Morgan Wyatt, Co-Founder of Natural Materials Start-up, Advanced Biofibre Technologies

S2 E5 ADVANCED BIOFIBRE

The approach to an environmentally sustainable future runs through dangerous territory. Trying to get better, we make things worse. Solving one problem, we create another... and another… how then should green products be designed and introduced?

Today’s episode of the Frontier Entrepreneurship Podcast brings you an in-depth conversation with Morgan Wyatt, PhD in chemical biology and serial innovator. As Tracy characterizes Morgan's entrepreneurial philosophy, he exemplifies trust, a promise and an outlook built on a firm resolve to “stop disrupting nature.” From Greenlid to Botanical Symbiotics to Advanced Biofibre Technologies and more, Morgan’s prolific enviro-entrepreneurial career spans the realms of bio-manufacturing, ag-tech and materials science. Today, Tracy and Braden take you to the frontier of product development for the real circular economy, in conversation with Morgan Wyatt.

Quick Links and References:

• Greenlid website (and their original Dragons’ Den pitch)
• Botanical Symbiotics, Advanced Biofibre (in development)
• McMaster University’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence program
• Brock University
• Bast Fibre Tech
• Next Canada (tech start-up accelerator)

Disclosure

• Nventure seed-funded Advanced Biofibre Technologies through the thriveFORWARD initiative, with the support of FedDev Ontario through the Government of Canada’s Jobs and Growth Fund (JGF).

Acknowledgments

The Executive Producer of the Frontier Entrepreneurship Podcast is Robert Washburn. Special thanks to Daniela Scoppa, Heather Cannings and John Hayden. This project is made possible with the support of FedDev Ontario and the Government of Canada.

For more information on our podcast, including co-host biographies, click here.

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