Aphea.Bio is dedicated to food security and ensuring a safe and healthy food chain. We aim to provide novel, science-based solutions to build the agriculture of the future: sustainable, reliable and profitable. Located in Gent, Belgium, we have a highly dedicated and qualified team of scientist and industry experts. Based on our unique high throughput R&D platform utilizing the untapped microbial space, we have been able to build a broad pipeline based on naturally occurring micro-organisms. Our solutions range from biostimulants to biocontrol, and focus mainly on row crops. Our key strength is flexibility, which allows us to quickly adapt to market needs and to provide tailored solutions. We believe that with a fresh and sincere spirit of innovation, result-driven science, and the courage to go off the beaten track, there is fertile ground to develop efficacious biological solutions to help complement or partially replace products in the major chemical indications.
Location: Belgium, East Flanders, Ghent
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $105.4M
Founded date: 2017
Investors 5
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Astanor | astanor.co... |
| - | Agri Inves... | aifund.be |
| - | V-Bio Vent... | v-bio.vent... |
| 23.07.2023 | Korys | korys.be |
| - | KU Leuven ... | lrd.kuleuv... |
Funding Rounds 3
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 17.07.2023 | Series C | $78.62M | - |
| 30.11.2020 | Series B | $16.71M | - |
| 26.06.2017 | Series A | $10.06M | - |
Mentions in press and media 14
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| 13.06.2024 | Belgium: Nurturing tech talent and entrepreneurship in the heart of Europe | Strategically located in the heart of Europe, Belgium leverages its multilingual and highly educated workforce to foster innovation and entrepreneurship. The nation's tech scene boasts a robust mix of startups, scale-ups, and established co... |
| 28.12.2023 | The top 20 agtech deals of 2023 | Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company is AgFunder. Agtech deals of 2023 followed much the same trajectory as other tech sectors, with lower valuations and far fewer mega-rounds than seen in the VC heyday of 2021 and early 2022. This year... |
| 17.07.2023 | Aphea.Bio Raises € 70M in Series C Funding | Aphea.Bio, a Gent, Belgium-based agricultural technology company, raised €70M in Series C funding. The round was led by Innovation Industries, joined by Korys Investments and supported by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, SFPIM, BNP Pari... |
| 13.07.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Aphea.Bio scores $78m for biologicals, Do Good Foods files Ch. 11, Chipotle’s avocado robots | Good news this week arrived in the form of funding rounds for biologicals maker Aphea.Bio and infant formula startup Bobbie, amongst several others. Less sunny was news that upcycled chicken company Do Good Foods filed for Chapter 11 bankru... |
| 12.07.2023 | Backed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and others, Belgian agtech firm Aphea.bio raises €70 million | Working in the specialised field of microbial strains that improve plant nutrient uptake, Gent-based Aphea.bio has closed a €70 million Series C funding round. The round was led by Innovation Industries with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundat... |
| 12.07.2023 | Belgium-based Aphea.Bio secures €70M to advance in sustainable agriculture | Read this article in: Ghent-based Aphea.Bio, an agritech and portfolio company of the European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF), announced on Tuesday, July 11, that it has secured €70M in an oversubscribed Series C round of funding. This inv... |
| 11.07.2023 | Aphea.bio raises a € 70 million Series C round | Gent, Belgium, 11 July 2023 – Aphea.Bio, a Belgium-based agricultural technology company, announced today the successful closing of its Series C Funding round, securing € 70 million. The round was led by Innovation Industries, joined by Kor... |
| 21.12.2021 | Aphea.bio closes its Series B round and raises ⬠18M in total | Gent, Belgium, April 14th, 2021 - The European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF) announces today its equity investment in Aphea.Bio, which thereby brings its Series B financing to a total of EUR 18 million. Aphea.Bio develops a new generation... |
| 30.11.2020 | Aphea.Bio Raises € 14M in Series B Funding | Aphea.Bio, a Zwijnaarde, Belgium-based agtech startup, secured € 14m in Series B funding. The round was led by Astanor Ventures joined by current shareholders V-Bio Ventures, Agri Investment Fund, PMV, Vives Fund, VIB, Qbic II and Gemma Fri... |
| 24.11.2020 | With companies like Aphea Bio & Biotalys, Ghent is Europe’s hidden gem for ag biotech | The Belgian city of Ghent owes its medieval splendor to being in the middle of the sheep-filled pastureland of Flanders. In centuries past, this provided plentiful supplies of wool – just as breakthrough textiles technologies took off acros... |
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