{"id":157261,"date":"2024-10-01T07:22:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T05:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=157261"},"modified":"2025-01-28T14:32:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T13:32:05","slug":"danish-biotech-startup-secures-eur-1-3-million-to-reinvent-asphalt-production-with-first-fermented-binder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/danish-biotech-startup-secures-eur-1-3-million-to-reinvent-asphalt-production-with-first-fermented-binder\/","title":{"rendered":"Danish Biotech Startup Secures EUR 1.3 million to Reinvent Asphalt Production with First Fermented Binder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

With global pressure mounting for climate-neutral solutions, Danish biotech startup\u00a0Visibuilt\u00a0has secured\u00a0\u20ac1.3 millionto advance their groundbreaking fermented asphalt binder,\u00a0visiBIT. This innovative product has the potential to drastically reduce the environmental footprint of road construction and has been supported by\u00a0BioInnovation\u00a0Institute\u2019s\u00a0Venture House\u00a0program. With this\u00a0support,\u00a0Visibuilt\u00a0has\u00a0raised in\u00a0total \u20ac3.25\u00a0million for\u00a0the continued development of\u00a0visiBIT.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Venture House is an 18-month program offering additional financial support in the form of a risk-free convertible loan of\u00a0\u20ac1.3 million. The program is aimed at early-stage start-ups that have already participated in BII\u2019s 12-month Venture Lab program and require further support for business acceleration, scientific development, and team building. This means that Visibuilt will receive an additional\u00a0\u20ac1.3 million on top of the\u00a0\u20ac\u00a00.5 million they received during Venture Lab for the further development of visiBIT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n



Pioneering the World’s First Fermented Binder for Asphalt\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

visiBIT is a cutting-edge mycelium binder designed to replace bitumen, the fossil-based binder currently used in asphalt production. Bitumen, a byproduct of crude oil refining, requires extreme temperatures of up to 400\u00b0C for use, significantly contributing to CO2 <\/sub>emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visibuilt’s innovative solution leverages the fermentation of mycelium \u2013 the underground rootlike network of fungi. This novel technology aims to be a plug-and-play solution for the asphalt industry, and enables asphalt production at low temperatures, offering a potential reduction in energy consumption and cutting CO2<\/sub> emissions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n


A Green Transition for an Overlooked Industry\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For over 100 years, the asphalt industry has been reliant on bitumen, with limited innovation in finding sustainable alternatives. Existing bio-based solutions can only partially replace bitumen, acting as fillers rather than binders. With 60% of the world’s roads yet to be built by 2050, there is a critical need for more sustainable solutions. Visibuilt aims to meet this demand with visiBIT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Line Kloster Pedersen \u00a9 Visibuilt<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Founder and CEO, Line Kloster Pedersen,\u00a0says:<\/strong> \u201cThe BioInnovation Institute has accelerated the maturation of Visibuilt from early proof-of-concept to full product research, with a dedicated team behind it and our patent-pending technology being validated with asphalt industry partners. With BII\u2019s continuous support, we will now focus on bringing visiBIT out of the laboratory and into more outdoor field tests with customers.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n




<\/em>From Lab to Real-World Applications\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In just 1.5 years, Visibuilt has increased the strength of visiBIT by 300%, making it suitable for asphalt applications initially in bike paths. Outdoor test areas with visiBIT have been constructed this Spring with industry partners.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next step for Visibuilt is to scale production and hire a\u00a0Head of\u00a0Production<\/a>\u00a0and two more scientists\u00a0to facilitate larger-scale testing, moving one step closer to transforming the global asphalt industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n




Contact<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

CEO & Founder: Line Kloster Pedersen\u00a0
Email:\u00a0line@visibuilt.dk<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With global pressure mounting for climate-neutral solutions, Danish biotech startup\u00a0Visibuilt\u00a0has secured\u00a0\u20ac1.3 millionto advance their groundbreaking fermented asphalt binder,\u00a0visiBIT. This innovative product has the potential to drastically reduce the environmental footprint of road construction and has been supported by\u00a0BioInnovation\u00a0Institute\u2019s\u00a0Venture House\u00a0program. With this\u00a0support,\u00a0Visibuilt\u00a0has\u00a0raised in\u00a0total \u20ac3.25\u00a0million for\u00a0the continued development of\u00a0visiBIT.\u00a0 Venture House is an 18-month program offering additional […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":157295,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"Visibuilt Raises \u20ac1.3 Million to Transform Asphalt Production with Mycelium which has the Potential to Drastically Reduce the Environmental Footprint of Road Construction","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[15381,5796,10416,23080,19092],"supplier":[16493,25578],"class_list":["post-157261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-asphalt","tag-biotechnology","tag-circulareconomy","tag-constructionmaterial","tag-fungalmycelium","supplier-bioinnovation-institute","supplier-visibuilt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157261"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=157261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}