Singapore, February 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — CrossLinkerA deep-tech advanced materials startup focused on energy efficiency is designing and developing the world’s most resistant aerogel, a low-cost, environmentally friendly and scalable nanomaterial.
Effective and durable solutions for the most important insulation applications
Crosslinker’s first airgel product, Cryar® Airgel Board, targets the cold chain industry where a positive market growth trend is expected. But this industry faces a 35 billion dollars Loss of income each year due to heat trips. According to the 2020 report, packaging costs account for 30% of the total cost of pharmaceutical cold chain companies. KrossLinker’s Cryar® provides an effective solution to address this billion dollar loss.
Cryar® is the first of its kind water-based, eco-friendly C-Aerogel composite board with an energy efficient process. The nano-porous structure of silica airgel gives Cryar® best-in-class and reliable thermal insulation performance, making it a safe, compact and durable solution for transporting valuable pharmaceutical products including drugs, vaccines, clinical trial samples. and others.
KrossLinker has partnered with a number of specialty packaging, logistics companies and hospitals to increase and accelerate the adoption of Cryar® airgel dispensers. It has been building strategic partnerships with market leaders to co-produce AirGel products to address similar challenges in vertical markets such as e-mobility and energy infrastructure.
The role of ADB Ventures
ADB Ventures has been one of Crosslinker’s key investors and partners since 2022. Kiong KaoA senior investment specialist at ADB Ventures spoke about Crosslinker’s potential: “Crosslinker’s patented airgel platform technology (ASPIRE®) overcomes the long-term research and development, high capital expenditure and high energy use of traditional airgel manufacturing processes. It provides excellent insulation materials for mainstream markets. A highly disruptive impact to make it affordable and open up huge market opportunities.
What makes KrossLinker special?
Several things make KrossLinker stand out from the crowd. For Cryar® best-in-class insulation performance, long-term property stability, non-toxic, water-based, lightweight and recyclable, KrossLinker is known for:
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Durable in the main
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Solution in energy saving products
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Support for a green supply chain
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Suitable for logistics cost reduction
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Innovation in product safety
CrossLinker’s Gayatri NatarajanOne of the company’s founders, Ph.D., said, “After several years of research, the technology we developed to produce our silica airgel solves the challenges and major issues with traditional airgel. Technology, our airgel covers half the production and capital costs of traditional airgel without sacrificing performance, and we have demonstrated this in our current test line.
A team of talented scientists, Dr. Elmira SoghartiPh.D. Gayatri Natarajan, Ph.D., and Mahesh Sachithanadam, Ph.D., founded CrossLinker in 2019. Now, a list of high-profile investors including Seed Capital, ADB Ventures, She1k, Enterprise Singapore, Third Derivatives, 500 Global and Entrepreneur is backing KrossLinker first.
KrossLinker is open for Series A funding and is seeking strategic investors to expand commercial airgel production and R&D to build the best solutions for insulation applications for the cold chain industry. For more information, visit www.krosslinker.com.
About KrossLinker
KrossLinker’s SingaporeAirgel Solutions startup, a deep technology that develops energy-efficient thermal insulation nanometers, ‘Aerogel’. KrossLinker technology has solved many of the challenges that have prevented traditional airgels from widespread adoption, such as high cost and limited product expansion. With its proprietary low-cost manufacturing platform, the company aims to make the world’s best insulation materials accessible and accessible to key insulation markets, bringing to life innovative airgel solutions for a better world.
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