christine Sharp is a scientist, innovator, and adventurer. She specializes in identifying, developing, and
managing strategic partnerships between industry and academia.
Collaborators
Pilot Plant Operations & Development
William Richardson
Research Associate, University of Calgary
Marianne Haines
PhD Candidate,
University of Calgary
