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Founded in 2018, Futurity Bio-Ventures (FBV) is a New Zealand-based renewable chemical and material development company at the forefront of transforming forestry by-products into high-value, sustainable solutions. Our team of chemistry and engineering experts drives research and development of lignin-based technologies for international customers and a wide range of applications.
We collaborate closely with world-leading technology companies to accelerate the development of New Zealand’s first advanced wood-based biorefinery. Our partnerships extend across New Zealand and Australia’s pulp and paper sectors, where we help explore new pathways to add value to the region’s abundant pulp and paper by-products.
Oil is used to make many of the products we rely on every day, but lignin-a wood-based chemical-can outperform oil in many applications, resulting in lower-impact products and reducing our dependence on fossil fuels. Futurity Bio-Ventures exists to keep oil in the ground by supplying lignin and leading a new wave of bio-based materials. By unlocking the building block chemicals in wood, we enable the replacement of fossil-based chemicals, support better forestry and land use practices, and create higher-value products and jobs for New Zealand’s primary industries.
Our innovations have the potential to add billions in value to the wood product sector, foster climate and economic resilience through improved land management, and position New Zealand as a global leader in renewable materials and chemicals.Through continual innovation, strategic partnerships, and a commitment to sustainability, Futurity Bio-Ventures is building a future where renewable resources power the products and industries of tomorrow-delivering economic, environmental, and social value for New Zealand and beyond.