Wave Group Partners with Brevel for Large Scale Biomanufacturing Facility
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Brevel, Ltd., a climate biotech company, has signed a 50/50 joint-venture agreement with India-based conglomerate The Wave Group. The collaboration will open a full-production biomanufacturing facility in Uttar Pradesh, North India, based on Brevel's illuminated fermentation technology. The facility will be funded by The Wave Group and represents a significant scale-up from Brevel's existing 5,000 liter capacity bioreactor in its current commercial facility in Israel. The new plant is designed to produce a total capacity of 300,000 liters to meet growing market demand for Brevel's microalgae products, as well as to serve the needs of the emerging market of plant-cell culture.
Construction on the new manufacturing site is set to begin later this year, with full-scale production expected to commence in 18 months. The total investment in the joint venture facility is estimated at USD10-15 million. Brevel has already secured USD30 million in funding and opened its first commercial plant in 2025.
The new plant will initially manufacture Purallis™, a clean-label chlorella, significantly expanding Brevel's production capacity. The plant is designed as a comprehensive illuminated-fermentation manufacturing platform and will be capable of producing additional products and organisms that benefit from light. This includes valuable compounds such as chlorophyll and carotenoids, which are produced by photosynthetic microorganisms like chlorella.
Brevel's illuminated fermentation technology, protected by four patents, combines controlled fermentation with light in a closed system. By successfully taking fermentation out of the dark, Brevel created a platform for manufacturing bioactives that rely on light-driven metabolism for growth. Sugar serves as the energy and nutrient source for efficient fermentation, while light enables the growth of photosynthetic microorganisms such as chlorella.
The new facility will initially utilize sugar production side streams from Wave's sugar mills, activating a circular economy model as part of a zero-waste strategy. This not only brings new purpose to sugar waste and reduces emissions but also further reduces the cost of production. The proximity of the new manufacturing facility to the sugar mills will cut transportation expenses and minimize the associated environmental footprint.
The new facility will initially manufacture Purallis™, a clean-label chlorella, significantly expanding Brevel's production capacity. The plant is designed as a comprehensive illuminated-fermentation manufacturing platform and will be capable of producing additional products and organisms that benefit from light. This includes valuable compounds such as chlorophyll and carotenoids, which are produced by photosynthetic microorganisms like chlorella.
Brevel, a climate biotech company, has signed a 50/50 joint-venture agreement with The Wave Group, a major Indian conglomerate. The collaboration will open a full-production biomanufacturing facility in Uttar Pradesh, North India, based on Brevel's illuminated fermentation technology. Construction on the new manufacturing site is set to begin later this year, with full-scale production expected to commence in 18 months. The total investment in the joint venture facility is estimated at USD10-15 million. Brevel has already secured USD30 million in funding and opened its first commercial plant in 2025.
The new facility will initially manufacture Purallis™, a clean-label chlorella, significantly expanding Brevel's production capacity. The plant is designed as a comprehensive illuminated-fermentation manufacturing platform and will be capable of producing additional products and organisms that benefit from light. This includes valuable compounds such as chlorophyll and carotenoids, which are produced by photosynthetic microorganisms like chlorella.
The new facility will initially utilize sugar production side streams from Wave's sugar mills, activating a circular economy model as part of a zero-waste strategy.