Nedim Hasanbegovic is a chemical engineer and CTO of Hyfé Foods, where he leads the development and scale-up of a biorefining technology that converts agri-food processing byproducts into valuable ingredients and biomanufacturing feedstocks.He started his career at BP working on biofuels process development, gaining first-hand experience in the challenges of converting renewable carbon into scalable industrial products. He later helped two startups advance technologies toward demonstration and commercial scale.At Hyfé, Nedim is applying that experience to a refinery-style model for food processing residues. Hyfé’s platform valorizes diverse byproducts by fractionating them into complementary product streams, including bioactives, pectins, sugars, fibers, and other co-products. This co-production approach is designed to improve feedstock economics, reduce waste, and create more resilient supply chains for the next generation of biomanufacturing.