Bussiness Ideas

ChloroBites is a climate-smart biotechnology startup building a dual-stream algal bioprocessing platform that converts wastewater nutrients and carbon dioxide into valuable bio-based products. The core concept is to transform wastewater treatment from a cost-driven compliance activity into a revenue-generating circular bioeconomy model. The platform operates through two strictly separated production streams. In the environmental stream, algae cultivated in nutrient-rich wastewater are used exclusively for non-food applications such as biofertilizers, soil conditioners, biomass for bioenergy, and environmental remediation. This enables biological recovery of nitrogen and phosphorus while reducing pollution load and supporting sustainable agriculture. In the food-grade stream, high-value algal protein and nutraceutical ingredients such as lutein are produced under controlled, potable-water conditions compliant with food safety standards. This ensures product purity, safety, and regulatory alignment. By integrating wastewater treatment, carbon capture, and bio-product manufacturing into one decentralized system, ChloroBites creates multiple revenue streams from a single biological platform. The model addresses critical challenges in Uttar Pradesh, including water pollution, rising fertilizer costs, dependence on imported nutraceutical ingredients, and limited decentralized climate solutions while building a scalable foundation for green industrial growth.ChloroBites is a climate-smart biotechnology startup building a dual-stream algal bioprocessing platform that converts wastewater nutrients and carbon dioxide into valuable bio-based products.

Startup Teams

• 1 SHAILENDRA KUMAR SINGH (Founder)
• 2 Md. Akhlaqur Rahman (Founder)

Incubation Details

• Incubator Name
  BioNEST-BHU
• Incubator Host Institution
  Banaras Hindu University
• State
  Uttar Pradesh
• City
  Varanasi