We were off to a flying start in 2024

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biotope recap: Summer edition 🌞

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Investor news

Biotope Ventures secures first close of second fund to back impact biotech founders

Biotope Ventures secures first close of second fund to back impact biotech founders cover

Startup news

PFx biotech raises €2.5 M to reinvent milk with precision fermentation

PFx biotech raises €2.5 M to reinvent milk with precision fermentation cover

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Ilana Taub joins biotope as stakeholder manager

Podcast

Annick Verween on the VCo2 podcast

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These 10 startups join our spring ’25 basecamp

Startup news

Waste not, extract a lot: AgroGrIN Tech sees the value in what we throw away

Startup news

“We want to maximize value for farmers—environmentally, economically, and socially”

Updates

We’re looking for a stakeholder manager to join our team

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Press

“VC funding for biotech is rising, but so is risk aversion”

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2024 wrapped

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The 6th edition of biotope’s basecamp is underway

The 6th edition of biotope's basecamp is underway cover

Events

Networking with cohort six

Networking with cohort six cover

Startup news

B’ZEOS celebrates seed round milestone

B’ZEOS celebrates seed round milestone cover

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These 12 startups join our fall ’24 cohort

Basecamp participants

Startup news

N-Fix becomes Zymofix and secures €2 million in funding

N-Fix becomes Zymofix and secures €2 million in funding cover

Startup news

Skin cancer models reinvented to create cruelty-free lab-grown exotic leather

Skin cancer models reinvented to create cruelty-free lab-grown exotic leather cover

Startup news

Tackling food waste at its source

Tackling food waste at its source cover

Events

The secret to the success of our Agrifood Biotech Pitch Event

The secret to the success of our Agrifood Biotech Pitch Event cover

Press

“To be successful, it’s not just the vision that counts”

“To be successful, it’s not just the vision that counts” cover

Startup news

Found: the missing piece to create natural red colors

Investor news

Biotope Ventures gears up for new fund to propel innovation in agrifood and sustainable materials

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Updates

biotope welcomes three new startups to its portfolio

Podcast

What you need to know about corporate partnerships

Events

Catch the biotope team at these upcoming events

Podcast

The value of good mentors

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Ready, set, go! The fifth edition of biotope’s basecamp is in full swing

Podcast

Talking fundraising with Sophie Roelants and Ruben Schoenmaekers

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Meet our Spring ‘24 cohort

Events

Catching up with the biotope community at cropIB

Updates

“The approach of biotope is more holistic than the average incubator”

Startup news

His son’s allergy turned this father into a founder

Startup news

FlyBlast: on a mission to solve meat

Updates

What a year! Explore biotope’s 2023 recap

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Events

“It’s like Tomorrowland for startups!” biotope is at Slush 2023

“It’s like Tomorrowland for startups!

Updates

That’s a wrap on our 2023 autumn basecamp

That's a wrap on our 2023 autumn basecamp

Startup news

CDotBio is on a mission to protect crops using safer agtech

Startup news

Pestevene turns mushroom proteins into long-lasting biopesticides

Mentor news

“As an agro innovation hub, Flanders is one of the top five clusters in the world”

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Press

The city of Ghent shares our goals

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Our spring 2023 cohort is ready for basecamp!

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Startup news

Biosurfactants from food waste? Meet AmphiStar

Mentor news

How agrifood startups can help us tackle climate change

Startup news

Probitat interview

Carme and Atte - Probitat interview - Biotope Incubator

Startup news

B’ZEOS: sustainable packaging made of seaweed

B’ZEOS: sustainable packaging made of seaweed

Startup news

Elogium: Poultry probiotics for safer food

Elogium: Poultry probiotics for safer food

Updates

Startup biotope incubator program – spring

Startup biotope incubator program

Press

Launch of Biotope ventures fund

Launch of Biotope ventures fund

Updates

Basecamp participants – autumn 2022

Basecamp participants

Startup news

Resilient microbials manufactured from biomass residues

Startup news

Bolder Foods: non-dairy cheese for a better world

Bolder Foods - Stacey Skaalure and Ilana Taub - Bolder Foods: non-dairy cheese for a better world

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BioVox article

BioVox article

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Startup biotope incubator program – summer

Startup biotope incubator program - summer

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