Overview
Capturing Carbon, Building Healthy Homes, Elevating Women
X-Hemp is at the forefront of Australian eco-friendly hemp-based building material production. We grow, harvest and process cannabis to build beautiful homes with hempcrete, and hold MOUs with US partners to explore producing HempWood and HempWool.
Female founded and operated, we're the only hemp fibre processing mill in Tassie; one of five in Australia, and hold a strong first-mover advantage. We raised half of our seed capital requirement in 2023 and are now back on Birchal to close it out.
We are perfectly positioned to take advantage of the surging demand for carbon-neutral building materials and other industrial products, with contracts in hand.
Product / Service Details
Hemp biocomposite building and industrial materials
We grow and harvest varieties of cannabis with no drug value, processing stalks to supply the hempcrete market.
X-Hemp sells material that forms highly insulative solid walls in homes. In just three years, we tripled the number of homes built using hempcrete in Tassie, and are ready to expand with a range of retail products.
This fast-growing crop sequesters carbon during its growth cycle, and by embodying that carbon into the walls of buildings, we provide natural materials to construct fire-and-flood resilient homes, tackling climate change from both sides of the construction supply chain.
Business Model
Summary
X-Hemp grows crop and works with licensed hemp farmers to convert the grain stubble left from the seed-for-food harvest into building materials. We have built over 35 new fire-and-flood resistant homes using hempcrete and are ready to scale.
Description
Our hybrid business model sells direct retail and B2B.
We have already partnered with many private homeowners and a leading commercial construction firm to create what will be Australia’s largest hempcrete building.
There is strong demand for new products including hemp flooring, insulation and weed matting. We have a warehouse full of raw materials ready to convert into these items.
Your investment will allow us to quickly produce these finished goods, rapidly diversify our range, educate more consumers and multiply demand.
Mission & Objectives
Mission
Our vision is to be a commercial enterprise that disrupts the traditional building products industry, delivering innovative plant-based alternatives. We are ready to invest in our people, equipment, product development, and new market activation.
Business Objectives
Our mission is to provide climate friendly building materials.
Cement alone generates 2.5 billion tonnes of CO2 per year. Hemp sequesters over 15 tonnes of carbon per ha, requires less water/chemicals than most crops, and hempcrete walls absorb CO2.
The demand is clear for eco-friendly products. With your investment, the next 24 months will see X-Hemp:
- purchase machinery to convert stored material to sellable product
- complete the fulfilment of the current commerical contract for the UTAS Forestry Building and supply two new major public buildings
