Corbiota | Seedhouse

The idea
What it's about

Industrial agriculture is under pressure.
Not only financial and ecological problems, but also the use of medicines in agriculture are just some of the reasons. Every year, 15 billion euros are spent on antibiotics and antibiotic resistance is on the rise. In addition, farms are coming under increasing financial pressure.

At Corbiota, we want to redefine industrial animal nutrition by feeding young animals with special live worms right at the start of rearing in order to transfer complex microbiota that improve health and growth by specifically supporting eubiosis. This strengthens the position of farmers and improves the profitability of farms.

We have conducted scientific studies with over 1 million animals that show significant results and thus prove the benefits of our products, reducing coccidiosis, pododermatitis, mortality and litter moisture, while increasing the final weight of the animals. We can also reduce ear and tail biting. We also have 7 patents.
Our production is fully automated and AI-controlled and is based on the vertical farming concept with a positive carbon footprint and zero waste approach.

The team
Who is behind it

Our team is characterised above all by diversity in age, gender and origin. Our founding team, with a total of more than 80 years of experience in the relevant fields, established Corbiota as a spin-off from BASF and relies on partnerships in industry and with universities and research partners.
In addition to our parent company in Düsseldorf, we operate several production sites in Germany and our subsidiary, Corbiota Inc. in the USA.

Seedhouse is unique thanks to its network in the agricultural ecosystem coupled with its highly personalised approach to supporting start-ups. The topics are very broadly based, giving the entire team the opportunity to advance their areas and thus the entire company in a very personalised way. The network in the agricultural sector also gives us as a start-up the opportunity to gain visibility and partnerships like no other programme.

Julia Rohde

CEO & Co Founder

Wir suchen
Support

In order to be able to further develop other product lines in addition to the poultry and pig health products, we are looking for investors who would like to accompany us on this journey. While we already have a solid footprint in the market in the USA and Latin America, we have left the proof of concept and value phase in Europe with our first customers and partners and are now looking for further strategic partners in the European market.

Success story
Sales partnerships

Corbiota has been active on the market since 2022. Since then, we have achieved a lot: we have won the Agrifoodture Challenge in France, are one of the rising scale-ups in NRW as a Scale Up NRW company, are funded by the BMWK and the EU and have founded a US branch.

Partnerships with universities and other research institutions accompany us in our scientific programme. Since our start at Seedhouse, we have been able to initiate partnerships, particularly in the agricultural sector, which have led to sales and research partnerships and enabled our product to reach more customers.

We are currently planning to enter the Asian and Latin American markets with the support of our federal government and other industry partners. These industry partnerships would hardly have been possible so quickly and with such confidence without Seedhouse, because being part of Seedhouse means being selected by a committee that sees potential for the industry and is prepared to support the company.