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Bioento
Bioento (Bioento Farm) is a Spanish biotech and circular-economy company founded in 2017 near Madrid that breeds black soldier fly larvae to consume organic waste and by-products, converting them into proteins and lipids for animal feed and natural fertilizers/bio-stimulants for agriculture. It operates Spain's first insect breeding center at industrial scale, serving agriculture, livestock, food manufacturing, and wastewater-treatment clients, and has around 14-50 employees.
Founded
2017
Founders
2
News
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SectorsBiotechnology, Circular Economy, Waste Management, AgTech, Animal Feed
Start-up MapFoodtech & Agtech › Alternative protein & novel ingredients
Profile updated 31 Jul 2026
Founders
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Borja Melgar
Co-founder, Production/Technical Director
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Javier Martínez
Co-founder
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Global models 5
YYnsect
France · www.ynsect.com ↗
Insect (mealworm) farming converting biomass into protein and fertilizer for animal feed and agriculture, the same insect-based circular-economy model as Bioento.
$625MComparable
IInnovaFeed
France · www.innovafeed.com ↗
Industrial-scale black soldier fly farming producing insect protein and lipids for animal feed, directly matching Bioento's core process.
$500M+Comparable
AAgriProtein
South Africa/United Kingdom · agriprotein.com ↗
Pioneer of waste-to-insect-protein factories using fly larvae to process organic waste into animal feed, the same waste-valorization model as Bioento.
$120M+Comparable
PProtix
Netherlands · protix.eu ↗
Insect (black soldier fly) ingredient producer turning organic side-streams into protein and lipids for feed, closely mirroring Bioento's model.
$120MComparable
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Beta Hatch
United States · betahatch.com ↗
Mealworm farming startup converting organic feedstock into insect protein and frass fertilizer, a smaller-scale analogue of Bioento's larvae-to-product process.
$14MComparable
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