The Next
Green Revolution

ForeLight’s indoor growth platform is transforming microalgae from concept to commodity

Creating a new, sustainable source of agricultural raw materials to address the growing constraints of climate change and disrupted global supply chains.

 

A New Wave of Sustainable Innovation in Microalgae

As the world demands more sustainable sources of agricultural inputs, it is increasingly recognizing microalgae’s untapped potential for biological diversity, rapid growth and significantly lower carbon, water and land use.

Indoor, LED-driven photobioreactors are leading the way:

  • Geographical Flexibility

  • Insulation from Environmental Volatility 

  • Sterile Production Methods

  • Traceability 

  • Supply Chain Security 

  • Product Flexibility


 
 

But Previous Approaches Have Been Cost-Constrained

Although several sectors already feature high-value products from microalgae:

  • Food Ingredients

  • Pharmaceuticals

  • Animal and Pet Feed

  • Cosmetics

Previous technologies — especially indoor approaches — have been historically limited to higher-value products by the increased labor, energy and capital costs of indoor production.


 

ForeLight is Lowering These Cost Barriers

ForeLight’s ambition is to be the industry efficiency leader in the design and operation of artificial light-driven photobioreactor systems.  Its multidisciplinary approach combines biochemistry with advanced concepts in mechanical, electrical, and chemical engineering, to create a proprietary whole growth platform, which efficiently drives the precise and varied metabolic needs of microalgae.




 
 


Key Innovations

Energy: Fluid Dynamics, Light Geometry and Control

Labor:  Automation, Machine Learning

Capital: Advanced Materials and Manufacturing, Modular Design

 
 
 

Increased Supply Chain Security

Modular design and production efficiencies drive scale economics at smaller scale, creating the flexibility to co-locate supply with demand, increase supply chain reliability and redundancy, and potentially reduce the costs and carbon impacts of transportation.

 
 

Expanding the Universe of Algal-based Products

Lowering production costs increases the range of products that can be made using ForeLight’s platform.