Kelvin Okamoto
CEO & Founder
Kelvin Okamoto, CEO, has a B.S. and Ph.D. in Chemistry from Stanford University and Cornell University, respectively. He has worked in plastics and packaging for 30+ years, including 20+ years with biobased chemicals, bioplastics and sustainable materials and packaging development and commercialization.
“Generating Revenue from Municipal Wastewater”
Gen3Bio transforms municipal wastewater by converting landfill expenses into profitable specialty chemicals by maximizing chemical recovery yields from algae via a proprietary enzyme blend that optimizes sugar, fat and protein extraction.
Over prior technologies, Gen3Bio…
•increases algae product yields 50%,
•reduces capital requirements up to 90%, and
•reduces operating expenses up to 50%.
Seed
$105,000