🐣 It’s a chicken or egg situation: many startups need access to expensive pilot facilities and infrastructure to show potential investors their innovations can scale, but they also need funding from those investors to build such infrastructure in the first place. For this reason, better access to such facilities that don’t require a startup to build them from scratch is crucial to support scale-up of emerging innovations. In answer to this, Swiss companies Migros, Givaudan, and Bühler Group have opened The Cultured Hub – a new facility that enables fermentation and cultivated meat startups to scale up their processes from proof of concept testing to 1,000 litre pilot operations. Based in Kemptthal, Switzerland, the centre is capable of hosting three companies simultaneously and aims to bridge the gap between research and commercialisation. More centres such as this – along with other similar centres built through public private partnerships such as Belgium’s recently-expanded Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant – will play a crucial role in enabling European companies to bring sustainable products to market. #scaleup #startup #infrastructure Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dDcFkiM6
Sieh Ng
1w
The Good Food Institute Europe This is an exciting development! The Cultured Hub in Kemptthal is an excellent initiative that addresses a critical challenge many startups face: scaling up innovative technologies without the immense upfront investment in infrastructure. By providing access to state-of-the-art facilities, this center enables fermentation and cultivated meat startups to test and scale their processes, bridging the gap between research and commercialisation. Such public-private collaborations are essential in accelerating the transition to sustainable, scalable products. I’m looking forward to seeing how more centers like this one will empower European companies to bring groundbreaking solutions to market. #scaleup #startup #infrastructure #innovation #sustainability
Thanks for sharing The Good Food Institute Europe!
Tushar Dunde
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Rima Mittra
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The Good Food Institute Europe thanks for sharing the information, Absolutely inspiring initiative by Migros, Givaudan, and Bühler Group with The Cultured Hub! This facility is a fantastic step forward, providing essential infrastructure to bridge research and commercial scale-up in the cultured meat and bioprocessing industries. Facilities like these are crucial for startups to test, refine, and scale their innovations without the prohibitive costs of building their own pilot plants. It's exciting to see such support for sustainable food solutions, which are essential for future food security and environmental health. Looking forward to the innovation this will enable! Amerging Technologies and Amerging Biotechnologies Pvt Ltd are also creating a similar ecosystem in India, supporting startups and inventors by working as their trusted engineering partner. Together, we can drive innovation, sustainability, and scalability in the biotech and agritech industries. Looking forward to seeing how such global collaborations transform the future of food and bioprocessing!