Abolis Biotechnologies
Venture Round in 2024
Abolis is a French company delivering high-impact innovations in biotechnologies that supports industries in their transition to build a better future in collaboration with Nature. We provide tailor-made industrial solutions based on micro-organisms.
Founded in 2014, Abolis is made up of a team of over 54 people, sharing a scientific and humanist ambition. Determined to become a key player in the transformation of manufacturing, we combine our expertise in biology, fermentation, IT, robotics, analytics and industrial property to reinvent the future of numerous industries - from food to healthcare, cosmetics and chemicals.
We help industries make the ecological transition by rethinking their production models
We rely on biotechnologies and the untapped potential of micro-organisms to develop new bioproduction solutions that are economically and ecologically sustainable alternatives to petrochemical products and chemical ingredients.
We take up the industry's current challenges by:
· Using renewable raw materials
· Relocate essential production and secure supply chains
· Designing biocompatible products less toxic for the environment
· Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
Abolis is providing tailor-made industrial solutions, based on microorganisms
We are…
independent in thought and action
rigorous in our approach and the way we work
creative because we never stop innovating, while remaining pragmatic
ambitious because we are passionate and determined to make a difference
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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.
eAgronom
Venture Round in 2023
eAgronom is a company dedicated to promoting sustainable agriculture through innovative technology. Founded by Robin Saluoks, eAgronom aims to align economic interests with ecological goals to accelerate the adoption of regenerative farming practices. The company offers an online farm management system that helps farmers plan, manage, and analyze agricultural activities efficiently. This platform also guides farmers toward carbon-capturing practices and provides transparency for carbon credit buyers. With over 1,500 paying farmers using their farm monitoring and AI consulting services, eAgronom is positioned to become a leading provider of agricultural carbon credits in Europe.
PEF Technologies
Venture Round in 2023
PEF Technologies specializes in non-thermal food processing through its innovative application of nanosecond pulsed electric field technology. This method offers an alternative to traditional pasteurization, enhancing food and beverage preservation while maintaining flavor and nutritional integrity. By utilizing short-duration, high-intensity electric fields, PEF Technologies effectively extends the shelf life of products, such as juice, without compromising their bioavailability and bioaccessibility. The company's approach not only preserves the quality of nutritious components but also aims to reduce energy consumption in food processing, positioning it as a leader in sustainable food technology solutions.
NapiFeryn BioTech
Venture Round in 2023
NapiFeryn BioTech specializes in the extraction of protein from waste streams generated during rapeseed oil production. The company employs advanced biorefinery technology to convert these side streams into functional and nutritional protein isolates and concentrates. This innovative process is more sustainable and efficient compared to traditional methods, enabling the production of high-quality, plant-based proteins. NapiFeryn's products serve as a cost-effective and sustainable alternative to animal-derived proteins, making them suitable for a variety of applications in both food and feed industries. Through its focus on sustainability, NapiFeryn BioTech supports oil mills and food producers in the development of natural bio proteins, addressing the growing demand for environmentally friendly protein sources.
CarbonOrO
Series A in 2022
CarbonOrO specializes in CO2 capture from industrial gases using a proprietary amine solution. Its process involves two main steps: absorption and desorption, both occurring at atmospheric conditions without requiring gas compression. The company's innovative desorber operates at temperatures as low as 70°C, reducing energy consumption by up to 50% when integrated with existing utilities. CarbonOrO's technology offers a compact footprint and is designed for industries seeking cost-effective carbon reduction strategies.
Invert Robotics
Venture Round in 2022
Invert Robotics Limited specializes in providing remote robotic inspection services primarily for the food and beverage industry, as well as the pharmaceutical and oil and gas sectors. Founded in 2010 and based in Christchurch, New Zealand, the company has developed a modular, multi-technology inspection platform capable of performing non-destructive testing on various industrial equipment. Its robotic solutions are designed for visual inspections of storage tanks, spray dryers, and other vessels, allowing for the detection of cracks and defects. The proprietary robots can navigate smoothly on all surfaces, including non-magnetic materials, ensuring safe and accurate asset management. Invert Robotics aims to enhance maintenance efficiency and safety for its clients through innovative inspection technologies.
Wholefiber
Seed Round in 2021
WholeFiber is an online retailer specializing in nutrition products designed to enhance gut health and overall well-being. The company offers a range of items, including dietary fibers derived from natural sources such as chicory root, aimed at improving the human microbiome. By providing essential nutrients that support beneficial gut bacteria, WholeFiber's products contribute to strengthening the immune system and may help reduce the risk of serious health issues. The company's commitment to promoting health through wholesome prebiotic vegetable products allows consumers to conveniently shop for items that align with their dietary needs and health goals.
Holiferm
Funding Round in 2021
Holiferm specializes in the production of machinery for lipid manufacturing, focusing on bio-surfactants. Established in 2018 and based in Manchester, UK, the company's technology uses gravity separation to recover insoluble lipids during fermentation, offering an eco-friendly alternative to traditional surfactants.
Carbon Clean Solutions
Series B in 2021
Carbon Clean Solutions develops carbon dioxide capture and recovery technology for industrial and power generation. Its solutions enable energy-efficient CO2 separation from flue gases and gas streams, with systems designed to retrofit existing plants and support new-build installations. The technology serves cement, steel, fertilizer, chemical, petrochemical, and utility sectors, helping reduce direct emissions from coal- or gas-fired sources. It employs regenerable solvent-based capture processes and process integration approaches to improve capture rates while lowering operating costs. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Mumbai, the company maintains research facilities in the United Kingdom and India and has a global commercial presence including the United States.
NutriLeads
Series B in 2020
NutriLeads is a startup focused on developing innovative nutritional ingredients with clinically proven health benefits. The company specializes in precision prebiotic fibers derived from crops, which are designed to support physiological processes and modulate the gut microbiome. NutriLeads collaborates with industry partners to identify promising lead ingredients, create sustainable and commercially viable production processes, and initiate scientific and clinical programs that validate the health effects of its offerings. By doing so, NutriLeads aims to enhance nutritional health innovation in the food industry, ultimately providing consumers and patients with access to dietary supplements and specialized functional food and beverage products that deliver these benefits.
Carbon Clean Solutions
Series B in 2020
Carbon Clean Solutions develops carbon dioxide capture and recovery technology for industrial and power generation. Its solutions enable energy-efficient CO2 separation from flue gases and gas streams, with systems designed to retrofit existing plants and support new-build installations. The technology serves cement, steel, fertilizer, chemical, petrochemical, and utility sectors, helping reduce direct emissions from coal- or gas-fired sources. It employs regenerable solvent-based capture processes and process integration approaches to improve capture rates while lowering operating costs. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Mumbai, the company maintains research facilities in the United Kingdom and India and has a global commercial presence including the United States.
ReliaSol (Reliability Solutions)
Series A in 2019
Reliability Solutions was established by a group of young scientists from AGH UST in Krakow – outstanding Polish technical university. Our mission is to transfer knowledge and novel solutions in data analysis from science to business. By the usage of cutting-edge scientific results in data science, we are able to predict machinery failures what results in huge financial benefits and safety increase to the industry. Due to cooperation with NVIDIA we use deep learning algorithms powered by GPUs to make better insight into data and highly improve the meaning of Predictive Maintenance. After positive feedback in Polish market we decided to leverage our transatlantic connection with US.
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Gamaya
Convertible Note in 2017
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Exasun
Venture Round in 2016
Exasun B.V. is a Dutch company engaged in the development, manufacturing, and marketing of solar photovoltaic panels. Founded in 2012 and based in The Hague, the company specializes in producing high-efficiency Glass-Glass solar modules, which are designed for various applications including flat roofs, slanted roofs, and building-integrated projects. Exasun's product offerings include black glass panels and modules with custom dimensions tailored for specific architectural needs. The company emphasizes both aesthetic appeal and functionality, allowing customers to reduce solar energy costs while enhancing the visual integration of solar technology into buildings. Exasun markets its products through a network of premium installers, positioning itself as a key player in the solar energy sector.
Innosolids
Venture Round in 2015
Innosolids BV is a dynamic company based in Maastricht, the Netherlands, specializing in the production and supply of color solutions for the plastics industry. The company offers a diverse range of products including pigments, masterbatch, liquid colors, compounds, and micro beads, designed for various applications in sectors such as automotive, construction, and consumer goods. Innosolids also provides specialized additives like UV absorbers, heat stabilizers, and flame retardants, enhancing the performance and sustainability of plastic products. With a strong focus on research and development, supported by its proximity to the Brightland Campus in Geleen, Innosolids leverages innovative technology to improve the quality of plastic coloring while reducing costs and environmental impact. The company’s expertise in color development positions it as a key player in the European plastics market.
Solesta
Venture Round in 2015
Solesta B.V., located in Barendrecht, the Netherlands, is a pioneering solar energy company that specializes in the production of the patented Silverline system. This innovative and flexible solution generates both solar heat and electricity, characterized by its ease of installation, durability, and compact design, making it ideal for both existing and new homes. The Solesta system enables households to reduce their annual energy consumption by 25% to 50%. It features solar collectors installed on rooftops that convert sunlight into heat, which is then stored and used to heat water via a heat exchanger connected to a combi boiler, thereby lowering gas consumption and CO2 emissions. The system is modular, allowing for future expansions by adding collectors or modules, and can also integrate photovoltaic solar panels for electricity generation. Solesta has successfully installed its systems in hundreds of homes, including notable projects such as the Ronald McDonald House in Valkenburg, and has expanded its market reach to Germany and Belgium.
Metal Membranes
Venture Round in 2014
Metal Membranes specializes in the development, manufacturing, and supply of inorganic porous membranes tailored for liquid and gas filtration. The company produces metal membranes suited for a range of industrial applications, including microbiological analysis and various filtration processes. These membranes are designed with high flux levels, facilitating efficient filtration and enabling researchers to conduct experiments in fields such as microbiology and electrochemistry. By providing these advanced membrane products, Metal Membranes supports both industrial and research sectors in achieving effective filtration solutions.
High Voltage Water
Venture Round in 2014
High Voltage Water is a company based in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, specializing in innovative water treatment technologies. The company focuses on enhancing the efficiency of thermal desalination processes through its proprietary high flow electrospray technology, which aims to significantly reduce both energy consumption and capital expenses. By employing electrohydrodynamic atomization, High Voltage Water's solutions are designed to optimize water purification, providing cost-saving benefits for municipal and industrial desalination facilities. The company collaborates with local and international partners to advance the commercial implementation of its technologies, contributing to more sustainable water management practices worldwide.
Squirro
Seed Round in 2013
Squirro provides an enterprise augmented intelligence platform that combines human insight with artificial intelligence to deliver contextual, data-driven insights. Its core Insights Engine analyzes diverse sources, including unstructured data, and surfaces relevant information through workbench integrations and self-service applications. The platform enables searching, analyzing, and interpreting data while prioritizing content based on user interactions to help organizations manage and unlock hidden value. Squirro's solution supports decision-making and client relations across industries such as financial services, insurance, telecommunications, and manufacturing, with clients including Bank of England, Standard Chartered, ING, Brookson, and Ninety-One. Founded in 2012, Squirro operates globally with offices in Zürich, London, Munich, New York, and Singapore.
Photanol
Venture Round in 2012
Photanol develops technology converting CO2 and sunlight into valuable organic compounds. It targets markets like food ingredients, chemical bio-blocks, and bio-fuels.
BioActor develops proprietary health ingredients derived from natural sources, addressing chronic health concerns like diabetes, osteoporosis, and cardiovascular disease. Their product development strategy focuses on patentable scientific discoveries with clinically proven health benefits. BioActor's first product, BONOLIVE, stimulates bone-producing cells and is set for launch in the USA.
MicroDish
Venture Round in 2011
MicroDish BV is a Dutch SME established in 2008, specializing in the design and manufacture of micro-engineered culture chips and nanoscale reagents aimed at enhancing microbial culture growth and detection. The company focuses on developing miniaturized disposable culture chips and innovative micro-cultivation methods for microbiology applications. To achieve its objectives, MicroDish engages in direct sales of its products and collaborates on co-development projects with both industrial and academic partners. Additionally, the company undertakes service contracts to further support its initiatives. Through these efforts, MicroDish aims to foster strategic partnerships with complementary technology providers and organizations in the commercial and academic sectors.
Greenclouds
Venture Round in 2011
Greenclouds has developed a solution that significantly lowers the huge power consumption and CO2 emission at data centers, which – on average – use less than 30% of their capacity while servers are running all the time. Greenclouds enables sharing of capacity between major data centers and provides to web application customers that seek close to unlimited scalability with highest performance.
Ensartech
Venture Round in 2011
Ensartech is engages in mastering high temperature processes to process highly polluted waste and residual streams of various industries and convert them into various types of energy.
BiAqua
Venture Round in 2009
BiAqua, headquartered in Badhoevedorp, Netherlands, specializes in bio-based solutions and services for addressing water contamination issues globally. The company focuses on markets such as water pollution, arsenic contamination, biofouling, and bacterial contamination, serving both water companies and consumers. BiAqua's core technology involves regenerable adsorbent systems that reduce biofouling in reverse osmosis membranes by removing phosphate, lowering total organic carbon (TOC) and turbidity, thereby enabling cost-effective arsenic filtration and preventing bacterial growth in water supplies. The company has a strategic partnership with Icos Capital.
ReSteel
Private Equity Round in 2008
ReSteel International specializes in innovative technological solutions for the steel scrap recycling industry. The company addresses contamination issues in scrap streams by offering a total separation technology system, which utilizes proprietary technology. This system is designed to assist scrap traders and steel companies in enhancing the value derived from their scrap materials, thereby improving efficiency and profitability in the recycling process. Through its advanced solutions, ReSteel aims to streamline operations and promote better resource management within the steel recycling sector.
Ensartech
Venture Round in 2008
Ensartech is engages in mastering high temperature processes to process highly polluted waste and residual streams of various industries and convert them into various types of energy.
Dutch Rainmaker
Venture Round in 2008
Dutch Rainmaker is a young technology driven innovative company active in the water sector. Our products feature breakthrough technology with highly sustainable features. The two concepts for freshwater generation have the potential to revolutionize water generation on a global scale.
Dutch Rainmaker has developed a truly disruptive technology producing water off -grid, powered solely by renewable energy, with the highest energy efficiency ratings, no discharge and for the AW-product line there is no need to access inflow water.
i-RES
Venture Round in 2007
i-RES is offers development, Realization and Exploitation of Projects to produce competitively priced (sustainable) energy through modular gasifiers based on the input of (an-)organic rest-streams, transforming it to heat and/or electricity.