A FINNISH BIOTECH · CHLOROGENIC ACID FROM POTATO PEEL
Potato peel, turned into valuable ingredients.
We turn Finnish potato peel into chlorogenic acid and other natural ingredients. Everything is local and traceable, and we sell to food and cosmetic buyers.
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Stage 01 · The tuber

Every year, Finnish processors discard tens of thousands of tonnes of potato peel.

Stage 02 · The peel

The thin outer layer holds the most valuable compounds in the whole potato.

Stage 03 · The surface

Closer in: chlorogenic acid, bound just beneath the skin.

Stage 04 · The molecule

Norvalen recovers it on site, cleanly.

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The opportunity

A waste nobody wants. An ingredient everyone imports.

The waste
~80,000 tonnes
of wasted potato peel in Finland every year
Today routed to low-value uses like feed or biogas.
Norvalencloses
the gap
The demand
<0.01%
of the chlorogenic acid on the market is Nordic-origin
Buyers want a traceable, local source.
The solution

We earn twice from peel everyone discards.

01

Take the peel

Collected straight from the processor for a fee below their disposal cost.

Paid to take it in
02

Recover the CGA

Recovered with clean extraction, designed to scale to a co-located unit at the processor.

Two products, one peel
03

Sell it on

Delivered to food & cosmetic buyers in Finland and the EU, traceable.

A premium ingredient
Two revenue streams from a single waste stream.
The market

Finland first, then Europe.

One product: chlorogenic acid. Prove it at home, then scale out.

Finland
€2–4M
The home market
Norvalen revenue at maturity
Europe
€110M
EU demand for CGA
almost none EU-origin today
Worldwide
$528M
Global CGA market
growing ~6–7% a year
The business

Two revenue lines, one waste stream.

One waste stream
Potato peel

One load of peel, and Norvalen makes money on it twice.

Line 1 · Paid to take it in
A fee per tonne of peel
Set below the processor's current disposal cost.
~€45
per tonne
Line 2 · Paid for the CGA out
A price per kilo of CGA
The branded standardized-extract tier sells at a premium over imports.
€150–250
per kg
The team

Three founders. We want the same thing.

Marine Jegard

Marine Jegard

Co-founder · CEO

MBA. Heads operations and commercial. Lines up processors and peel supply, then takes the product to market.

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Sandro Valenzuela

Sandro Valenzuela

Co-founder · COO

PhD in computational biology. Leads the science and Norvalen's research partnerships with processors.

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Peter Mponzi

Peter Mponzi

Co-founder · CTO

Senior chemical engineer. Handles extraction and product quality, then takes batches through food-safety compliance to food grade.

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Where we are now

A 6-month validation phase.

Currently raising
€100k
Validation funding · 6 months
Objective

Prove we can turn potato peel into chlorogenic acid, and that buyers will pay for it.

Lab & extractionTrials, analytics, validation.
Supply & processProcessor sourcing, optimization.
Market validationCustomer discovery, runway.
By month 6Outcomes
Yield & purity benchmarks
Validated processor partnership
Pilot-phase readiness
Want to make something valuable out of Finnish potato peel? Talk to us.
Email
mjegard@norvalen.co
Based in
Finland