These 10 startups join our spring ’25 basecamp

We are pleased to announce the 10 founding teams selected to join biotope’s 7th cohort.

This diverse group of entrepreneurs is tackling key challenges in agriculture, biomanufacturing, food, and biomaterials — bringing science-driven solutions to life.

Spanning multiple continents, they represent the global reach and collaborative spirit that biotope is proud to support.

Meet the Cohort 7 Startups:

• B-COS (Belgium) – Plant elicitors for disease control with reduced pesticide use.

• BugBiome (UK) – Insecticides from untapped microbes via phenotypic screening.

• Carapace Biopolymers (Netherlands) – Biostimulant-infused, biodegradable seed coatings.

• Fluvion (Germany) – Cell-based production systems using epithelial cells.

• Hayden Biotech (Netherlands) – Scalable, affordable bioreactors for biomanufacturing.

• Narval (USA) – Synthetic antibody-like proteins for agricultural pest and disease management.

• POLYMERA (Uruguay) – Biodegradable superabsorbents from Antarctic bacterial polymers.

• Seedling Biosystems (USA) – Engineered soybeans producing sustainable cosmetic and nutritional ingredients.

• The Good Pulse Company (UK) – Fungi-powered fermentation for pulse-based cheese alternatives.

• Typcal (Brazil) – Mycelium-based ingredients from circular economy streams.