Karen Jane Lewis

PBL-Ventures is the business start-up and mentoring arm of Plant Bioscience Ltd founded in 1994. The firm is headquartered in the UK.

MNLpharma Ltd. develops and sells pharmaceuticals. It offers therapeutic products, research equipment, and related services. The company developed a molecule Immunomodulators for the treatment of cancer, infectious diseases, and immune disorders. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Aberystwyth, UK

AgriMetis LLC operates a biotech company, which engages in the development of crop protection agents. It also offers natural products derived compounds to protect crops from weeds, fungal diseases, and insect pests. Its AgriMetis technology platform employs multidisciplinary and integrated scientific approach that allows access to areas of chemical space and production routes that are inaccessible to others. The company was founded by Philip Goelet, Simon Aspland and Brian Green in March 2014 and is headquartered in Lutherville, MD.

Acidophil LLC develops biotechnologies and products in the field of applied genetics and molecular engineering. It uses synthetic biology and/or synthetic chemistry to apply the lessons of evolution to the discovery and development of novel bioactive compounds and related production processes for a variety of market sectors. The company was founded by Sydney Brenner and Philip Goelet and is headquartered in Lutherville, MD.

BioPhero ApS provides bio-based pheromones for pest management. The company was founded by Irina Borodina and Carina Holkenbrink and is headquartered in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.

MOA Technology Ltd. develops novel technology with applications in plant protection products. The company was founded by Clement Champion & Liam Dolan.The company is headquartered in Oxford, the United Kingdom.

Part of UPL Ltd., Advanta Seeds UK Ltd. wholesales animal feeds. The company is based in Sleaford, UK.

Help for Heroes Trading Ltd. provides fundraising services to support members of the Armed Forces. The non-profit company is based in Salisbury, UK. and has subsidiaries in United Kingdom. The British company was founded in 2007. Melanie Dawn Waters has been the CEO of the company since 2017.

Advantage Business Angels Ltd. provides investment services. It provides full fundraising or working capital financing to help UK businesses at all stages and in all sectors. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Halesowen, the United Kingdom.

Part of AstraZeneca PLC, Zeneca Garden Care is a British company that develops and manufactures pharmaceutical products, agrochemicals, and specialty chemicals. The company is based in Macclesfield, UK. Zeneca Garden Care was acquired by Zeneca Group Plc on January 01, 1995 for $84.16 million.

Oxitec Ltd. develops solutions for controlling harmful insect pests. It provides biological and development research services in controlling insects that spread diseases and damage crops. Its products include Diamond back moth, Pink bollworm, Medfl,y Mexfly, and Olive fly. The company was founded by Luke Alphey on August 15, 2002 and is headquartered in Abingdon, the United Kingdom.

CropDesign NV develops traits for cereal crops. It delivers agronomic traits for the global commercial seed markets. The firm focuses on enhancing grain yield in crops such as corn and rice, and increasing biomass of energy crops. Its platform, TraitMill, lows evaluating the effect of genes on the performance of plants under different growing conditions, including drought and low nutrient stress. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Zwijnaarde, Blgium.

Corgo NV specializes in corporate consulting services. The company determines the required profiles for client’s new directors, engages a network of professional external directors, recommends suitable candidates, and refers search specialists. It was founded by Karel Plasman in 2003 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

Applied Maths NV develops software for the biosciences. It offers desktop software such as BioNumerics, GelCompar II, GeneMaths XT, and Kodon. It also offers server software such as BioNumerics server. The firm also offers services such as training workshops, on-site training, data analysis, and scripts development. The company was founded by Paul Vauterin and Luc Vauterin in 1992 and is headquartered in Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium.

Part of Bayer AG, Bayer CropScience NV is a Belgian company that wholesales fertilizers and other agrochemical products. The company is based in Diegem, Belgium. The company was founded in 1972. Sylvain Moissionnier has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

MyCartis NV develops technologies for healthcare personalization needs. It offers Evalution, a multiplex analysis platform to develop protein and nucleic-acid based clinical biomarkers. The company provides disruptive solutions in the fields of clinical and translational research for various applications in the detection of proteins and nucleic acids, such as sandwich immunoassays, antibody assays, genotyping assays, and mutation analysis assays to customers and partners. It offers products for various disease areas, including cell signalling, cardiovascular, oncology, and preeclampsia. The company was founded by Koen Kas in August 2004 and is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium.

Intrexon ActoBiotics NV manufactures biopharmaceutical products. It focuses on the development and commercialization of a new generation of biological drugs. The company represents a novel concept for oral administration of therapeutic proteins, and is designed to be safer and more effective than injectable biopharmaceuticals. Intrexon Actobioticswas founded by Mark Vaeck, Emil Pot and Bernard Coulie in June 2006 and is headquartered in Zwijnaarde, Belgium.

Part of Bayer AG, Bayer Bioscience NV is a Belgian company that manufactures and markets herbicides and agricultural chemical products. The company is based in Ghent, Belgium. The company was founded by Gerard van Acker.

FlandersBio vzw is a life sciences cluster organization based in Flanders, Belgium. FlandersBio creates value by organizing networking and training activities, supporting internationalization, providing services, and building expertise. The Belgian company was founded by Jean Marie Stassen.

Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie - Flanders Institute operates as a non-profit organization, provides research and development services. It specializes in translating basic scientific results into pharmaceutical, agricultural and industrial applications. The company was founded on January 1, 1996 and is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium.

Q-Biologicals NV operates as a bio pharma contract development and manufacturing organization. It provides process development and bio manufacturing services to customers in the biopharmaceutical industry. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium.

Meiogenix SAS operates as a biotech company which develops breeding technologies. Its technology allows the modulation of the homologous recombination in eukaryotic cells. It facilitates the natural process that introduces genetic diversity in organisms allowing the generation of novel natural varieties. The company was founded by Giacomo Bastianelli and Alain Nicolas in 2011 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Confo Therapeutics NV develops pharmaceutical products. It is a drug discovery company building internal drug discovery programs on GPCRs addressing unmet medical need. The company was founded by Jan Steyaert and Toon Laeremans in June 2015 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.