Company Formation
Titan is also active in bringing together people, technology and capital to form new companies to exploit promising investment opportunities. Examples are described below.
If you would like to discuss opportunities please contact Harry Karelis on hkarelis@titanbioventures.com
White Biotechnology Pty Ltd
WHITE Biotechnology Pty Ltd (‘WHITE’) was formed by Titan as a vehicle to identify, secure and commercialise promising opportunities in the ‘white biotechnology’, or industrial biotechnology space. It brings together a number of Principals with specialist networks and expertise.White biotechnology is the application of improved technological solutions to industrial production. This contrasts with ‘red biotechnology’ which is concerned largely with human therapeutic applications and ‘green biotechnology’ which is related to agricultural applications.
The white biotech sector holds appeal for investors primarily due to its simpler and more rapid route to market than its ‘red biotech’ counterpart, given the absence of a requirement for costly and lengthy clinical trials. White biotech opportunities also tend to be in high value end product uses such as polymers, films, adhesives and high value materials for sensor applications and energy cells.
WHITE is focused on three main areas of interest:
- Production of biofuels – such as bio-ethanol and bio-diesel from a variety of feedstocks exploiting niche markets
- Bio-based manufacture of chemicals – targeting improved manufacturing efficiencies and novel performance characteristics (such as heat stable enzymes)
- Development of novel materials with desirable or unique characteristics such as improved strength, flexibility and heat stability