Zymofix to scale solid-state microbial platform at new facility
Belgian biotechnology company Zymofix has selected Deinze, Belgium, for its new flagship biomanufacturing facility. The site selection marks a transition to commercial production for Zyft, the company's solid-state fermentation platform.…
MicroLub secures $10M to scale fat-replacement biotech
MicroLub, a spinout from the University of Leeds, has closed a $10 million funding round led by Northern Gritstone. The investor contributed £4 million of the £7 million total raised.…
Biotech Open Platform opens €20 M scale-up facility in France
Biotech Open Platform has officially inaugurated its industrial biotechnology facility in Clermont-Ferrand, France. The site aims to solve one of the biggest hurdles in green chemistry by helping bio-based innovations…
This trail-blazing Chilean lab is bringing biotech to the masses
In Chile, an experimental lab wants to decentralise biomanufacturing
Novonesis to buy MicroBioGen in yeast biotech push
Novonesis has signed an agreement to acquire the remaining shares of MicroBioGen, an Australian biotechnology company known for its work on yeast strains for industrial use. The deal builds on…
Could your next colleague be AI?
AI is after something you have. Not your job, but your messy data. Across biotech startups, research institutes, and Contract Research Organizations (CROs), a quiet transformation is underway. The way…
bitBiome secures oversubscribed funding to accelerate microbial engineering
bitBiome, a leader in discovering and designing enzymes, proteins, strains, and ingredients, has closed an oversubscribed seed extension funding round. This new investment shows growing confidence in the company's technology…
University of Manchester techbio spin-out secures £5 million to deploy quantum physics, AI modelling, and highly automated labs to power next gen enzyme engineering
Round led by PXN Ventures, with additional funding from existing investors IQ Capital and Northern Gritstone Company uses quantum physics, AI modelling and deeply integrated laboratory automation and robotics in…
The hum of microbial bioelectricity
As climate volatility becomes the norm, these devices offer lessons on designing resilience into the very fabric of our technologies.