Non-GMO microalgae, grown by fermentation.
Ingredients, strains and processes for human nutrition, feed and cosmetics.
1. Bioactive ingredients
We supply bioactive algal ingredients, B2B, for human nutrition, feed and cosmetic applications.
2. Strain and technology licensing
License a proprietary strain, a fermentation process, or both, and scale it in your facilities: exclusive rights, full technical transfer, and hands-on support to get your team producing at spec.
3. Development services
You set the target. We develop the strain and the process: greater protein content, richer pigment composition, better yield, increased stress tolerance. Fixed fee, fixed timeline, full technical handover. Complete commercial rights, royalty-free.
The team
Meet our team
Founded in Faro in 2024 by people from microalgae research and industry, with former CTO and CSO roles in microalgae companies. Strain development, fermentation, scale-up and finance all sit inside the company, from lab to plant.
A platform company with three routes to revenue.
Microalgae hold answers to some of nutrition’s hardest problems, but only if they can be produced at scale without the cost and footprint of traditional cultivation. That is the gap PhycoFerm is closing, with a non-GMO heterotrophic fermentation platform that can be licensed, developed under contract, or turned into ingredients.
Research and development
Everything we sell starts as a strain and a process in our laboratory
We develop non-GMO microalgae strains together with the fermentation processes that make them work at industrial scale, then push each route through bioreactor validation to pilot volume with partner facilities.
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Strain development
Non-GMO strains selected and improved against a target specification.
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Heterotrophic fermentation
Closed stirred-tank growth, independent of sunlight and season.
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Circular growth media
Media built from agro-industrial side streams such as molasses and whey.
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Real-time monitoring
Raman spectroscopy reading the fermentation while it runs.
Contact
PhycoFerm, Lda.
Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Pavilhão B1, Gab. E6 (CRIA)
8005-139 Faro
Portugal