The company

FeedstocksUnited is a biotechnology start-up based in The Netherlands, which has patented a completely new concept for bioproduction of commodities using non-food, one-carbon compounds as feedstock. The company intends to develop proof of principles of this concept, establish a strong IP position and commercialize the technology and IP. We seek to team up with R&D and investing partners to achieve these goals.

Participants

Jan de Bont, Managing Director

• Participant in FeedstocksUnited (2019 - present).
• Participant in Moralco until 2017.
• Senior researcher at Abengoa, Spain until 2015.
• R&D director at Royal Nedalco until 2012
• Part-time professor at Delft University of Technology until 2007
• Senior Researcher at the Dutch Research Institute TNO until 2006
• Professor of Industrial Microbiology at Wageningen University until 2000.
• Inventor on 12 patent applications and author of 200 scientific papers.

Jan Wery, R&D advisor

• CTO at Photanol (2021-present).
• Participant in FeedstocksUnited (2019 - present).
• Technical Lead Biobased Innovations a.i. at Corbion (2020-2021).
• Technical Program Manager at Corbion Netherlands (2013-2019).
• Science Director at Dyadic International (2007-2013).
• Senior Scientist at TNO Netherlands (2002-2007).
• Senior Scientist at Friesland Foods Corporate Research (2000-2001).
• Postdoc at the Wageningen University (NL) and Rutgers University (USA) (1997-2000).
• Molecular microbiologist by training and PhD from the Wageningen University.
• Inventor on 12 patent applications and author of 30 scientific papers.

Bart Swinkels, IP Director

• Participant in FeedstocksUnited (2019 - present).
• Partner at NLO (2003- present).
• Patent Attorney at NLO (2000-2002).
• Director IP at Pharming (1998-2000).
• Patent Attorney at DSM (1997-1998).
• Trainee patent attorney at Gist-brocades (1994-1997).
• Scientist at Gist-brocades (1991-1993).
• Postdoc at UC San Diego (USA) (1990–1991).
• Postdoc at The Netherlands Cancer Institute (1989).
• PhD in Molecular Biology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute (1989).
• MSc in Chemistry, University of Amsterdam (1985).
• Co-author on 28 publications, including 4 patents. 

Ger Bemer, Business

• Participant in FeedstocksUnited (2021-present)
• Business coach  (2013-present)
• CEO SVZ Industrial products  (2011-2013)
• Executive Boards Royal Cosun  (2011-2013)
• CEO Royal Nedalco  (2001-2011)
• Unilever, various positions in Europe, Afrika and South America (1979-2001)
• MSc from Eindhoven University and PhD from Delft University in Chemical Engineering.

Advisor

Hans Hasse, Chemical process engineering

• Technical consultant for FeedstocksUnited (2019 - present)
• Full professor of Thermodynamics, University of Kaiserslautern (since 2008)
• Full professor of Thermodynamics and Fluid Separation Processes, University of Stuttgart (1998 - 2008)
• R&D Engineer, BASF Ludwigshafen (1995 - 1998)
• 45 patents, many of them on formaldehyde and trioxane process technology
• Author of more than 350 scientific papers.