Startup Scout 26 Jul 2019
This Biotech Makes Food for Space Missions Using Bacteria
Time to head to Helsinki, Finland, this week! We’re visiting Solar Foods, a biotech using bacteria to produce protein-rich flour…
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Startup Scout 19 Jul 2019
This Biotech Breaks Down ‘Undruggable’ Proteins to Treat Cancer
In the Polish city of Wrocław, Captor Therapeutics is developing cancer treatments that destroy disease-causing proteins. Mission: To develop cancer…
Startup Scout 12 Jul 2019
This Biotech Uses ‘Omics’ to Develop Treatments for Drug-Resistant Cancer
Next time you travel to Barcelona, Spain, check out Aromics, a biotech that is using genomics and proteomics to develop…
Startup Scout 5 Jul 2019
This Biotech Helps the Immune System to Infiltrate and Destroy Tumors
The Nice-based biotech company Yukin Therapeutics is developing drugs that can work together with checkpoint inhibitors to help the immune…
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Startup Scout 28 Jun 2019
This Biotech Makes Dyes from Agricultural Waste Using Microbes
Welcome to Norwich, UK, where Colorifix converts agricultural waste products into dyes using microbes, reducing the water and energy required…
Startup Scout 14 Jun 2019
This Biotech Reduces Drug Side Effects Using Silica Gel Implants
DelSiTech is a Finnish company developing injectable silica gel implants that release drugs slowly over time, causing fewer side effects…
Startup Scout 7 Jun 2019
This Biotech Transplants Cells into the Eye to Personalize Diabetes Treatments
Up north in Stockholm, the Swedish company Biocrine aims to personalize diabetes treatments by screening drugs in pancreatic cells that…
Startup Scout 31 May 2019
This Biotech Treats a Neurological Autoimmune Disorder Using DNA
We’re jumping into Poland this week. Pure Biologics is a biotech based in Wrocław developing DNA molecules that could treat…
Startup Scout 24 May 2019
This Biotech Uses Gene Editing to Count Chickens Before They Hatch
In the city of Jerusalem, eggXYt is developing gene edited chickens whose male chicks fluoresce inside the egg. This could…
Startup Scout 17 May 2019
This Biotech Detects Fraudulent Food by Checking its DNA
Spun out of the University of Milano-Bicocca, the Italian biotech Fem2-Ambiente aids in the fight against food contamination and fraud…
Startup Scout 10 May 2019
This Biotech Destroys Cancer Proteins by Introducing Them to ‘Executioner’ Proteins
Nestled in the biotech hub of Cambridge, UK, is Polyprox. Less than a year old, this company is developing a…
Startup Scout 3 May 2019
This Biotech Makes Self-Healing Concrete Using Bacteria
Imagine walls and buildings that heal themselves just like your skin does. The Dutch biotech Green Basilisk is making this…
Startup Scout 26 Apr 2019
This Biotech Turns Paper Waste into Biogas Using Enzymes
In sunny Turkey, the company Episome Biotech is developing a fermentation technique that digests paper waste and turns it into…
Startup Scout 19 Apr 2019
This Biotech Fertilizes Crops with Little Microbe Capsules
We’re zooming over to France this week. The biotech Kapsera makes capsules of microbes that present a cheaper and more…
Startup Scout 12 Apr 2019
This Biotech Writes Long DNA Molecules From Scratch
Writing long stretches of DNA is difficult and expensive. The Austrian biotech Ribbon Biolabs is combining automation with enzymes to…
Startup Scout 5 Apr 2019
This Biotech Is Making Tissue Bioprinting Child’s Play
3D printing living tissues is complex and technically tricky. Based in Gothenburg, Sweden, Cellink is developing bioprinting technology with a…
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Startup Scout 29 Mar 2019
This Biotech Repurposes Drugs to Fight Huntington’s Disease
Barcelona-based SOM Biotech is developing treatments for incurable diseases such as Huntington’s disease with drugs that are already on the…
Startup Scout 15 Mar 2019
This Biotech Wants You to Age Well
Age is a risk factor in many diseases, such as cancer and heart disease. The UK biotech Samsara Therapeutics thinks…
Startup Scout 1 Mar 2019
This Biotech Uses Bacterial Proteins to Purify Water Faster
Aquaporin is a company named after a protein that transports water molecules across a cell membrane. With these water channels,…
Startup Scout 22 Feb 2019
This Biotech’s Algorithm Accelerates Cell Therapy Development
Mogrify is the new kid on the block for cell therapy. Based in Cambridge, UK, it boasts technology that could…
