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| Name | Cluster | Industry | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fermented food ingredients (B2B) Contract fermentation manufacturers and specialty seasoning producers supply food brands with fermented bases (yeast extract, enzyme-assisted seasonings, … | Food & alt-protein | Food ingredients | |
| Fibre-based circular packaging Paper and board packaging made from recycled or renewable fibre in a closed loop and replacing single-use plastic — a mature industry (over 93 % of US cardboard … | Polymers & materials | Packaging & plastics | |
| Fill-finish & aseptic biomanufacturing High-precision sterile filling of advanced biological drugs into final delivery formats using isolated robotic environments. | Therapeutics & platforms | Pharma & biologics | |
| Flow cytometers for bioproduction Bench-top and process-scale instruments that measure and sort individual cells by fluorescence and light scatter — spectral analyzers, high-speed sorters and … | Analytics & PAT | Bioprocess equipment | |
| Food biopolymers (starches, polysaccharides, plant proteins) B2B food-grade biopolymers — modified starches, plant-protein isolates and hydrocolloids — produced by reactive extrusion, wet fractionation and isopropanol … | Food & alt-protein | Food ingredients | |
| Food fermentation monitoring sensors Inline density/alcohol analyzers, FT-NIR compositional instruments and process sensors purpose-built for brewing, winemaking, dairy and food-beverage … | Sensors | Post-harvest & processing | |
| Food industry and bioeconomy innovation ecosystems Dedicated food-tech venture funds, corporate open-innovation accelerators and government incubators form the connective infrastructure that scales new food … | Food & alt-protein | ||
| Food microorganisms (starter cultures) Live bacteria, yeast and mold cultures that kickstart dairy, bakery and brewing fermentation are a mature, still-growing global industry — Novonesis reported 7% … | Food & alt-protein | Food ingredients, Post-harvest & processing | |
| Food security & vertical farms Controlled-environment agriculture deployed as a food-security instrument in import-dependent nations — Singapore's 30-by-30 vertical farms, UAE desert … | Agri-tech & precision | CEA & horticulture | |
| Food-grade enzyme platforms Enzyme preparations made by fermentation with engineered production strains and used as processing aids in food — an established, regulated market: China's GB … | Enzymes & biocatalysis | Food ingredients, Biomanufacturing & Bio-industrial Production | |
| Forest & agroecosystem biomonitoring (smart) Smart biomonitoring of forests and agroecosystems fuses environmental DNA, satellite and LiDAR remote sensing, IoT sensor networks and AI to track biodiversity, … | Ecosystem restoration | Forestry, Ecology & monitoring | |
| Forest biopharma & phytochemicals Forest- and plant-derived pharmaceutical compounds and phytochemicals — paclitaxel from Taxus, curcumin, aged-black-garlic and standardized botanical extracts — … | Wood & construction | Forestry | |
| Forest therapy trails & certified guides (shinrin-yoku) Guided, mindful immersion in forests for mental and physical health, delivered on certified trails by certified guides — over 60 certified forests in Japan and … | Cross-sector intersections | Bio-Tourism & Nature Recreation, Wellness & Preventive Bio-Living | |
| Forest-derived pharmaceutical value chains Protecting, cultivating, processing and marketing medicinal materials from forests — from seed and nursery to TCM products — replacing dispersed low-value … | Wood & construction | Forestry, Pharma & biologics | |
| Freeze-dried bio-functional foods Whole-food or extract-based products preserved by freeze-drying (lyophilization) specifically to retain a functional bioactive payload rather than just shelf … | Food & alt-protein | Post-harvest & processing | |
| FSMA and HACCP certification for bio-food Third-party audit, certification and testing that lets a food business prove its safety system works — FSMA Section 204 traceability with key data elements and … | Regulatory & legal | Post-harvest & processing | |
| Functional chewing gum Caffeine-and-L-theanine nootropic gum, melatonin sleep meltaways and hydroxyapatite whitening chews turn the stick of gum into an oral-delivery platform — Neuro … | Food & alt-protein | Food ingredients | |
| Functional foods and nutraceuticals Personalized-nutrition platforms, postbiotic ingredient innovation and challenger clean-label supplement brands are reshaping functional foods from a generic … | Food & alt-protein | Food ingredients | |
| 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 | Consumer & retail | |
| Furan-derived bio-chemicals (furfural, HMF) Platform molecules made from carbohydrate-rich biomass that can replace fossil aromatics (BTX, terephthalic acid) — furfural at 250,000 t/year is industrial, … | Platform chemicals | Industrial chemistry, Biorefining | |
| Gantry robots for wet labs Overhead gantry and robotic-arm hardware that physically transports microplates and labware between instruments in an automated wet-lab workflow — the … | Automation & robotics | Digital & robotics | |
| Gas fermentation of food protein Microbial food protein grown by feeding hydrogen-oxidising bacteria a mix of hydrogen, CO2 and oxygen in gas-loop bioreactors — a land-free 'food from air' … | Food & alt-protein | Alternative proteins | |
| Gas fermentation reactors Purpose-built anaerobic bioreactors — tall bubble-column loop vessels, hollow-fiber cell-retention skids, and multi-stage gas cleanup trains — that let … | Upstream & bioreactors | Energy, Bioprocess equipment | |
| Gas fermentation to chemicals Acetogenic bacteria fix steel-mill and refinery off-gas (CO, CO2, H2) into recycled-carbon ethanol, acetone and sustainable aviation fuel through the … | Biofuels & bioenergy | Industrial chemistry, Biorefining, Energy | |
| Gasification & Fischer-Tropsch sustainable aviation fuel Municipal solid waste, forestry residue and captured biogas are gasified into syngas and built up into jet-range hydrocarbons via Fischer-Tropsch synthesis — a … | Biofuels & bioenergy | Biorefining, Energy | |
| Gene-edited crop breeding (CRISPR traits) Precise changes to a crop's own genes without inserting foreign DNA, giving results like natural mutation — in China regulated by MARA guidelines of 2022–2023 … | Genome engineering | Seeds & genetics, Crop protection | |
| Generative protein design Creating completely novel, non-natural protein structures and sequences from scratch using diffusion networks and large language models for therapeutics and … | Foundries & design | Research tools & R&D services | |
| Genetic design of ornamental & landscape plants Genetic engineering of ornamental plants and landscape trees for novel traits, bioluminescence, and urban air purification. | Crop biotech | Seeds & genetics, CEA & horticulture | |
| Genetic engineering & bio-selection Advanced crop breeding utilizing genomic selection, CRISPR-Cas9, and marker-assisted breeding for high-yield, resilient seeds. | Crop biotech | Seeds & genetics | |
| Genetic toggle-switch circuits Bistable gene circuits that let a cell hold a decision — two repressors wired against each other, from the Gardner–Collins toggle to industrial strains whose … | Foundries & design | Research tools & R&D services | |
| Genetically engineered animal vaccines Vaccines made by cloning and expressing protective antigen genes with recombinant DNA — commercialised in China since at least 2016 (SA215) and 2019 (MVAV6203), … | Livestock & aquaculture | Veterinary | |
| Genome editing Programmable genome editors — CRISPR-Cas9, base editors and prime editors — delivered ex vivo or in vivo via lipid nanoparticles to treat genetic disease, from … | Genome engineering | Research tools & R&D services | |
| Genomic pathogen surveillance (service) Sequencing-based services that track pathogen genomic evolution and spread for public health response — traveler/airport biosurveillance, portable field … | Diagnostics & medtech | Diagnostics | |
| Genomic selection breeding Predicting breeding values from high-density SNP genotyping to select superior animals and plants, replacing conventional progeny testing — with a Chinese … | Genome engineering | Seeds & genetics, Regenerative Agriculture & Carbon-Farming Services | |
| Genomic-data privacy platforms Platforms that let researchers, clinicians and biopharma partners analyze sensitive genomic and health data without moving or exposing the underlying records — … | Digital & IT | Digital & robotics | |
| Genomics & DNA design Writing genomes rather than just reading them — DNA synthesis at scale, de novo synthetic chromosomes and DNA-based digital data storage, complementing the … | Bioinformatics & omics | Research tools & R&D services | |
| Germplasm genebanks & breeding platforms Integrated systems that collect, register, store, identify and share breeding germplasm — China's national crop platform began trial operation in August 2025 … | Crop biotech | Seeds & genetics | |
| Geroscience & senolytics Selectively clearing senescent 'zombie' cells or suppressing their inflammatory secretome to treat age-related disease at its molecular root, rather than one … | Regenerative & personalized medicine | Advanced therapies | |
| GMO regulation and biosafety frameworks National and international rules for approving, labelling and monitoring genetically modified organisms, including the Cartagena Protocol and national biosafety … | Crop biotech | Seeds & genetics, Food ingredients | |
| GMP consulting for nutraceuticals Specialized consulting and third-party certification firms that prepare dietary-supplement and nutraceutical manufacturers to pass 21 CFR Part 111 and … | Regulatory & legal | Food ingredients | |
| GMP document management systems Dedicated repository platforms that version, route for approval and retain controlled GMP documents — SOPs, batch records, validation protocols — as their own … | Digital & IT | Digital & robotics | |
| Gowning & contamination control Disposable and reusable cleanroom garments, gloves, wipes and gowning-room procedures that control personnel-shed particle and microbial contamination in … | Cleanroom & facilities | Pharma & biologics | |
| Grafting platforms for vegetables Robotic grafting platforms that join high-yield vegetable scions onto disease-resistant wild rootstocks — a non-GMO answer to soil-borne pathogens and the loss … | Crop biotech | Seeds & genetics, CEA & horticulture | |
| Green & blue bonds, debt-for-nature swaps Green and blue bonds plus sovereign debt-for-nature swaps that convert developing-country debt into funded conservation of forests, coral reefs and marine … | Finance & investment | Services | |
| Green extraction (SC-CO2, DES, ultrasound) Advanced green extraction technologies including supercritical CO2, deep eutectic solvents, and ultrasound intensification for zero-residue bioactive recovery. | Downstream purification | ||
| Green infrastructure and urban forestry Structural soil cells, professional urban-forest management services and moss-based biofiltration installations that let street trees and green infrastructure … | Ecosystem restoration | Forestry, Ecology & monitoring | |
| Green walls & living facades Vertical greening systems — from climbing plants on a facade to modular living walls — that replace conventional cladding with a vegetated building envelope; … | Climate adaptation | Clean-City Bio-Infrastructure, Construction | |
| Halal/Kosher certification for bio-products Religious-authority audit and certification bodies that determine whether a fermentation-derived enzyme, cell-cultured protein or other bio-based ingredient … | Standards & certification | Services | |
| Hazardous biomaterials transport (IATA Class 6.2) Regulated door-to-door transport of Category A and B infectious substances under IATA Packing Instructions 602/650, using triple packaging, biosafety couriers … | Logistics & supply chain | Services | |
| Health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) services Specialist research organizations that build the economic and clinical-outcomes evidence pharmaceutical and biotech companies need to justify a product's value … | Regulatory & legal | Services | |
| Health wearables Body-worn sensors that collect and share physiological data such as heart rate and blood pressure, capturing health data outside acute episodes and clinic … | Diagnostics & medtech | Digital & robotics, Medical devices & implants | |
| Health-claim substantiation (EFSA 13/14) A thin category — clinical and scientific evidence dossier preparation to substantiate a health claim under EFSA's Article 13/14 framework — three confirmed … | Market access & commercial | Food ingredients | |
| Health-functional bio-textiles Textile-finishing technologies that add a health-functional property — antimicrobial protection, odor control or scalp/skin comfort — via a bio-based active … | Fibers & textiles | Textiles & leather | |
| Heavy-metal soil bioremediation (phytoremediation) Using plants — and, more experimentally, engineered microbes — to take up or stabilise heavy metals in contaminated soil; chosen less often than soil … | Bioremediation | Remediation, Ecology & monitoring | |
| Hempcrete & hemp construction materials Hempcrete and hemp construction materials turn the woody hurd and fiber of industrial hemp, bound with lime or processed into insulation batts, into … | Polymers & materials | Construction | |
| High-cell-density culture systems Bioreactor hardware engineered to sustain far higher viable-cell densities than a conventional stirred tank — Repligen's XCell ATF perfusion system (100M+ … | Upstream & bioreactors | Bioprocess equipment | |
| High-efficiency nitrogen-fixing microbial agents Microbial products that colonise crops and turn atmospheric nitrogen into plant nutrient, cutting reliance on chemical nitrogen fertiliser — moving from pilots … | Agri-inputs & biocontrol | Fertilisers & plant nutrition, Regenerative Agriculture & Carbon-Farming Services | |
| High-field & ultra-high-field MRI platforms MRI systems at higher magnetic field strength, delivered by global makers and by Chinese developers such as United Imaging, whose 5.0 T and 9.4 T platforms go … | Diagnostics & medtech | Medical devices & implants, Diagnostics | |
| High-resistance GM maize & soybean varieties (China) Genetically modified, pest- and weed-resistant maize and soybean varieties approved in China, which entered industrial application and wider variety … | Crop biotech | Seeds & genetics, Crop protection | |
| High-throughput sequencing for newborn screening Sequencing selected genes or whole genomes from newborn blood spots to find rare genetic disorders that biochemical tests miss — in pilot and observational … | Diagnostics & medtech | Diagnostics | |
| 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 | Diagnostics, Consumer & retail | |
| 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 | Consumer & retail | |
| 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 | Consumer & retail | |
| 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 | Consumer & retail | |
| 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 | Consumer & retail | |
| HPLC/UPLC instruments for biopharma Bench-top liquid chromatography systems — HPLC and ultra-high-performance UPLC platforms — that separate and quantify proteins, peptides, small molecules and … | Analytics & PAT | Bioprocess equipment | |
| HPV immunisation programmes (China national programme) A national programme giving free HPV vaccine to girls aged 13 and over, moving from pilots such as Ordos (2020) to a national rollout announced in October 2025 … | Regulatory & legal | Pharma & biologics | |
| HTA dossier preparation Health-economic evidence packages — systematic clinical-evidence reviews, cost-effectiveness and budget-impact modeling, patient-perspective data — that a … | Regulatory & legal | Services | |
| Human cell-lineage research facility A national mega-science facility that maps the life cycle of human cells from fertilisation to ageing through an automated imaging and multi-omics pipeline — … | Bioinformatics & omics | Research tools & R&D services | |
| Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) Precision-fermented human milk oligosaccharides — 2'-fucosyllactose, LNnT and sialylated sugars produced by engineered E. coli or yeast — that feed … | Food & alt-protein | Food ingredients | |
| Hydrogen fuel from biomass Thermochemical and biological routes that convert biomass and biomethane into hydrogen — gasification followed by water-gas shift and PSA, bio-SMR of … | Biofuels & bioenergy | Biorefining, Energy | |
| iGEM infrastructure, BioBricks and standard genetic parts The shared substrate synthetic biology runs on — a registry of standard parts and the student competition that populates it, nonprofit plasmid repositories, … | Foundries & design | Research tools & R&D services | |
| Imaging mass spectrometry diagnostics Label-free maps of proteins, peptides and lipids across a tissue section, read with a laser at every pixel and matched to histology — emerging for clinical … | Diagnostics & medtech | Diagnostics | |
| Implantable biosensors for chronic disease Surgically or subcutaneously implanted sensors that continuously monitor a chronic-disease parameter for months to years without an external wearable — … | Diagnostics & medtech | Medical devices & implants, Diagnostics | |
| Implantable nerve-stimulation devices (deep brain stimulation) Implanted stimulators for advanced Parkinson's disease that replace medication-only treatment and cut the need for replacement surgery — in the commercial stage … | Regenerative & personalized medicine | Medical devices & implants | |
| In-space organ bioprinting Bioprinting soft human tissue in orbit, where the absence of gravity-driven sedimentation lets low-viscosity bioinks hold shape without the scaffolds and … | Cross-sector intersections | Advanced therapies | |
| In-vitro gametogenesis (IVG) & reproductive synbio Deriving functional human eggs and sperm entirely outside the body from reprogrammed stem cells, aimed at reversing absolute infertility and enabling … | Regenerative & personalized medicine | Advanced therapies | |
| In-vivo gene therapy: AAV and lentiviral vectors One-time, potentially curative genetic medicines delivered by engineered adeno-associated and lentiviral vectors — eight FDA-approved in-vivo products since … | Therapeutics & platforms | Advanced therapies | |
| Indoor microbiome & building air bio-quality services Managing the community of microbes in buildings — baseline counts, occupancy and ventilation — and exploring probiotic sanitation instead of blanket … | Monitoring & conservation | Wellness & Preventive Bio-Living, Clean-City Bio-Infrastructure | |
| Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) Reprogramming adult cells into an embryonic-like, expandable stem state — the platform behind off-the-shelf NK cells, defined culture media and human-iPSC … | Regenerative & personalized medicine | Advanced therapies | |
| Industrial Enzymes & Biocatalysis Industrial enzymes and biocatalysis replace chemical processes with protein-catalyzed reactions — cutting energy by 40–70%, reagent costs, and waste streams … | Enzymes & biocatalysis | Feed, Industrial chemistry | |
| Industrial insect farming Industrial-scale black soldier fly and mealworm farming is going through a hard correction in 2026 — a flagship European originator collapsed into insolvency … | Food & alt-protein | Feed, Alternative proteins | |
| Industrial single-cell protein for feed Microbial single-cell protein grown by fermenting methane, CO2/hydrogen or side-streams into a high-protein feed ingredient that displaces fishmeal and … | Livestock & aquaculture | Feed, Fishery & aquaculture, Alternative proteins | |
| Industrial symbiosis & by-product exchange platforms The coordination layer of the circular economy — geographic symbiosis networks, by-product matching platforms, material/digital product passports and circular … | Bioremediation | Waste & circular economy | |
| Industrial-scale natural dyes Plant-, mineral- and seaweed-derived pigments extracted and applied at true industrial dye-house scale — replacing synthetic azo and heavy-metal-mordant dyes … | Fibers & textiles | Paints & coatings, Textiles & leather | |
| Ingestible biosensors / smart pills Swallowed capsule devices that image the GI tract or confirm medication ingestion as they transit the body, requiring no sedation or implantation — distinct … | Diagnostics & medtech | Diagnostics | |
| 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 | Alternative proteins, Consumer & retail | |
| Integrated aquaponics (RAS) Modular, commercial-scale systems that couple recirculating aquaculture (RAS) fish production with hydroponic or vertical-farm plant growing in a single closed … | Aquaculture & seafood | CEA & horticulture, Fishery & aquaculture | |
| Intelligent fermentation platforms (AI-driven control) AI, IoT and advanced sensing that replace expert-driven, trial-and-error fermentation control — at commercial-pilot and early industrial stage, with validations … | Analytics & PAT | Biomanufacturing & Bio-industrial Production, Digital & robotics | |
| Intelligent genetic switches (kill switches) Synthetic gene circuits that force engineered organisms to depend on external chemical signals for survival, self-destructing or losing viability once released … | Genome engineering | Research tools & R&D services | |
| Intelligent germplasm design (design breeding) Molecular design breeding combined with bioinformatics and AI to choose parents and predict performance early — replacing experience-based breeding, at … | Genome engineering | Seeds & genetics, Bio-AI & Computational Bio-Infrastructure | |
| Internet-hospital & online-pharmacy platforms Online ordering, e-prescription review and home delivery or pickup of medicines, replacing offline-only pharmacy purchase — governed in China by national rules … | Digital & IT | Digital & robotics, Pharma & biologics | |
| Intraoperative molecular diagnostics Real-time, in-the-operating-room molecular and optical tissue identification — fluorescence imaging agents, OCT, stimulated Raman histology and … | Diagnostics & medtech | Diagnostics | |
| Invasive-species biomonitoring via eDNA Detection of invasive and protected species from water, soil and air samples via environmental DNA (eDNA) using droplet-digital PCR and NGS metabarcoding, … | Monitoring & conservation | Ecology & monitoring | |
| Invasive-species classical biological control Selecting and releasing host-specific natural enemies to suppress an invasive alien species — in use in China since the mid-1980s, with quarantine testing, risk … | Ecosystem restoration | Ecology & monitoring, Ecosystem Restoration & Rewilding Services | |
| Keratin-based materials Turning poultry feather and wool waste into biocompatible keratin proteins for wound dressings, cosmetic ingredients, coatings and tissue-engineering scaffolds. | Fibers & textiles | Textiles & leather | |
| 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 | Food ingredients, Consumer & retail | |
| L-lactic acid industrial scale (PLA upstream) Industrial-scale fermentation of L-lactic acid, the upstream monomer feedstock for polylactic acid (PLA) bioplastics — fermentation scale-up, PLA-integrated … | Platform chemicals | Industrial chemistry, Packaging & plastics, Biorefining | |
| Lab automation & liquid handling High-throughput robotic liquid handling systems and integrated laboratory automation platforms that exponentially increase assay throughput, eliminate human … | Automation & robotics | Digital & robotics | |
| Lab automation & wet-lab robotics High-throughput robotic systems and liquid handling workstations driving autonomous, reproducible bio-research and screening. | Automation & robotics | Digital & robotics |