Roger Bernier

Anomera, Inc. is a Canadian company that manufactures carboxylated cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) from sustainably harvested Canadian forests. Anomera's head offices, applications lab, and product development lab are located in Canada. The company's patented eco-friendly method produces a superior nanomaterial that is sold under the trade name Dextracel™. This platform product has properties that exceed other cellulose nanomaterials in the market and is creating new opportunities for the multibillion-dollar markets in cosmetics and skin care, cement, polymer composites, coatings, pigments, agriculture, and human wellness in pharma and life sciences. Anomera is currently developing a specialty manufacturing facility that can produce over 250 tonnes of Dextracel™ per year. The company was founded by Tim Morse, Monika Rak, Nathan Hordy, and Mark Paul Andrews, and the CEO is Howard Fields.

Bioindustrial Innovation Centre supports the development and commercialization of bioindustrial and biobased-chemical processes. It provides a biotechnology laboratory and shared pilot plant facilities for gasification, pyrolysis, fermentation, and bio-conversion–technologies involved in converting agricultural and forestry by-products into fuels, chemicals, products, and materials. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Sarnia, Canada.

BioAmber Canada, Inc. provides industrial biotechnology and chemical catalysis to convert renewable feedstock into chemicals for use in a wide variety of products including plastics, resins, food additives and personal care products. The company was founded on October 15, 2008 and is headquartered in Montréal, Canada.

DNP Green Technology is a stand-alone business devoted to commercialization of technologies related to manufacturing of biologically-derived succinic acid and its derivatives. DNP Green Technology's bio-based succinic acid production process is cost competitive with that of petro-based processes and has the further advantage of being 'green'. DNP's process consumes green house gases (CO2), providing the long term potential to generate carbon credits. Its core technology consists of a proprietary E.coli fermentation process and an integrated downstream process that has been proven at a large scale (80,000 liters). Succinic acid has numerous market applications such as bioplastics & green plasticizers and polyesters & resins.

Diversified Natural Products, Inc. develops and commercializes products for chemical and healthcare industries. Its products include HEP-40, Oligo flex and xp-828L. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Foragen Technologies Management, Inc. is a venture capital firm located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Airex Energy, Inc. is a technology provider of biomass torrefaction systems for the production of value-added carbonized products. Its proprietary CarbonFX torrefaction technology transforms sawmill. The company is headquartered in Laval, Canada.

Part of AstraZeneca PLC, Zeneca Garden Care is a British company that develops and manufactures pharmaceutical products, agrochemicals, and specialty chemicals. The company is based in Macclesfield, UK. Zeneca Garden Care was acquired by Zeneca Group Plc on January 01, 1995 for $84.16 million.

Inno Centre Alberta provides financial services. It is designed to accelerate the growth of technology companies in the critical areas of biotechnology, life sciences, advanced materials, information technology and telecommunications. It bridges the gap between innovative technology and viable company, by providing business and financing mentorship to investment-calibre, emerging technology companies. It was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.