Bengaluru-based research foundation Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP) recently bagged the National Technology Business Incubator Award from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
The bio-incubator established at C-CAMP has several incubates. One of the startups incubated in healthcare includes Bug works, a start up developing next-generation broad-spectrum antibiotics to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The start up has now reached the clinical trial phase to tackle AMR through drug discovery.
In the environment sector, C-CAMP has incubated Sea6Energy, a start up catering to the sustainable development space using seaweed to produce plant health bioactive. Their first product in the market is a natural and organic plant growth stimulant. The other is an organic plant immunity booster that strengthens a plant’s defence responses to a broad spectrum of viral infections. Both products are natural formulations designed to holistically improve plant health and plant yield.
String’s founding ethos is that biology can perform interesting and varied chemistries that when fully leveraged present simple solutions to complex problems. Our mission is to innovate at the cutting edge of biology, engineering, and chemistry to enable sustainable and scalable solutions that are fundamental to living. String is driven by a strong vision to leverage nature's solutions to solve some of mankind's pressing challenges with regards to food, feed, health, environment and everyday living.
Pursuing this vision, we are a motley crew of innovators, thinkers and implementers who over the last few years have brainstormed, fretted, fumed, argued, discussed, aha'd, tried and tried some more, broken it down, built it up, solved and succeeded in developing a powerful technology platform and a robust product portfolio.
Our work continues as we build on the foundational platform and commercialize next generation ingredients that address fundamental challenges in society.In the field of agriculture, String Bio, a start up in the clean technology domain, uses bacteria to convert methane into edible single-cell protein for animal feed. They are also a synthetic biology start up using patented fermentation technology and process engineering methods to leverage organic waste and waste products to manufacture value-added biomaterials including single-cell proteins for animal feed, in particular aquaculture feed, and bio fertilizers.
“This recognition is a tremendous validation of the value the bio incubator program at C-CAMP has been adding to India’s bio-innovation ecosystem. It underlines the importance of nurturing cutting-edge research, innovation and entrepreneurship in life sciences in India, and leveraging this science to create societal impact,” said Dr Taslimarif Saiyed, CEO and director of C-CAMP.
“What better way to celebrate #NationalTechnologyDay2022 than winning @IndiaDST
National Award for Technology Business Incubation!. For a bio-incubation program
that supports innovative ideas & helps translate science to society@DrJitendraSingh “
The bio-incubator established at C-CAMP, with support from Bionest, BIRAC, NITI Aayog-AIM, Ktech-government of Karnataka and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, currently has 40 resident incubates, 10 non-resident incubates across India and the globe, and has supported 25 graduated incubates over the years. C-CAMP also deals with the deep-science bio entrepreneurship ecosystem in India with several portfolio innovations in the field of healthcare, agriculture, and the environment.
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