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BiocSol funding news – Belgium-based BiocSol Secures €4.4Million in Funding

Feb 4, 2025 | By Kailee Rainse

BiocSol funding news - Belgium-based BiocSol Secures €4.4Million in Funding

Belgium-based BiocSol, a spin-off from UCLouvain focused on sustainable crop protection, has raised €4.4M in its latest funding round.

SUMMARY

  • Belgium-based BiocSol, a spin-off from UCLouvain focused on sustainable crop protection, has raised €4.4M in its latest funding round.
  • Founded in 2023, BiocSol offers sustainable solutions to protect crops like potatoes, vegetables, and grapes from issues like mildew, providing farmers with reliable and affordable protection.

The investment includes equity from Dutch impact investor Pymwymic and non-dilutive funding from the Walloon Region through the Win4company program.

Pieter Vis, partner at Pymwymic, says, “Given BiocSol’s strong biosolution pipeline and ability to develop microbial substances for a wide range of diƯerent crops, we believe that it has real potential to make a positive impact on the agricultural sector by providing farmers with alternative crop protection solutions at an aƯordable price. We are proud to be part of a project with such great potential, well-respected co-investors and partners, and, of course, an expert team led by Denis Payen and Simon Caulier.”

This funding comes after a €5.2M round in November 2024, led by Agri Investment Fund and VIVES Partners. The money will help it to develop its R&D platform and show the global potential of its first two biofungicide products.

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Denis Payen, CEO of BiocSol, says, “With this new financing, we are on target with our €10M goal, the amount we need to really fast track our development work. It also demonstrates, once again, that our commitment to providing farmers worldwide with access to sustainable and more eƯective biosolutions is the right one. We are thrilled to welcome Pymwymic as an investor in BiocSol. Its support will accelerate our growth and empower us to integrate impact into our everyday lives, ensuring that our path remains relevant and transformative. Thanks to our new chairman of the board, Pierre Ferrand, and our dedicated team, we now have everything in place to write the next chapter in the BiocSol story.”

Simon Caulier, CTO and founder of BiocSol, adds, “We wish to thank the Walloon Region for supporting our startup from the very beginning. Likewise, we are grateful to the Laboratory of Plant Pathology (SAVE), led by Anne Legrève and Claude Bragard, and the Laboratory of Food and Environmental Microbiology (MIAE), headed up by Jacques Mahillon et Annika Gillis at UCLouvain; all have been instrumental in the creation and successful growth of BiocSol.”

About BiocSol

Founded in 2023, BiocSol offers sustainable solutions to protect crops like potatoes, vegetables, and grapes from issues like mildew, providing farmers with reliable and affordable protection.

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