Florent Héroguel
FounderFounder at Bloom Biorenewables
Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
FoundedBloom Biorenewables
About
Florent Héroguel is co-founder and co-CEO of Bloom Biorenewables, a company developing technologies to replace fossil-derived ingredients with renewable alternatives sourced from nature. His work spans science, industrial scale-up, partnerships and business strategy, including efforts to develop industrial projects, commercial partnerships and investment opportunities across the chemicals, materials, consumer goods and energy sectors.
Founder at Bloom Biorenewables
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Experience
- Bloom Biorenewablesco-founder and co-CEOcurrent2023 — present
- Bloom Biorenewablesco-founder & Chief Operating Officer2017 — 2023Lausanne Area, Switzerland
- EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)Postdoctoral Research Associate2014 — 2020Lausanne Area, Switzerland
- ETH ZurichDoctorate in Chemistry2010 — 2014Zürich Area, Switzerland
- CPE LyonMaster student2010Lyon Area, France
- MITSemester project2009Cambridge, USA
- IRCE LyonSemester student2008Villeurbanne Area, France
Skills & more
Catalysis19Organic Chemistry9Chemical Process Engineering3Chemistry19Project Management2NMR7Spectroscopy7Characterization7Nanomaterials5Nanotechnology2Organic Synthesis2Materials Science2
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Scanning Electron MicroscopyChemical EngineeringHigh-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)Gas ChromatographyMaterialsGood Laboratory Practice (GLP)NanoparticlesInorganic ChemistrySurface ChemistryOrganometallic ChemistryBiomass ConversionHeterogeneous CatalysisLanguages English · French · German
- Innosuisse Business Creation Advanced Engineering — Venturelab
- Innosuisse Business Growth Advanced Engineering — Venturelab
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Florent Héroguel?
- Florent Héroguel is co-founder and co-CEO of Bloom Biorenewables, a company developing technologies to replace fossil-derived ingredients with renewable alternatives sourced from nature. His work spans science, industrial scale-up, partnerships and business strategy, including efforts to develop industrial projects, commercial partnerships and investment opportunities across the chemicals, materials, consumer goods and energy sectors.
- Where does Florent Héroguel work?
- Florent Héroguel is Founder of Bloom Biorenewables.
- What companies did Florent Héroguel found?
- Florent Héroguel founded Bloom Biorenewables.
- Where did Florent Héroguel go to school?
- Florent Héroguel studied at IMD (IMD Startup competition winner, Entrepreneurship); ETH Zürich (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Chemistry); École normale supérieure de Lyon (Master, Chemistry).
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