Basecamp participants

Cohort 7 - spring ‘24

B-COS	BE	Plant elicitors for disease control with reduced pesticide use	 
BugBiome	UK	Insecticides from untapped microbes via phenotypic screening	 
Carapace Biopolymers	NL	Biostimulant-infused, biodegradable seed coatings	 
Fluvion	DE	Cell-based production systems using epithelial cell	 
Hayden Biotech	NL	Scalable, affordable bioreactors for biomanufacturing	 
Narval	US	Synthetic antibody-like proteins for agricultural pest and disease management	 
POLYMERA	UY	Biodegradable superabsorbents from Antarctic bacterial polymers	 
Seedling Biosystems	US	Engineered soybeans producing sustainable cosmetic and nutritional ingredients	 
The Good Pulse Company	UK	Fungi-powered fermentation for pulse-based cheese alternatives	 
Typcal	BR	Mycelium-based ingredients from circular economy streams	 

Cohort 6 - autumn ‘24

AgroGrinTech	PT	Upcycling of fruit and vegetable waste recovering target enzymes and vitamins, gluten-free flours, natural additives	 
Elaniti	UK	Agricultural decision-making platform, predicting valuable agronomic outcomes from the soil microbiome	 
FEESH	DK	Developing Black Soldier Fly Larvae based fish feed for the aquaculture industry	
Koppie	BE	Saving the coffee ritual through a natural, sustainably sourced bean coffee alternative through cutting-edge science
KorallionBio	BE	Develop thermosensitive pigments from microalgae (phycobiliproteins, carotenoids, etc.) that can be used as food colorants	 
Landman Bio	BE	Sustainable bacteriophage-based solutions to combat bacterial crop diseases
Maicelium Biomaterials	IL	Turning waste into biodegradable, high-performance biopolymers through advanced fungal fermentation	 
Mewery	CZ	Developing a platform for cell-cultivated meat products using a proprietary method of co-culturing animal and microalgae cells	 
Omaiko	IL	Farming microalgae out of the water in the form of biofilms on a novel vertical biofilm farming platform	 
Pathfinder Bio	UK	Sustainable chemical manufacturing powered by innovative enzyme technology	 
Primogene	DE	Developing biotechnology platforms for human-identical ingredients	 

Cohort 5 - spring '24

Another Food	SG	Unleashing the power of plant cells to brew sustainable coffee	 
B3ET	BE	Transforming uprooted apple wood into bio-based products for the food, agriculture, and cosmetics industrie	 
BioArmix	IL	Developing a new biocontrol agent against bacteria-driven diseases	 
Corium Biotech	PT	Creating exotic leather in the lab	 
I-Challenge	BE	Preventing food waste by easy shelf-life prediction	 
Kiana Agriculture	NL	Developing climate-smart biological inputs for sustainable agriculture and soil regeneration	
Lantana Bio	FR	Natural colorants through precision fermentation	 
MadeSweetly	UK	Harnessing microbes to access the sweetness of nature
OXYCO	ES	Producing affordable vegan melanin for food, cosmetics and nanotech	 
Plantilizer	DE	Producing tailor-made biofertilizers by combining microorganisms and biochar	
Vienna Textile Lab	AT	Revolutionizing textile dyes and pigments through microbiology and green chemistry	 

Cohort 4 - autumn '23

FlyBlast	BE	Genetically engineering black soldier flies to produce recombinant proteins and growth factors for use in growth medium for cultivated meat	
Alt Atlas	GB	Developing novel stem cell lines and trustworthy AI solutions to transform the economics and enable the mass production of cultivated meats	
AuraLIP	FR	Low Impact Protein 🌎🍀 - Crafting fermented ingredients from hemp seeds with customised texture and taste for the food industry	
Biofect Innovations	CA	Unveiling a protein-based sweetener, 2000x sweeter than sugar, using our proprietary microbial fermentation platform	
Better Pulse	IL	Enhancing food security with black-eyed pea-derived plant-based protein	
BFT Slovakia	SK	Developing a new method for sugar beet processing on to new alternative sweeteners and ingredients for sugar reduction in food with health benefits	
ExSeed Ltd	BG	Creating a novel technology for the extraction of protein from sunflower oil production residues	
MINAGRO	BE	Maximize Your Impact - Developing biobased agrochemical ingredients for a greener future	
Moreshrooms AS	NO	Using mycoprotein from fungi with seaweed as a renewable carbon source	
PFx Biotech, Lda	PT	Crafting human milk protein ingredients through precision fermentation	
PolyPea	BE	Developing biobased and biodegradable water-soluble film from agrifood by-products such as pea starch	
PUXANO	BE	Creating protein-based crop protection agents using structure-based protein engineering	

Cohort 3 - spring ‘23

Alt Biotech	FR	Producing animal-free and affordable growth factors to solve a major bottleneck in the development of cell culture	
Planet	IT	Mycelium-based water-saving planting device to scale up dryland biosaline reforestation
Humati.co	PL	An extraction technology for biomass upcycling and conversion of agricultural waste into organic fertilizer	
Pestevene	LV	Lipid-targeting biopesticides with resistance stability delivered by plants	
CdotBio	UK	Flexible methods for crop transformation using gene-loaded carbon nanodots for resilient and sustainable agriculture	
Umami United	BE	Developing a range of plant-based products & solutions by fermentation and clean label flavour pairing
GOVA	FI	Natural sweetener to disrupt the sugar-free industry and counter the obesity epidemic	
Bluana	RO	Providing high-quality, sustainable, and cost-effective plant-based seafood products	
STEM	FR	Cell-based coffee cultivation, roasting, brewing across multiple product formats	

Cohort 2 - autumn ‘22

AmphiStar	BE	Making biosurfactants mainstream	 
Sibö BV	NL	Bridging the gap between insects and food	
Elogium	LV	Probiotic solutions for broiler producers	
PlantiBodies	FR	Seeding the future of next-generation plant-based immunotherapies	
B’ZEOS	NO	Sustainable Seaweed-Based Packaging	
Prozymi Biolabs	UK	Creating delicious gluten-free bread from wheat	
Probitat	FI	A food startup based on plant-based fermentation	
Vsycle	BE	Developing novel protein biomaterials	
Peelon	US	Biodegradable packaging solutions that triple the shelf-life of fresh produce	
Neofarm	SN	Harnesses the power of insects to produce high-quality feeds and crops	

Cohort 1 - spring ‘22

N-Fix	BE	Addresses the major sustainability challenges of livestock farming, by converting manure into value-added products: hydrochar and liquid fertiliser	
Bolder Foods	BE	Creating an innovative non-dairy cheese using biomass fermentation of natural (non-GM) microbes as a main ingredient	
Tolveg	BR	Aims to increase agriculture production through an organic, cheap,	
Norbite	SE	Upcycles plastic waste into healthy food solutions by means of an insect-based biorefinery	
Plantik Biosciences	FR	Building next-generation plant breeding technologies based on genome-editing to create better plants much faster, starting with hemp	
STH Biotech	FR	Using plant biotechnology and metabolic engineering to unlock the access to	
Calidris Bio	BE	Fermentative production of bacterial biomass rich in protein as an ingredient for feed short term and food mid-long term	
Esencia Foods	DE	Build vegan, alternative seafood for end consumers, leveraging mushroom mycelium solid state fermentation	
PLANeT Biotech	ES	Produce therapeutic compounds for crops to tolerate climate stress by acting on specific plant cells	