Summary:
A Spanish biotech startup performing biological functional soil analysis has developed a platform able to provide a functional interpretation of soil by using soil microbiome as a biomarker in order to benefit crops and measure the effects of agricultural inputs on soil. The team has expertise in digitalization, DNA sequencing, machine learning, bioinformatics and ecological computing. They seek partners to develop/use this platform under commercial, license or research cooperation agreements.
Description:
A Spanish biotech start-up founded in 2016 has developed a technological platform able to profile the functions of a whole spectrum of soil microbes, combining DNA sequencing technologies and intelligent computing. This technology is being used worldwide and is the most advanced technology for soil analysis. This technological platform uses the largest database of soil microbes.
Generating data on biological activities happening in the soil is extremely disruptive and while the results are crop specific, the process is currently being applied to a huge number of crops. These data can be used to adapt agricultural management decisions in order to reduce agricultural inputs and their environmental impact.
Biological soil analysis provides insights and innovative metrics that measure soil microbiome (both bacterial and fungal species) to improve agricultural yields and lower the environmental impact of agricultural processes. It provides information about the health status of crop soils as well as metrics on general biodiversity, nutritional shortcomings and crop disease risks through the identification of the whole soil microbiome.
The company is seeking partnerships to participate in projects that aim to perform pilot tests related to testing the effects of agricultural input, monitoring soil health status, benchmarking farming practices, measuring disease risks or any other experiment related to soil health.
Therefore, cooperation with farmers, agronomists, companies manufacturing agricultural inputs and other agents related to agriculture sector is envisaged in terms of commercial agreements and/or license agreements. Furthermore, agreements for research cooperation with the same partner types (e.g. European projects) are desirable.
Type (e.g. company, R&D institution…), field of industry and Role of Partner Sought:
- Type: academic, researchers, farmers, agronomists, companies manufacturing agricultural inputs and other agents related to the agriculture sector.
- Activity & fields of expertise:
1. Carbon farming
a. Carbon footprint in agriculture
b. Soil carbon sequestration
2. Soil-plant-microbial interactions:
a. Plant nutrition
b. Plant diseases
c. Stressed agriculture management
3. Types of soil and suitable crops
4. Recover and maintain Soil Health
5. Impossible soils
a. Aquaponics
b. Planting in space
c. The economics of soil health
6. Agriculture improvements practices in Latinamerica, Africa, India or Asia.
- Role: Partners interested in recovering soil health using the platform are sought. A commercial agreement with technical assistance or a license agreement are envisaged.
Research cooperation agreements, for developing new sustainable agriculture practices, are sought for collaborating in European projects.
Stage of Development:
Already on the market
IPR Status:
Patent(s) applied for but not yet granted,Trade Marks,Copyright
Comments Regarding IPR Status:
Applied for a PCT
External code:
TOES20201209001
