Our Current Sparkfund-Cohort
Innovation happens here. Explore the diverse portfolio of start-ups currently supported by the Materials Lab Incubator. Each team brings a unique approach to the biological transformation of industries.
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Solubind
Leon Reuter, Pascal Schröder
Solubind develops a protein-based technologies to recover critical metals from industrial waste streams. By harnessing the precise binding capabilities of engineered biomolecules, we enable efficient, selective, and sustainable metal extraction. Our approach bridges biotechnology and materials science, turning waste into valuable resources and advancing a circular, resilient supply chain for the industries of tomorrow.
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Power2Polymers
Marek Balschun
Power2Polymers has developed a patented synthesis technique for creating novel, more sustainable polymers that provide performance benefits for specialty applications. Within the Spark Fund, our main focus is currently on coating materials—a promising new application area. We’re evaluating whether coatings could become an additional field of use. Beyond coatings, our core work is in adhesives and lubricants.
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LipiTune
Thomas Steinmann, Paul Richter
LipiTune is developing a biotechnological platform for the production of tailor-made microbial oils as a cost-effective and high-performance alternative to conventional vegetable oils. At the heart of this innovation is an adjustable fatty acid profile with very low batch variability. This enables us to supply stable, regionally producible and sustainable raw materials, initially for the cosmetics industry and, in the future, for other markets as well.
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Verdancy
Nikola Mijailovic
Verdancy is a spin-off in the making from RWTH Aachen Institute for Biotechnology and DWI Leibniz Institute for interactive Materials, that focuses on developing fully biodegradable & microplatic free adjuvants for crop protection and nutrition active substances that enable their rainfast and precise delivery to plants.