Startup Scout 13 Sep 2019 This Biotech Makes Meat Substitutes from Crops Using Fungi We’re traveling to Glasgow, UK, this week. The biotech 3F BIO is using fungi to convert plant sugars into proteins in a process that uses less than half of the water and feed that farming animal meat requires. Mission: To turn plant sugars into proteins using fungi, which could help to feed the growing world’s […] September 13, 2019 - 4 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 22 Aug 2019 French Biotech Withdraws US Application for its Living Biocide The US Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has stated it cannot grant registration to a biocide developed by Lyon-based company Amoéba for water treatment in cooling towers. Amoéba’s shares on Euronext Paris went down by 30% on Tuesday following the announcement. The biocide treatment consists of a live strain of amoeba called Willaertia magna C2c Maky. This […] August 22, 2019 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Startup Scout 9 Aug 2019 This Biotech Cleans up Drugs from Sewage Using Enzymes We’re visiting Uppsala, Sweden, this week. This city is home to Pharem Biotech, a company developing enzymes to break down drug residues contaminating wastewater. Mission: To remove drug residue from sewage water by developing enzymes that are modified to be 200 times more effective than natural enzymes. This technology could reduce the ecological and health […] August 9, 2019 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 30 Jul 2019 Belgian Biotech Raises €35M to Develop Eco-Friendly Pesticides The Belgium-based company AgroSavfe has raised a Series C round of €35M to develop an environmentally friendly crop pesticide inspired by llama antibodies. AgroSavfe will use the funds to develop and manufacture its lead protein fungicide on a commercial scale. The company aims to get approval from the US Environmental Protection Agency and launch the […] July 30, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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 out of carbon dioxide and water. Mission: To develop a protein-rich powder that can be made with little more than bacteria, electricity and water. This production method could be more efficient and sustainable than traditional […] July 26, 2019 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 15 Jul 2019 Dutch-US Scientists Use Bacteria to Produce Graphene for Electronics An international group of researchers has made graphene more affordably and with a lower environmental impact than current chemical methods by using bacteria. Graphene is a very strong and conductive material that could revolutionize electronics and engineering. However, producing graphene in large quantities requires lots of energy and involves toxic chemicals, such as hydrazine, which […] July 15, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 11 Jul 2019 Bayer Launches Israeli Company to Develop Viruses Against Crop Disease Bayer is backing the launch of the Israeli biotech Ecophage, which will develop environmentally friendly crop disease treatments based on bacteria-hunting viruses called bacteriophages. Bacteria can cause a range of diseases in crops, including blight and root rot. These infections are often hard to control because they happen faster than fungal infections. The treatments used […] July 11, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 11 Jul 2019 French Company Raises €29M to Sell Supplements and Cosmetics from Microalgae The French biotech Microphyt has raised €28.5M ($32M) to commercialize nutritional and cosmetic products harvested from microalgae. Over the next 18 months, Microphyt will use the money to ramp up its workforce and industrial capacity in preparation for pushing its microalgal food ingredients and cosmetics to market. The company is developing technology to overcome a […] July 11, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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 to produce the dyes. Mission: To make textile dyes more sustainable by replacing chemical methods with microbial fermentation. Dyes are an essential part of the textile and fashion industries. The majority of dyes today are […] June 28, 2019 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 26 Jun 2019 Carbios Raises €14.5M to Build Plant to Make 100% Recycled Plastic The French bioplastics biotech Carbios has raised €14.5M through a placing of shares in order to fund the construction of a demonstration plant that will use enzymes to make 100% recycled plastics. Around 75% of the proceeds will fund the demonstration plant, which is due to be fully operational by the end of next year. […] June 26, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 20 Jun 2019 Spider Silk Could Improve Organoids for Drug Development The Stockholm-based organoids company BioLamina has teamed up with the recombinant spider silk Stockholm startup Spiber Technologies to develop organoids that are more accurate tissue models than those used currently. Organoids are gaining popularity as a drug testing tool due to their capacity for modeling human tissue in 3D, which is more representative than 2D […] June 20, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 13 Jun 2019 French Startup to Produce Sustainable Textile Dyes Using Microbes Paris-based PILI has raised €3.6M that will take its technology to produce dyes through microbial fermentation to an industrial scale. Founded in 2015, PILI seeks to disrupt the unsustainable production of dyes. Just in the textile industry, dyes are a €8B market. However, the production of these chemicals relies on petrochemical processes that require toxic […] June 13, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email