REFERENZES
our investment portfolio
Many start-ups have been able to grow through our support
b.experts GmbH
Innovation: Germany’s first Company Builder in industrial biotechnology and chemistry.
Headquarters: Dortmund (BioMedizinZentrum)
Website: https://www.bexperts.de
SenseUP
Disruption/Innovation: Evolutionary development of microbial production strains for feed & food additives, pharmaceutical proteins (e.g. nanobodies) and pharmaceutical nucleic acids (e.g. mRNA) using patented sensor technology for 1,000-fold faster screening of strain libraries.
Headquarters: Research Centre Jülich
Benefits: New, tailor-made production strains are generated by evolutionary methods, which achieve higher yields (added value) in a shorter time (costs) due to patentable features (right of prohibition / unique selling proposition).
Website: https://www.senseup-biotech.com
b.fab
Disruption/Innovation: artificial photosynthesis to produce chemicals from CO2 (greenhouse gas), water and renewable energy using synthetic biology.
Headquarters: Dortmund (Phoenix West) and Max-Planck-Institut Potsdam Golm (Laboratories)
Benefits: a novel raw material (formate) for the biotech industry, cost benefits, new markets for renewable energy and CO2-reduction.
Website: https://de.linkedin.com/company/b-fab-gmbh
Crop.Evolution
Disruption/Innovation: production of high-value products in plants (innovative production system) with a unprecedented quality.
Headquarters: Dortmund (Phoenix West)
Benefits: longer efficacy due to higher depot effect in applications such as osteoarthritis, dry eye, non-surgical cosmetic procedures, no irritation when injected.
Website: http://www.cropevolution.com
bitop
Disruption/Innovation: production of a novel substance (ectoin) and its use in medical devices, cosmetics and veterinary medicine.
Headquarters: Dortmund (Phoenix West)
Benefits: better treatment of allergies, common cold, respiratory disease, dry eye/dry nose or inflammatory skin disease symptoms.
Website: https://www.bitop.de
Bicomer
Disruption/Innovation: Novel production system (fermentative) for the production of natural astaxanthin.
Spin-off: Bielefeld University
Benefits: Significantly cheaper production of natural astaxanthin, which is increasingly in demand for use in food, dietary supplements, cosmetics and animal feed.
Website: http://www.bicomer.de
Cellbricks
Disruption/Innovation: 3D bioprinting technology to create complex biological cell culture systems (organ models).
Headquarters: Berlin (Amperium)
Benefits: Fast and precise production of organ models, which enable researchers to discover novel drugs and to engineer functional human tissues.
Website: https://www.cellbricks.com