We are very excited to present 15 AgriFoodTech Startups from our recent application phase for our upcoming Batch#6. We can proudly say that we have received 305 applications from 75 countries, underscoring the joint goal to make our food systems more sustainable and transition to a circular bioeconomy.
Biostra I Poland
The problem of managing organic waste, including biowaste, sewage sludge, and digestate, is traditionally handled through landfilling and incineration, methods that are slow, environmentally harmful, and fail to recover valuable nutrients. Biostra's technology, 'Soilren,' offers a more sustainable solution by significantly enhancing soil health, increasing water retention capacity by up to 230%, and supporting healthy plant growth. It converts organic waste into high-quality fertilizers within minutes, without the use of chemicals or high temperatures. This technology benefits municipal waste facilities, agricultural operations, and industrial entities by providing an efficient, eco-friendly waste management solution that promotes sustainable agriculture and reduces the carbon footprint.
Ecogrow Naturals I USA
EcoGrow Naturals is a distributor of nature-based agricultural products aimed at regenerative agriculture and restoring soil health. Their biostimulant products, ‘Doris’ and ‘BioKane' are built on the principles of a circular economy, leveraging industrial by-products of carrageenan and sugarcane processing, respectively, and ensuring zero waste in their manufacturing. They represent a new paradigm in addressing carbon emissions from agricultural activity by restoring and increasing the productivity of soil. Both these products have been shown to improve soil health and crop performance, increase soil microbial activity and sequester carbon.
Greenosoil I Moldova
Greenosoil's product, GreenO, is a SaaS platform that uses satellite data to monitor and analyze farming practices, soil health, and crop conditions. It provides actionable insights for sustainable and regenerative agriculture. Their unique selling proposition is the integration of radar and optical satellite data, enabling precise and scalable identification of over 15 major crops and all significant soil management practices with over 95% accuracy.
Krauts & Sprouts I Germany
Krauts & Sprouts have developed a biobased coating that enhances organic fibers to high-performance peat replacements. Instead of granular additives like superabsorber or biochar, the coating directly improves the water retention of peat replacements. The coating works with a wide range of fibers, enabling the use of cheap waste stream fibers for potting soils. Further, the production process is integrated into the existing potting soil manufacturing process and Krauts & Sprouts can provide the technology through licensing.
Kyomei I UK
Kyomei is a molecular farming and agricultural biotechnology startup that focuses on the production of specialty proteins, pigments, and molecules using the power of plants. The company addresses the challenges faced by food companies that seek clean labels and novel ingredients but lack scalable production platforms, as well as the needs of farmers and growers who want to derive more value from their crops. By delivering hard-to-source, animal-identical specialty ingredients, Kyomei offers a more compelling, cost-effective, and scalable crop-based production method for specialty food ingredients, proteins, and pigments, aiming to fundamentally transform agriculture.
Natupla I Colombia
Natupla tackles the problem of nitrogen leakage, which reduces crop productivity for farmers and pollutes soil and water sources. Their solution involves encapsulating nitrogen, allowing its release rate to be controlled to match the crop's needs. This approach prevents leakage and improves crop efficiency. The product is biodegradable, leaving no residues in soil or water within three months, making it an ideal fit for the organic and sustainable agriculture market.
Nucaps I Spain
NUCAPS is a biotechnology company that develops and produces a new kind of functional ingredients: Protein microencapsulated bioactives and probiotics with improved functionalities in terms of nutrition, costs and taste, to get a real impact on human health. The microcapsules work as natural carriers of the ingredients providing a controlled release and full absorption. Nucaps can increase absorption by up to 30x and can increase shelf life from days to months and make possible the incorporation of these ingredients in food matrices with a clean-label and sustainable solution at an affordable cost.
NovFeed I Tanzania
NovFeed is a biotech company that has developed a fermentation approach designed to transform organic waste into alternative protein ingredients. Using natural microbes and industrial biotechnology, NovFeed converts organic waste into a highly concentrated protein product for the fish industry. A valuable biostimulant results as a byproduct, applicable in crop production. This enables the farming and aquaculture sectors to incorporate these products into their production processes.
Point2Hectare I Germany
Point2Hectare addresses the global challenges of soil health degradation, water shortages, and the increasingly expensive and restrictive use of fertilizers. Their solution, RootChar, is a biochar designed for deep soil amendment. It offers multiple benefits, including higher water retention, reduced nitrate losses, immediate and permanent carbon removal, and the gradual accumulation of soil organic matter. Farmers use RootChar to improve crop yields and drought resilience, while also benefiting from carbon farming. NitroChar, a biochar-urea fertilizer with high nitrogen use efficiency, enables fertilizer companies to produce CO2-neutral or CO2-negative fertilizers.
SiembraCo I Colombia
SiembraCo links consumers and small farmers via virtual farming, facilitating pre-sales to support sustainable agriculture, enhancing gains for customers and farmers, maximizing benefits to farmers and customers, and promoting sustainable agriculture while contributing to food safety. Through their digital platform for virtual farming, connecting consumers with small farmers. Customers buy in crops pre-harvest, securing fresh produce and aiding sustainable farming. USP: Direct farm-to-table link, ensuring freshness, sustainability, and farmer support. Customers pay for traceability, environmental responsibility, and supporting local agriculture.
Spray Logics I Italy
Spray Logics reduces the usage of chemicals and map plant health status for Orchard and Vineyards. Today, chemical treatments in orchards and vineyards are carried out several times a year. Using traditional sprayers only a small part of the chemical products (less than 20% on average) is actually applied to the plants and the remaining 80% is then dispersed on the ground or in other parts of the fields. Spray Logics is developing a prototype sprayer with intelligent operation using a system which is controlled by high-precision optical sensors to provide a variable speed spraying output.
Symbiagro I Italy
SYMBIAGRO is a later-stage AgBiotech company specializing in R&D of special products for agriculture, such as biostimulants, bio-fertilizers, and biocontrol agents. The product portfolio includes a wide range of solutions with innovative formulations that, when applied to plants and soils, increase agricultural productivity by promoting plant growth through more efficient nutrient assimilation, as well as improving plant tolerance and recovery from biotic and abiotic stresses.
uFraction8 I UK
uFraction8, based in the UK, addresses the low productivity and small production capacity challenges faced by biomanufacturers, for the production of microalgae and cultivated meat. To tackle these issues, uFraction8 has developed a microfluidics-based filtration system that enables continuous media exchange for cell-based bio-manufacturing, resulting in a productivity boost of up to 10x in existing bio-manufacturing plants. Their technology performs liquid-particle separation in a sustainable, climate-friendly, and easily scalable manner to meet industrial demands.
Varaha I India
Varaha addresses the need for large corporations globally to offset their emissions through high-quality, tech-enabled, and science-backed carbon credits from nature. Varaha is an end-to-end project developer specializing in regenerative agriculture, agroforestry, biochar, and enhanced rock weathering projects, based on an in-house MRV-system. These projects promote climate adaptation, biodiversity, water conservation, and increased income for smallholder land stewards.
ZeoFertil I Brazil
ZeoFertil transforms industrial waste rich in silicon and/or aluminium into potassic fertilizer. Industrial waste, such as coal fly ash, rice husk ash, and mining tailings, is converted into their product through hydrothermal treatment. The fertilizer framework "protects" or "encapsulates" potassium ions, preventing the leaching of this nutrient and making it available to plants exactly when needed. Moreover, after the nutrient is released, the ‘zeolite’ framework remains in the soil, retaining other nutrients or water and immobilizing heavy metals. Thus, the fertilizer continues to act as a soil amendment in the long run. This approach also provides waste treatment for industries, contributing to a circular economy.
What’s next?
On the 25th of November, we’ll kick off Batch#6 - stay tuned to see who will be part of it! Are you a startup and want to ensure you don't miss the next application deadline for our upcoming accelerator program? Make sure to subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on LinkedIn.