Latest additions
Meet the founding teams selected in 2024 to join the biotope investment and support program.
Landman.Bio
Landman.Bio develops natural and sustainable bacteriophage-based solutions to combat bacterial crop diseases in crops by replacing chemical treatments and antibiotics.
AgroGrIN Tech
AgroGrIN Tech transforms fruit and vegetable by-products into high-value, clean-label ingredients for the food, nutraceutical, and cosmetics industries.
Elaniti
Elaniti’s mission is to reverse the trend of increasing food insecurity & deteriorating soil health, by providing actionable insights into the soil microbiome for farmers, agronomists & agribusinesses.
Corium Biotech
Corium Biotech is redefining the future of sustainable fashion, creating cruelty-free, cell-based exotic leather that is both luxurious and eco-friendly.
I-challenge
Food is too good to be wasted. That is why Shelfion provides fast and reliable testing services for food and ingredients.
Lantana Bio
Lantana Bio produces plant compounds by fermentation in baker’s yeast. Their current focus is production of anthocyanins: the natural compounds giving flowers, fruits and berries their red, purple, and blue colors.
Seed funding closed!
These biotope-backed startups have already closed their seed round.
PFx biotech raises €2.5 M to reinvent milk with precision fermentation
Our portfolio company PFx Biotech has successfully closed a €2.5 million seed funding round to advance its precision fermentation platform for producing bioidentical human milk proteins.
N-Fix becomes Zymofix and secures €2 million in funding
Biotope-backed startup Zymofix, formerly N-Fix, secured €2 million in funding, led by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) with support from The Nest Family Office and VP Capital. This funding marks an exciting new phase in Zymofix’s mission to harness the power of microorganisms, using waste biomass to provide sustainable solutions for agriculture and industry.
B’ZEOS celebrates seed round milestone
With the successful close of its seed funding round, B’ZEOS is accelerating its mission to scale its innovative and sustainable seaweed-based packaging solutions.
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We strongly believe that biotechnology holds the key to solving major planetary health challenges and that investing in dedicated founders who share the same vision is critical. Our emphasis on de-risking the biotechnology helps to give the next investors peace of mind in backing a sector known for significant initial capital needs and long return times.
AgroGrIN Tech
AgroGrIN Tech transforms fruit and vegetable by-products into high-value, clean-label ingredients for the food, nutraceutical, and cosmetics industries.
AmphiStar
AmphiStar offers an innovative portfolio of locally sourced biosurfactants to companies seeking to develop genuinely sustainable, performant & affordable products.
B’ZEOS
Join the seaweed revolution with B'ZEOS: Our specialized knowledge in seaweed-based packaging solutions empowers businesses to make eco-conscious choices without sacrificing performance or quality.
Bolder Foods
We provide the missing piece of the cheese alternatives formulation puzzle.
CDotBio
CDotBio offers RNAi-agrochemical manufacturers a platform technology that enhances nucleic acid delivery into plants, outperforming traditional adjuvants by shielding against nucleases and chemical degradation while boosting cellular uptake.
Corium Biotech
Corium Biotech is redefining the future of sustainable fashion, creating cruelty-free, cell-based exotic leather that is both luxurious and eco-friendly.
Elaniti
Elaniti’s mission is to reverse the trend of increasing food insecurity & deteriorating soil health, by providing actionable insights into the soil microbiome for farmers, agronomists & agribusinesses.
Elogium
Elogium is developing probiotic animal feed additives to improve food safety, farming sustainability and profitability.
FlyBlast
We are developing new technologies to better leverage the power of insect bioconversion and cultivated meat. Our technology platform can make insect bioconversion far more profitable and enable cultivated meat to become a mainstream alternative to slaughter-meat.
I-challenge
Food is too good to be wasted. That is why Shelfion provides fast and reliable testing services for food and ingredients.
Landman.Bio
Landman.Bio develops natural and sustainable bacteriophage-based solutions to combat bacterial crop diseases in crops by replacing chemical treatments and antibiotics.
Lantana Bio
Lantana Bio produces plant compounds by fermentation in baker’s yeast. Their current focus is production of anthocyanins: the natural compounds giving flowers, fruits and berries their red, purple, and blue colors.
Pestevene
Pestevene is driving innovation with a protein-based biopesticide that operates via a novel mechanism, to reduce dependency on synthetic pesticides and foster sustainable pest resistance management in agriculture.
PFx Biotech
PFx Biotech's proprietary manufacturing platform produces proteins that are structurally and functionally identical to the proteins found in breast milk.
Probitat
Probitat aims to develop fermented ingredients using their proprietary bacteria and sell or license them to the food industry in order to offer food solutions that are healthier, tastier and more sustainable to the consumer.
Zymofix
Zymofix (formerly N-Fix) is enabling regenerative agriculture, by converting residual biomass into microbial biofertilizers and biocontrols.
Capital leverage
We have invested in 16 European startups over 3 years across food, agriculture and materials. Collectively, these portfolio startups have attracted €30 million in follow-on financing, of which almost half in grants, achieving a capital leverage of more than 10x.
Diversity
In addition to providing funding and a thriving ecosystem, we also champions diversity. Our founder-first model and commitment to inclusion have delivered impactful results:
- 75% of the startups have mixed-gender founding teams, in contrast to an industry where 80% are male-only
- 58% of startup employees are women
- 48 high-quality FTE jobs have been created so far, with more in the pipeline