Built at the intersection of biotech and industrial recycling.
Akin is developing a new molecular biorefinery approach for rubber. By combining expertise in molecular imaging, biotechnology, business, and engineering, we help the industry better understand rubber materials today and build toward higher-value recycled outputs tomorrow.
Our core team
Ieva Palubeckaite
PhD
CEO
Over a decade of analytical and enzyme expertise.
​
Halithan Cetin
COO
Ex-business consultant and researcher from ASML, MIT and Harvard Med.​
Eric Rutten
PhD
Senior Scientist
Microbiology PhD Oxford.
Caspar Quakkelaar
​MSc
Bioprocess Engineer
Scaled bioreactors from benchtop to industrial at Meatable.
Scientific Partners
Prof. Dr. Anke Blume
Expert Elastomer Tech - University of Twente
Dr. Javier Araujo Morera
Expert Elastomer Tech - University of Twente
Advisory Team
Prof. Carsten Hopf
Expert Molecular Imaging
Rob Steenbrink
Entrepreneur and coach
Florian Barré PhD
Imaging Sales Specialist
Peter Rowe PhD
Serial Founder in Biotech​
A new approach to rubber recovery.
The tools to recover real value from rubber waste now exist. Akin is bringing them together: molecular precision imaging, enzymatic recovery, and deep rubber science, into a platform built for industrial scale.
If you're a recycler, tire manufacturer, or investor looking to get ahead of where rubber circularity is going, we'd like to talk.