Developing Novel Biomolecules to Replace Toxic Petrochemicals with Mitchell Duffy, CEO & Co-founder of Cambrium

Cambrium CEO Mitchell Duffy is on a mission to reduce our dependence on petrochemicals and animal-derived products through the power of biology. In this episode, Mitchell discusses his journey from PhD researcher to entrepreneur, and his vision to create sustainable innovation by creating biobased  high performance molecules 

Learn how Cambrium produces sustainable vegan collagen at scale to replace animal byproducts. Also, discover their plans to design revolutionary new biomaterials that outperform existing chemicals.

For anyone interested in the potential of biotech and synthetic biology to solve our biggest environmental problems, this interview provides an inspiring look inside one startup's work to create a truly circular economy through the most advanced manufacturing process on Earth - biology.

Timestamps:

09:16 Introduction to Mitchell Duffy and Cambrium

10:23 Mitchell’s major influences

13:04 Career path in science and entrepreneurship

16:28 Cambrium and the problems it wants to solve

18:31 Reducing waste material in the meat industry

20:50 PhD work on collagen and production of vegan collagen

29:03 Investors and growth of a company

31:12 The mission, vision, and scaling

39:22 Company culture and team integration

42:09 Startup ecosystem in Europe

44:37 Communication and the reality of remote work

49:45 The benefits of mentors and advisors

51:15 Mitchell’s wildest hopes and dreams