Triple Helix focuses on converting specific waste streams into valuable raw materials and/or products that go back into our economy. With that we are bridging the gap between waste management and the chemical or materials engineering industries. Our solutions are science based and we do not work on challenges that have already been solved. This also means that in principle the entire market space is still addressable, but also that we usually have to work together with an entire ecosystem to solve such challenges. This open innovation approach spreads the risk and accelerates progress while not threatening existing players or disturbing market dynamics, allowing for a smooth transition. Triple Helix furthermore works in a ‘act local, think global’ spirit, meaning we can limit our local footprint and cost base, but we can replicate (fast) internationally.

Triple Helix is best described as an independent venture studio that creates solution companies for specific challenges and hence develops IP, people and assets to provide the required intellectual property and running operations. It means investing but investment tickets are raised from the market. It also means that contract research can initiate a new question, but never with the aim of solely providing consultancy services, rather always with the intent to create a thriving business that solves a specific waste to raw material conversion.

No. Triple Helix is different from waste collection and waste management in the sense that we only treat specific waste streams if we believe we can recycle and upvalue them. We are a downstream partner for waste management and afterwards an upstream partner for the chemical or ‘make’ industry as a supplier of recycled or recovered molecules. If we have no clue how to solve a transformation or how to treat a waste stream in an economically viable way – and this includes both the science and logistics side of things – we will not step in.

Triple Helix was one of the first companies to have its offices in BlueChem, Antwerp’s incubator for sustainable chemistry (Belgium). It was also the first company to get a concession on Port of Antwerp-Bruges’ NextGen District. Nevertheless, because of the replication model of locally proven solutions, Triple Helix has a global view and is set to internationalize with lots of ongoing negotiations and preparation research.

Teaming up with Triple Helix can happen in a number of ways. Investors won’t miss the many buttons to lead them directly to a contact form. Talented professionals that wish to join our team will also find their way on our website and via LinkedIn. If you wish to collaborate on challenges, if you need one of our solutions, if you can reinforce our ecosystems or if you just want to know more about us, do reach out to us via our website, social media or wherever we are contributing in panels, conferences and project consortia.