About Agapyo

Recycling is a ruse

jam™ is the solution

Recycling is set up to fail: Recycling rates are dropping and companies don't want to use post-consumer recycled plastic because of its diminished properties.

Jam™ is a lignocellulose-based, compostable alternative to petroleum-based, rigid thermoplastics. Jam™ reduces GHG emissions, helps address the global plastic-waste crisis, and composts on command.

How We Do It

Imagine injection molding your wood furniture! Through a proprietary process, agapyo has hacked nature’s most common polymer: lignocellulose, to melt before it burns, making it an industrially moldable material.

Total Target Markets USD $28B*

Meet the Team

Big change requires the community. The agapyo team leverages its network for greater impact.

Founder and VP Business Development

Alina Grenier-Arellano

Alina previously founded Alegoria. She has a Master’s in Business and Entrepreneurship and experience in marketing, manufacturing and product development. Alina is key in marketing agapyo’s jam™ and capitalizing on Go-To-Market opportunities while also serving client needs.

Founder and CTO

Monika Rak, Ph.D.

Monika previously co-founded Anomera where she worked as the lead research scientist until 2022. Anomera is a Quebec-based manufacturer of cellulose nanocrystals with a manufacturing facility in Temiscaming. She has a Ph.D. in Chemistry from McGill University and a background in lignin and cellulose research.

Partners

Major Milestones

Incorporated in September 2023
Signed MOU with:
- North American communications company (Dec ‘23)
- Large European OEM in consumer electronics, automotive & home appliances sectors (Jan ‘24)
- Two different Injection Molding Manufacturers (Mar & May ‘24)
Awarded USD 140K (CAD 189K) in non-dilutive grants
IP Provisional in PCT with additional Provisional IP claims filed in (Mar ‘24)
Winner of Climate Solution Start-up Prize ($150k)
Winner of BDC’s Women in Clean Tech Prize ($150k)