VITA

VITA aims to make cultivated meat accessible and truly sustainable. Cultivated meat is an ethical, sustainable alternative to traditional animal farming. Still, it relies on old-fashioned bioreactors (designed for microbial fermentation and not tissue cultivation), making the process inefficient and unsustainable. We’re developing a groundbreaking bioreactor tailored for tissue cultivation through the Biotech Booster program […]

Carapace Biopolymers

Agriculture is undergoing critical transitions to address global population growth, increasing food demands, and environmental challenges. Traditional farming relies heavily on non-renewable resources like synthetic fertilizers and plastics, leading to soil degradation and increased climate stress. Over 60% of Europe’s soils are in an unhealthy state, with declining biodiversity and productivity. Recent legislation has targeted […]

Soil plant bioticum

The profound intensification of agricultural practices resulted in decreased soil health. In soil, microorganisms are crucial in ecosystem processes and are linked to soil and plant health and crop productivity. They facilitate nutrient uptake from soil to plants, augmenting plant growth and resilience to environmental stressors. The effort is therefore focused on steering soil microbial […]

Boosting crop reproductive heat tolerance by enhancing flower bud cooling

Climate change, i.e. rising temperatures, demands that the crops that we grown become more heat tolerant. In the Netherlands and many other regions where Dutch breeding companies sell their seeds, more frequent and severe heatwaves disrupt crop fertility leading to significant losses in yield. Considering that plant breeding companies based in the Netherlands account for […]

Plant Beams

Food security is a growing problem. The world population keeps growing, and climate change increases the risks for crop yields, threatening the global food supply. We want to revolutionise plant transformation and gene-editing by enabling direct and efficient transformation of any plant meristematic tissue via precise solvent delivery. We plan to reduce the time and […]

Algae Red

Our biotech innovation aims to reduce the high costs and inefficiencies in producing astaxanthin from Haematococcus pluvialis. The traditional process involves a lengthy cultivation phase and a costly, multi-step extraction method, making it difficult to scale and less affordable for industries like nutraceuticals and cosmetics. We propose a two-part solution: Optimizing cultivation with mixotrophy: By […]

Sandwich4Nanopore

Single molecule protein sequencing enables identification of the primary structure of biologically active peptides and proteins. This is relevant for their application as food products, but also to better understand and fight diseases. Already small amounts of modified protein can lead to unwanted flavors in food proteins, but also to serious diseases such as cancer. […]

Happy Bar

At the core of our initiative is the urgent need to tackle the rising global prevalence of mental health disorders, including depression and anxiety. These conditions not only diminish individuals’ quality of life but also place a heavy financial burden on society. Recent studies have demonstrated a strong connection between the gut microbiome and mental […]

MG3HB

Our unilateral diet has resulted in a deficiency of specific elements needed for the well-functioning of the human body. Especially magnesium is low in our processed food. It has been recognized that magnesium plays an important role in cognition and positively affects sleep and calmness (anti-stress). Commercially available magnesium supplements (magnesiumoxide, and magnesium citrate glycerophosphate, […]

ProteoT

As more people become aware of the importance of healthy food and the urgent need to tackle climate change, alternative protein sources such as plant-based and microbial alternatives are gaining popularity. However, methods for routine quality control of food products—particularly regarding their source, purity, and safety—have not kept pace with this growth. Consequently, issues like […]