Aphea.Bio develops new and superior agricultural biologicals. By focusing on microbial strains that improve plant nutrient uptake (biostimulants) and strains that protect against disease (biocontrol), Aphea.Bio provides farmers with innovative and sustainable solutions to reduce fertilizer and pesticide use.
Unravelling complex interactions and identifying beneficial microbial strains amongst the millions of microorganisms present in and around the plant requires solid scientific insights. To this end, Aphea.Bio has developed an innovative R&D platform bundling different technologies in bio-informatics and microbiome mapping, state-of-the-art microorganism culturing, high-throughput crop phenotyping and data analysis.
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that pesticides are responsible for up to 5 million cases of poisoning each year, of which 20,000 are lethal. By providing biologicals, which can complement or substitute agricultural chemical products, Aphea.Bio leads the way to an urgently needed, more sustainable agriculture.
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 13
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 28.12.2023 | The top 20 agtech deals of 2023 | Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company is AgFunder. Agtech deals of 2023 followed much the same t... | agfunderne... |
| 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. ... | finsmes.co... |
| 13.07.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Aphea.Bio scores $78m for biologic... | Good news this week arrived in the form of funding rounds for biologicals maker Aphea.Bio and infant... | agfunderne... |
| 12.07.2023 | Backed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and others... | Working in the specialised field of microbial strains that improve plant nutrient uptake, Gent-based... | tech.eu/20... |
| 12.07.2023 | Belgium-based Aphea.Bio secures €70M to advance in sustainab... | Read this article in: Ghent-based Aphea.Bio, an agritech and portfolio company of the European Circ... | siliconcan... |
| 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 ... | qbic.be/ni... |
| 21.12.2021 | Aphea.bio closes its Series B round and raises ⬠18M in to... | Gent, Belgium, April 14th, 2021 - The European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF) announces today its e... | qbic.be/ni... |
| 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... | finsmes.co... |
| 24.11.2020 | With companies like Aphea Bio & Biotalys, Ghent is Europ... | The Belgian city of Ghent owes its medieval splendor to being in the middle of the sheep-filled past... | agfunderne... |
| 27.06.2017 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, June 27 | CORPORATE INNOVATION TOUR The following is from the latest print edition of Fortune, where I write ... | fortune.co... |
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