Cultiply

cultiply.net ↗ ·La Rinconada

Cultiply is an industrial biotechnology company that develops and scales up fermentation processes for companies in the food, agriculture, biopharmaceutical and cosmetics industries. It offers an end-to-end bioprocess development platform, from early concept through to industrial scale, using bioreactors that act as intelligent systems for multiplying yeast and bacteria. Its work covers applications such as fertilisers and biostimulants, probiotics, recombinant proteins and food ingredients, and it aims to cut its clients' production costs and make their fermentation safer. Javier Viña and Sergio Romero founded the company in 2020 in La Rinconada (Seville). It received an ENISA participatory loan at launch and has won Spain's National Young Entrepreneurs Award and the Emprendemos Sevilla 2021 prize.

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2020

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SectorsIndustrial Biotechnology, Fermentation, Agrifood, Biomanufacturing Start-up MapHealthtech & Bio › Biologics manufacturing & CDMO

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Founders

Javier Viña

Co-founder & CEO

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Sergio Romero

Co-founder & CTO

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ENISA

www.enisa.es

Public Loan 2021 · not counted Spain

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Date	Round	Amount	Lead
2021-01-26	Public Loan	€40K	ENISA

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2025-06-13	El presidente en su visita a la empresa de microbiología Cultiply: "Hay que fomentar el emprendimiento para que la gente con talento saque proyectos como este hacia adelante" ↗ Diputación de Sevilla 2025-06-13
2023-10-31	Cultiply: fermentación inteligente para mejorar el mundo ↗ Innovaspain 2023-10-31