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KERATIN MONOMER

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Kerra is an IP-focused materials company replacing petrochemicals across the personal care, biomaterials, and specialty chemicals industries.

Kerra is an IP-focused materials company replacing petrochemicals across the personal care, biomaterials, and specialty chemicals industries.

Kerra is an IP-focused materials company replacing petrochemicals across the personal care, biomaterials, and specialty chemicals industries.

We extract keratin from protein-rich feedstocks and engineer these polymers into high-performance materials for consumer markets.

We extract keratin from protein-rich feedstocks and engineer these polymers into high-performance materials for consumer markets.

We extract keratin from protein-rich feedstocks and engineer these polymers into high-performance materials for consumer markets.

Backed by

Backed by

ML MATERIALS DISCOVERY MODEL

Material Discovery Engine

Our computational platform predicts material behavior before the first experiment, while weighing the commercial viability, toxicity,

and scalability of each ingredient.

It screens thousands of combinations against commercial availability, reaction thermodynamics, and polymer network physics.

HYDROGELS

HAIR REPAIR

SUPER-ABSORBENT GELS

MAKEUP

TEXTILES

SUPER-ABSORBENT GELS

FIBERS

CONDITIONERS

NON-WOVENS

FILM FORMERS

COMPOSITES

SURFACTANTS

HAIR REPAIR

CARBOMER REPLACEMENTS

MAKEUP

SERUMS

SUPER-ABSORBENT GELS

ADHESIVES

CONDITIONERS

BINDERS

FILM FORMERS

INDUSTRIAL COATINGS

SURFACTANTS

RESINS

CARBOMER REPLACEMENTS

COSMETICS

SERUMS

SKIN CARE

ADHESIVES

THICKENING AGENTS

BINDERS

WATER REPELLENTS

INDUSTRIAL COATINGS

PACKAGING

RESINS

BIOTECH

Solutions

The protein that now outperforms synthetic chemicals.


Kerra develops tailored ingredients through our discovery engine and team of keratin experts.

WHY KERATIN

Keratin, an abundant building block of life, and a structural protein of remarkable versatility.

Keratin, an abundant building block of life, and a structural protein of remarkable versatility.

Kerra works with a supplier network across three countries to ensure continuity of feedstock.

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SUSTAINABILITY

Clean chemistry, from a source that already exists.

Clean chemistry, from
a source that already exists.

Whole keratin, at industrial scale, for the first time.

Abundant, renewable, and low-cost feedstock for the next generation of ingredients.

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Green Chemistry.

Tunable Results.

Lean Manufacturing.

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