BIOWEG

a Quakenbrück, Germany-headquartered biotech company (known for bacterial-cellulose fermentation ingredients) that secured €1.5 million in funding to extend its existing fermentation platform into rare-earth-element bioleaching — using bio-based acids produced as a fermentation byproduct combined with peptide-based sep…

Country: Germany

critical-metal-biosorption eu

Coverage

	EU	US
bioremediation	✓	✓

Regulatorsepareach

Verifiable facts

Fact	Value	Source
Funding	€1.5 million (Dec 2025) and €16 million Series A (Sep 2025)	agfundernews.com · igrownews.com · tech.eu · chateic.com · cosmeticsandtoiletries.com · eu-startups.com
Capacity	6,000-litre fermentation capacity at pilot facility	agfundernews.com · biobase.whitefordresearch.com · igrownews.com · tech.eu · cosmeticsandtoiletries.com
Production site	Pilot production facility in Quakenbrück and applications lab in Monheim, Germany	agfundernews.com · biobase.whitefordresearch.com · igrownews.com · tech.eu · cosmeticsandtoiletries.com
Headcount	Approximately 21-50 employees	prospeo.io
Revenue	Estimated annual revenue between $1.79 million and $4.4 million medium confidence	prospeo.io · startuphub.ai

Independent sources: agfundernews.com · biobase.whitefordresearch.com · chateic.com · cosmeticsandtoiletries.com · eu-startups.com · igrownews.com · prospeo.io · startuphub.ai · tech.eu

Technologies

Name	Cluster	Risk
Rare-earth and critical-metal biosorption	bioremediation	High	→

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