Biotech

GLIOBREAK — Securing €2.5M EIC Transition funding to advance BEA-17 to early clinical readiness

Introduction: Glioblastoma (GBM) remains the most aggressive brain tumour, with ~35,000 new cases annually across the US and Europe, a median overall survival of ~15 months, and a five-year survival of ~5%—highlighting the urgency for new treatment options. Beactica Therapeutics AB (Sweden), together with leading glioblastoma researchers at KU Leuven (Belgium), launched GLIOBREAK to advance …
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Agri-tech

Winning the EIC Accelerator: How Proteine Resources Secured €9.5M for ProteinBoost

Introduction: Proteine Resources is a Polish agri-tech startup (established in 2017, based in Masłomiąca, near Kraków) operating at the intersection of circular economy, waste management and sustainable food systems. The company has developed a novel approach to convert mushroom-industry by-products into premium insect-based ingredients for pet food, using Lesser Mealworm larvae reared in highly controlled, …
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Biotech

Akiram Therapeutics: Eurostars success story

Overview: Akiram Therapeutics is a Swedish biotechnology company headquartered in Uppsala and focused on developing groundbreaking targeted therapies for cancer treatment. PreTT is a spin-off from the University of Copenhagen, a pioneer in the field of pre-targeted radioligand therapy for cancer theranostic. TetraKit Technologies is another spin-off from the University of Copenhagen that combines deep …
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