We start at the catalyst
Most of chemistry inherits it. We design it, and everything downstream moves with it.
Biology has evolved catalytic machinery with extraordinary precision. Industrial chemistry demands robustness that biological enzymes were never designed to provide.
We saw an opportunity to create a third way.
Mission
To rebuild the catalyst from its fundamental building blocks, and change what industrial chemistry is able to make.
We build on the precision biology has evolved, then rebuild it for industry, unlocking new reactions, new feedstocks and new ways to produce at scale.
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How we work
Science from unusual places
Origins of life, nanotechnology, bio-inspired catalysis and computational chemistry. Level Nine started where those overlap, which is not where catalyst companies usually start.
We take it past the lab ourselves
Synthesis, process development and scale-up are ours, not handed off. Our first process is nearing kilotonne scale through real-world industrial partnerships.
We work across the whole chain
Feedstock providers upstream, chemical companies downstream, academia and technology partnerships alongside. A catalyst only matters once it is inside somebody’s process.
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Leadership
Seadna Quigley
Co-Founder & CEO
Seadna is a repeat founder with more than a decade of operating experience in the bio-industrial transition. He previously served as CFO of a 140-person bioeconomy startup and sat on the executive team of a leading circular economy consultancy, helping scale a venture sevenfold in revenue.
Emily Sheridan
Co-Founder & CTO
Emily is an accomplished scientist with a multidisciplinary research background across macromolecular X-ray crystallography, protein engineering, and biohybrid structures. She holds a PhD in Bio-Nanoscience from one of the world’s leading nanoscience research centres.
Sam Tott
Chief of Staff
Sam bridges innovation and execution, building the operational, financial and technical foundations needed to take our catalysts to industrial scale.
Martin Valkov
Commercial Development
Martin builds the commercial partnerships that turn Level Nine’s catalysts into working industrial processes. He brings a decade of experience in catalysis research and process development, so he knows what it takes for a new catalyst to earn its place in a plant.
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Some problems are difficult because we have accepted the wrong constraints.
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