Industries
Consumer & retail
What changes this industry: bio-solutions with evidence, technologies, suppliers and open money.
What it replaces 0
No graded substitution linked yet.
Technologies 39
| Bio all-purpose home cleaners Household surface, dish and multi-purpose cleaners built on plant-derived surfactants and enzyme stain-removal chemistry rather than petrochemical solvents — … | Enzymes & biocatalysis |
| Bio-antimicrobial consumer hygiene Hand sanitizers and antibacterial soaps built on plant-derived ethyl alcohol (sugarcane or coconut-sourced) and botanical extracts rather than petrochemical … | Specialty & fine chemicals |
| Bio-art kits Consumer and classroom kits that turn living organisms into a visual or decorative product — Amino Labs' pigmented-yeast Canvas Kit living paintings, Carolina … | Education & workforce |
| Bio-bedding (mycelium foam, natural latex) Finished mattresses and bedding built on GOLS-certified natural latex, organic wool and cotton — sold by specialist manufacturers (Naturepedic, Avocado, Savvy … | Polymers & materials |
| Bio-building kits for children Children's construction and model-building toys built around a biological material or biological structure — GROWN.bio's Grow-It-Yourself mycelium shape kits, … | Education & workforce |
| Bio-disposable tableware for consumers Finished compostable foodservice tableware — bagasse and molded-fiber plates and bowls, PLA cutlery and cups — manufactured and sold by dedicated … | Polymers & materials |
| Bio-electronics experiment kits Maker and classroom kits that turn a human or animal bioelectrical signal into readable electronic data — Backyard Brains' SpikerBox neuron/muscle recorders, … | Education & workforce |
| Bio-endurance and performance retreats A genuinely thin category — altitude and physiological performance-training infrastructure for elite endurance athletes is real, active infrastructure, but … | Monitoring & conservation |
| Bio-funeral industry (green burial & human composting) Biological death care that replaces flame cremation and vault burial — natural organic reduction (NOR) vessel-composts human remains into soil (Recompose, Earth … | Bioremediation |
| Bio-generative art & music Devices and studios that convert living-system data — plant electrical signals, tree sap flow, ecological and biological datasets — into generative music and … | Cross-sector intersections |
| Bio-jewelry (grown pearls, biomineralized gems) Cultured pearl jewelry — nacre biomineralized inside living oysters over multi-year farming cycles — grown and sold by farm-owning producers (Mikimoto, Tasaki, … | Polymers & materials |
| Bio-pet products (bio-cat litter) Plant-based cat litter — corn, wheat and wood-pellet formulations — manufactured by specialist producers (World's Best Cat Litter, sWheat Scoop, OKOCAT, Feline … | Polymers & materials |
| Bio-probiotic confectionery Gummies, chewable tablets and chocolate carrying a defined colony-forming-unit dose of live probiotic strains — the supplement format that removes pill fatigue … | Food & alt-protein |
| Bio-sexual wellness products Vaginal probiotic and synbiotic products built on specific Lactobacillus strains that establish or maintain a resilient vaginal microbiome, delivered as oral … | Regenerative & personalized medicine |
| Bio-sports-nutrition gels & shots Endurance-sport energy gels engineered around a biological delivery mechanism — an alginate-pectin hydrogel that cross-links in stomach acid, real-food … | Food & alt-protein |
| Bio-theme parks A genuinely thin category — large-scale biome and biodiversity-education attractions combining botanical/zoological content with visitor experience design — … | Monitoring & conservation |
| Bio-toddler nutrition Nutrition products formulated specifically for the 1-3-year toddler transition — Serenity Kids' whole-food organic meat-and-vegetable pouches, Else Nutrition's … | Food & alt-protein |
| Biometric e-sports performance systems Wearable heart-rate-variability bands, eye-tracking gaze analytics and EEG brain-computer-interface headsets applied to competitive gaming, giving players and … | Cross-sector intersections |
| Citizen-science microscopes (Foldscope) A thin category — ultra-low-cost microscope hardware designed to put biological observation into the hands of students, citizen scientists, and field … | Monitoring & conservation |
| Cognitive performance optimization A thin category, scoped specifically to biomarker/genetic-panel-guided cognitive optimization rather than generic nootropic supplements — two confirmed US … | Regenerative & personalized medicine |
| Consumer neurotech & wellness BCI / EEG Dry-electrode EEG wearables — headbands, earbuds and sleep masks — that read brainwave activity without gel or clinical setup, using on-device AI artifact … | Regenerative & personalized medicine |
| CRISPR educational kits Classroom and community-lab kits that let students run a real or simulated CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing workflow — Amino Labs' bacterial genetic-engineering kits, … | Education & workforce |
| Cycle-syncing food products for women A pathfinder-reserve category — nutritional and supplement products marketed to align with a woman's menstrual cycle phases — one confirmed vendor after two … | Food & alt-protein |
| DNA-driven heritage tourism Guided travel itineraries built directly from a traveler's consumer DNA test results — a tour operator translates a 23andMe or AncestryDNA ethnicity breakdown … | Regenerative & personalized medicine |
| Enzyme-based laundry detergents (consumer SKU) Consumer laundry detergents whose cleaning power rests on a loaded enzyme core — protease and lipase stain removal (Dropps, Ecover), multi-enzyme … | Specialty & fine chemicals |
| Functional nootropic mushroom supplements Consumer-facing nootropic mushroom capsules, powders and coffee alternatives — Om Mushroom Superfood, Host Defense, Moon Juice, Real Mushrooms and MUD\WTR — … | Food & alt-protein |
| Home blood-analysis kits Self-administered blood collection for consumer health testing, either mailed to a certified laboratory or drawn at a retail microsample station, returning … | Diagnostics & medtech |
| Home DNA extraction kits Take-home biotech kits that let a student or hobbyist extract visible DNA from cheek cells, fruit or saliva using dish soap, salt and rubbing alcohol — … | Education & workforce |
| Home fermentation starter kits Consumer starter kits for lacto-fermenting vegetables, kefir and cultured foods at home — Kraut Source's airlock crock lid, Masontops' mason-jar fermentation … | Food & alt-protein |
| Home mushroom growing kits Pre-colonized fruiting blocks of oyster and lion's mane mushrooms that turn solid-state mycelial fermentation into a consumer kitchen-counter product — North … | Food & alt-protein |
| Home water & soil bio-testing kits Consumer test kits that put a microbiological read on private water and garden soil — a coliform and E. coli presence/absence culture at the kitchen table, or a … | Education & workforce |
| Insect protein snacks for human consumption Cricket bars, mealworm snacks, cricket pasta and chips — high-protein (~65%) insect-based snacks positioned on a fraction of the land, water and feed of … | Food & alt-protein |
| Koji & fermented flavor-starter kits (consumer) Aspergillus oryzae solid-state fermentation of steamed grain into koji, shio-koji, miso and amazake bases — sold as finished consumer flavor starters by … | Food & alt-protein |
| Living-culture beverages beyond kombucha Kefir, water kefir, kvass and jun — live probiotic fermented drinks beyond kombucha, riding gut-health demand across the US, Europe, China and India, from … | Food & alt-protein |
| Personalized nutrition Dietary recommendations tailored to an individual's gut microbiome, DNA and real-time glucose response, delivered as test-kit subscriptions, AI food scores and … | Regenerative & personalized medicine |
| Seaweed consumer products Roasted nori snacks, seaweed chips, kelp burgers and umami seasonings turning macroalgae into a mainstream better-for-you food category — dominated by China's … | Food & alt-protein |
| Sleep and circadian bioeconomy Wearable ring and smart-mattress sleep trackers measuring physiological signals through the night, contactless under-mattress sensing mats that skip the … | Diagnostics & medtech |
| Sports bioeconomy Wearables, blood panels and at-home biomarker tests that turn an athlete's own physiology — recovery, blood chemistry, glucose, genetics, urine biomarkers — … | Diagnostics & medtech |
| Traditional fermentation Kraut, kimchi and pickle makers rooted in decades- or centuries-old technique are scaling into mainstream retail — Walmart is betting big on fresh fermented … | Food & alt-protein |
Opportunities 2
| Tender | Lithuania – Laboratory reagents – 9580508 Reagentai molekuliniams tyrimams su įrangos įsigijimu panaudos būdu … Lietuvos sveikatos mokslų universiteto ligoninė Kauno klinikos (PV) | Oct 12, 2026 5 days |
| Grant | Enhancing ecodesign and circularity of consumer electronics European Commission | Sep 22, 2027 350 days |