Meet the following companies

1. Revolutionizing nutrition science with high tech gut
   Food / Healthech
   B2B - Seed - Raising 500 k
   
   This company allows food, probiotic, and ingredient companies to test digestive performance, microbiome impact, and bioavailability before clinical trials, reducing cost, risk, and development time. They have built their in-house lab, secured strategic partnerships wiht leading European research institutions, started pilot projects with multinational nutrition and ingredient companies, signed 5 LOIs and generated €120k in ARR. The company is now raising €500k to scale operations and drive market adoption of its technology.
   
2. The "Gore-tex" for tyres
   3D Printing / Manufacturing / Robotics
   B2B2C - Pre Seed - raising €800k
   
   This company has developed a self healing material that auto-repair tires, enabling puncture-proofing for tire makers and service centers. Backed by €7.5M in EU research grants, their solution targets 3.35M tons of tires scrapped annually due to punctures and taps into a €46B 'puncture-proof' market. Armed with a worldwide exclusive license on 5 patent families (including a purchase option), they have already tested their product with a major cycling team and a global tire manufacturer as well as proven the scalability of the production.The current funding round of €800k will complete the bikie launch, achieve the car aftermarket validation, and finalize industrial scale production.
   
3. Transforming packaging returns into a scalable, circular business model
   Fintech / Cleantech
   B2B - seed - raising €1.3M
   
   Driven by the shift to reusable packaging, this company is building the financial infrastructure that make reusable packaging across foodservice and retail scalable and frictionless. Their digital deposit system is fully live in three Belgian football stadiums, representing €70k in ARR (for usage) and €104k in hardware sales (for smart return points). With a first reseller agreement in DACH, a validated rollout in the Netherlands, and inbound interest from major operators in the UK and France, they're now raising €1.3M to become the default deposit infrastructure in Europe and prevent 30 million single use items over the next two years.
   
   4. Next gen text mining for R&D, innovation, IP and strategy teams
   AI / Machine Learning
   B2B - pre seed - raising €556k
   
   This company has developed and markets an AI powered knowledge discovery platform that transforms massive data, papers, patents, trials, and market sources into strategic, quantified decision ready insights for R&D, innovation, IP, and strategy teams. Trusted by leading players in sectors such as energy, industry and pharma, their SaaS solution delivers insights 10x faster and up to 4x more cost effectively than traditional deskl research, enabling their customers to uncover hidden trends, accelerate breakthrough innovation and mitigate related innovation risks. Generating €250k in revenues, they are raising €556k to further enhance their solution and accelerate the market penetration.