Evoralis was founded by three postdoctoral researchers - Josephin Holstein, a chemist from Germany; Mariana Rangel Pereira, a biologist from Brazil; and Tomasz Kamiński, a microfluidics specialist from Poland. While working in the research group of Professor Florian Hollfelder at the University of Cambridge, they shared a commitment to addressing the environmental challenge of plastic waste. Drawing on directed evolution - a technique recognised with the Nobel Prize awarded to Frances Arnold in 2018 - they set out to develop enzymes capable of breaking down plastics with greater efficiency and selectivity.

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Through a competition at the University of Cambridge, they connected with Daniel Kaute, who later joined as CEO to lead the transition from academic research to industrial application. With his experience in building technology companies and scaling deep-tech innovation, Evoralis was established to bring advanced enzyme technology into real-world recycling systems.