Brevel is a company that specializes in innovative cultivation technology for microalgae, aimed at producing sustainable and high-quality products for various emerging markets. Utilizing advanced indoor systems that are sterile and fully automated, Brevel's method employs high-intensity internal illumination, resulting in significant cost reductions of over 90% and yield increases of up to 200 times compared to traditional methods. This breakthrough technology positions Brevel to capitalize on the growing demand for microalgae-derived products in sectors such as food, materials, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and energy, providing an alternative protein source suitable for mass production.
MOA make healthy food for a sustainable world that solves growing global food demands. They are establishing a new industry of sustainable food that solves growing global food demands without the need for arable land. They are focused on designing high-value, natural and nutritious food.
MOA make healthy food for a sustainable world that solves growing global food demands. They are establishing a new industry of sustainable food that solves growing global food demands without the need for arable land. They are focused on designing high-value, natural and nutritious food.
Onego Bio
Venture Round in 2024
Onego Bio is a biotechnology company focused on producing animal-free egg white protein through precision fermentation. Their flagship product, Bioalbumen, offers a sustainable alternative to traditional egg proteins, boasting identical taste and nutritional profiles while providing superior functional properties and a significantly reduced environmental footprint. By employing commercially proven technology, Onego Bio meets the growing demand for stable and sustainable functional ingredients within the food industry. The company has gained recognition as a leader in innovation, winning Fast Company’s 2023 World Changing Ideas award. Additionally, Onego Bio is actively involved in the industry as a co-founder of the Precision Fermentation Alliance and Food Fermentation Europe, further establishing its commitment to advancing sustainable food solutions.
ProFuse Technology
Grant in 2024
ProFuse Technology is a developer of advanced cultured meat production technology aimed at transforming traditional meat production methods. The company focuses on enhancing the efficiency of meat production by significantly reducing production time, improving the quality of the meat, and increasing overall yields. By accelerating muscle fiber growth, ProFuse's innovative technology enables meat producers to optimize their processes, leading to cost reductions and increased production capacity. This approach positions ProFuse Technology at the forefront of the cultured meat industry, addressing the growing demand for sustainable and high-quality meat alternatives.
FarmInsect
Series A in 2023
FarmInsect GmbH, established in 2019 and headquartered in Bergkirchen, Germany, specializes in automated insect breeding systems. The company develops machines and IoT solutions that enable regional farmers to rear insects on-site for use as animal feed, primarily for chickens, pigs, and fish. This sustainable approach aims to replace imported soy or fishmeal with locally produced protein feed, thereby enhancing the efficiency of animal husbandry while reducing environmental impact.
Aviwell is a company focused on enhancing animal health and growth through the development of natural and sustainable solutions. Utilizing a microbiota-based platform powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning, Aviwell operates at the intersection of digital and life sciences. The company aims to provide insights that improve animal health and performance while addressing the agri-food industry's challenges in sustainably feeding a growing global population. By prioritizing health and sustainability, Aviwell seeks to offer effective solutions at a reduced cost, ultimately contributing to better nourishment for the planet.
SAIA Agrobotics
Seed Round in 2022
SAIA Agrobotics is a developer of autonomous robots aimed at transforming food production in the greenhouse horticulture sector. The company focuses on creating innovative harvest and crop-handling robots, along with artificial intelligence-driven harvesting systems specifically designed for indoor farming. By automating key agricultural tasks, SAIA Agrobotics addresses pressing challenges such as climate change and food security, enabling farmers to operate in controlled environments. This approach allows for improved crop yields while optimizing land use, making indoor farming more accessible and affordable. Through its advancements, SAIA Agrobotics seeks to enhance the efficiency of food production and contribute to sustainable agricultural practices.
SAIA Agrobotics
Grant in 2022
SAIA Agrobotics is a developer of autonomous robots aimed at transforming food production in the greenhouse horticulture sector. The company focuses on creating innovative harvest and crop-handling robots, along with artificial intelligence-driven harvesting systems specifically designed for indoor farming. By automating key agricultural tasks, SAIA Agrobotics addresses pressing challenges such as climate change and food security, enabling farmers to operate in controlled environments. This approach allows for improved crop yields while optimizing land use, making indoor farming more accessible and affordable. Through its advancements, SAIA Agrobotics seeks to enhance the efficiency of food production and contribute to sustainable agricultural practices.
Livin Farms
Series A in 2022
Livin Farms is a prominent industrial technology provider in the alternative protein sector, specializing in the development of solutions for farming insects. The company designs and operates industrial-scale insect factories that convert waste materials into high-quality protein feeds. Livin Farms' technology encompasses a comprehensive interface for processing waste into insect feedstock, along with systems for rearing insects, robotic handling, and processing of end products. This innovative approach not only enables clients to produce sustainable insect protein but also contributes to waste reduction by upcycling industrial waste. Through its advanced technologies, Livin Farms is positioned to address the growing demand for alternative protein sources while promoting environmental sustainability.
Connecting Food
Venture Round in 2022
Connecting Food is a French company established in 2016 that specializes in food technology and blockchain solutions. It has developed a platform that enables real-time tracking and auditing of food products throughout the supply chain. The company's application, LiveAudit, allows for the digital auditing of product quality as it moves through production, providing transparency and traceability. This platform empowers various stakeholders, including farmers, manufacturers, retailers, and consumers, to access detailed information about food products, such as the origin of ingredients and production practices. By utilizing blockchain technology, Connecting Food enhances trust in agricultural and finished goods, helping to maintain brand integrity and consumer confidence.
FarmInsect GmbH, established in 2019 and headquartered in Bergkirchen, Germany, specializes in automated insect breeding systems. The company develops machines and IoT solutions that enable regional farmers to rear insects on-site for use as animal feed, primarily for chickens, pigs, and fish. This sustainable approach aims to replace imported soy or fishmeal with locally produced protein feed, thereby enhancing the efficiency of animal husbandry while reducing environmental impact.
Aviwell is a company focused on enhancing animal health and growth through the development of natural and sustainable solutions. Utilizing a microbiota-based platform powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning, Aviwell operates at the intersection of digital and life sciences. The company aims to provide insights that improve animal health and performance while addressing the agri-food industry's challenges in sustainably feeding a growing global population. By prioritizing health and sustainability, Aviwell seeks to offer effective solutions at a reduced cost, ultimately contributing to better nourishment for the planet.
Connecting Food
Grant in 2022
Connecting Food is a French company established in 2016 that specializes in food technology and blockchain solutions. It has developed a platform that enables real-time tracking and auditing of food products throughout the supply chain. The company's application, LiveAudit, allows for the digital auditing of product quality as it moves through production, providing transparency and traceability. This platform empowers various stakeholders, including farmers, manufacturers, retailers, and consumers, to access detailed information about food products, such as the origin of ingredients and production practices. By utilizing blockchain technology, Connecting Food enhances trust in agricultural and finished goods, helping to maintain brand integrity and consumer confidence.
Novolyze is a company that focuses on enhancing food safety and quality for food and beverage businesses through innovative technology. It offers cloud-based solutions and microbial process validation tools that enable these companies to improve their performance and compliance in a rapidly evolving industry. By utilizing surrogate microorganisms technology, Novolyze provides specialized applications for food safety microbiology, focusing on critical equipment like steam pasteurizers, sterilizers, dryers, roasters, extruders, and ovens. The company empowers clients to achieve cleaner food production by transforming food safety and quality data into actionable insights, fostering real-time decision-making to meet the demands of modern consumers.
Kaffe Bueno ApS is a Copenhagen-based company founded in 2016 that specializes in producing ingredients for cosmetics, functional foods, and nutraceuticals from coffee waste. Utilizing proprietary biotechnology and green chemistry, Kaffe Bueno focuses on upcycling post-consumption coffee by-products, such as spent coffee grounds, into valuable compounds. The company offers a range of products, including coffee oils, coffee flour, and coffee beans, aimed at enhancing health benefits while minimizing harmful emissions. By transforming perceptions of coffee, Kaffe Bueno seeks to highlight its potential beyond mere consumption, positioning coffee as a resource rich in health-enhancing properties. Through its innovative approach, Kaffe Bueno supports industrial coffee producers, cafes, hotels, and offices in maximizing the utility of coffee by-products.
Green Spot Technologies
Grant in 2021
Green Spot Technologies is a company focused on nutrition and sustainability by producing upcycled food ingredients. Utilizing a specialized fermentation platform, it transforms wasted fruit and vegetable by-products into a low-carb flour that offers enhanced nutritional value and functionality. This innovative flour is characterized by its high protein and dietary fiber content, while being low in starch, sugars, and fats. Green Spot Technologies aims to provide clients with healthier flour alternatives, contributing to waste reduction and promoting sustainable practices in the food industry.
Green Spot Technologies
Venture Round in 2021
Green Spot Technologies is a company focused on nutrition and sustainability by producing upcycled food ingredients. Utilizing a specialized fermentation platform, it transforms wasted fruit and vegetable by-products into a low-carb flour that offers enhanced nutritional value and functionality. This innovative flour is characterized by its high protein and dietary fiber content, while being low in starch, sugars, and fats. Green Spot Technologies aims to provide clients with healthier flour alternatives, contributing to waste reduction and promoting sustainable practices in the food industry.
Aviwell
Seed Round in 2021
Aviwell is a company focused on enhancing animal health and growth through the development of natural and sustainable solutions. Utilizing a microbiota-based platform powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning, Aviwell operates at the intersection of digital and life sciences. The company aims to provide insights that improve animal health and performance while addressing the agri-food industry's challenges in sustainably feeding a growing global population. By prioritizing health and sustainability, Aviwell seeks to offer effective solutions at a reduced cost, ultimately contributing to better nourishment for the planet.
FarmInsect
Seed Round in 2021
FarmInsect GmbH, established in 2019 and headquartered in Bergkirchen, Germany, specializes in automated insect breeding systems. The company develops machines and IoT solutions that enable regional farmers to rear insects on-site for use as animal feed, primarily for chickens, pigs, and fish. This sustainable approach aims to replace imported soy or fishmeal with locally produced protein feed, thereby enhancing the efficiency of animal husbandry while reducing environmental impact.
Deep Branch Biotechnology
Grant in 2020
Deep Branch Biotechnology Ltd., founded in 2018 and based in Nottingham, United Kingdom, specializes in carbon recycling services aimed at creating sustainable food ingredients. The company employs a proprietary gas fermentation platform that utilizes clean and renewable carbon and energy sources to produce bio-based products for the food and feed markets. By focusing on customer-driven research and development, Deep Branch rapidly delivers high-quality ingredients while collaborating with local providers to ensure sustainable input supplies and support local economies. Its approach includes integrating with carbon dioxide suppliers to deploy its technology efficiently, contributing to a reduction in carbon footprints by up to 60% compared to traditional alternatives. This innovative model allows Deep Branch to create locally-produced ingredients that require no arable land and minimal water, effectively addressing climate change and biodiversity loss while ensuring that consumers do not have to compromise on nutrition or quality.
Livin Farms is a prominent industrial technology provider in the alternative protein sector, specializing in the development of solutions for farming insects. The company designs and operates industrial-scale insect factories that convert waste materials into high-quality protein feeds. Livin Farms' technology encompasses a comprehensive interface for processing waste into insect feedstock, along with systems for rearing insects, robotic handling, and processing of end products. This innovative approach not only enables clients to produce sustainable insect protein but also contributes to waste reduction by upcycling industrial waste. Through its advanced technologies, Livin Farms is positioned to address the growing demand for alternative protein sources while promoting environmental sustainability.
Clarifruit
Seed Round in 2020
Clarifruit is an innovative company focused on transforming the fresh produce supply chain, which faces significant challenges, including a 45% waste rate due to inconsistent quality standards and a lack of actionable data. The company has developed an automated quality control platform that utilizes artificial intelligence, computer vision technology, and advanced data analytics to assess the quality, freshness, and durability of fresh produce. By providing real-time insights into the internal and external attributes of products, Clarifruit enhances inspection efficiency, increasing inspector productivity and reducing waste for growers, wholesalers, and retailers. This platform empowers stakeholders in the fresh produce industry to make informed decisions based on reliable data, ultimately leading to better alignment between supply quality and customer demand while maximizing profitability.
Brevel is a company that specializes in innovative cultivation technology for microalgae, aimed at producing sustainable and high-quality products for various emerging markets. Utilizing advanced indoor systems that are sterile and fully automated, Brevel's method employs high-intensity internal illumination, resulting in significant cost reductions of over 90% and yield increases of up to 200 times compared to traditional methods. This breakthrough technology positions Brevel to capitalize on the growing demand for microalgae-derived products in sectors such as food, materials, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and energy, providing an alternative protein source suitable for mass production.
Brevel
Venture Round in 2019
Brevel is a company that specializes in innovative cultivation technology for microalgae, aimed at producing sustainable and high-quality products for various emerging markets. Utilizing advanced indoor systems that are sterile and fully automated, Brevel's method employs high-intensity internal illumination, resulting in significant cost reductions of over 90% and yield increases of up to 200 times compared to traditional methods. This breakthrough technology positions Brevel to capitalize on the growing demand for microalgae-derived products in sectors such as food, materials, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and energy, providing an alternative protein source suitable for mass production.
Novolyze is a company that focuses on enhancing food safety and quality for food and beverage businesses through innovative technology. It offers cloud-based solutions and microbial process validation tools that enable these companies to improve their performance and compliance in a rapidly evolving industry. By utilizing surrogate microorganisms technology, Novolyze provides specialized applications for food safety microbiology, focusing on critical equipment like steam pasteurizers, sterilizers, dryers, roasters, extruders, and ovens. The company empowers clients to achieve cleaner food production by transforming food safety and quality data into actionable insights, fostering real-time decision-making to meet the demands of modern consumers.