Icos Invests in Dutch/US Health Food Innovator, WholeFiber

Improving gut and immune health with wholesome vegetables rich in prebiotic fibers WholeFiber, a revolutionary health food innovator with roots in The Netherlands and United States, has developed a “minimal processing” production technique, yielding dried vegetable products that boost gut and metabolic health. WholeFiber’s proprietary, sustainable process results in products with beneficial physiological characteristics including a mixture of four prebiotic … Read More

Holiferm to bring eco-friendly biosurfactants to the mass market

Holiferm to bring eco-friendly biosurfactants to the mass market following $7M investment boost. Holiferm, the award-winning University of Manchester biotech spin out, is set to elevate its work in developing eco-friendly biosurfactants following a significant first close of an investment boost to build a commercial biosurfactant plant… Read futher

Holiferm Sustainable Cleaning and Household Products

Holiferm’s sustainable biosurfactants A Conversation with Ben Dolman, CEO of Holiferm Holiferm uses fermentation to replace petrochemical and tropical oil based surfactants, creating huge economic improvements and more environmentally friendly cleaning, household and personal care products. Here, we talk to CEO, Ben Dolman about Holiferm and sustainable chemistry in the lead up to the Icos Innovation Summit. What are surfactants … Read More

Continuous innovation: How Gamaya reinvented its Ag image analysis pipeline

At Gamaya we develop solutions to improve agricultural practices with remote sensing data and advanced AI technology, delivering actionable results to large sugarcane and soybean growers. As a top-10 Swiss start-up, we are leading the way towards disruptive developments and smarter solutions. Here is how we have improved our orthomosaic analysis pipeline for faster and more cost-effective turnaround…read further

Icos looks at diversity and inclusion, internally, and across their portfolio

According to a study done by McKinsey, gender and ethnic diverse teams outperform by nearly 30% teams with fewer women and ethnic-diversity. At Icos we believe that increasing diversity in business means more thoughtful solutions, higher productivity and a stronger change of success for scaling companies. Alongside the release of our Annual Report, focused on people – planet – profit, … Read More

Carbon emissions and the Growth of Carbon Capture in Heavy Industry

There has never been a more urgent time to address carbon and greenhouse gas emissions. Net zero emissions targets for 2050 have not only been set by political leaders and countries, but also by some of the largest players in the world’s most polluting industries. To align with the targets set out in the 2016 Paris Accord, industrial CO2 emissions … Read More