Icos Capital and Bühler recently held the Accelerating Sustainability Summit at Bühler's CUBIC Innovation Campus in Switzerland, bringing together investors, industry leaders, and startups from the biotech sector. The event aimed to accelerate sustainable solutions and harness the power of artificial intelligence to tackle urgent challenges in the food industry. By establishing an ecosystem of collaboration and innovation, Icos and Bühler hope to help startups scale up their efforts to address complex sustainability issues.

Startups such as BioRaptor and Triplebar attended the summit, showcasing their bioprocessing data analytics platform and generative artificial intelligence models for protein production. The event highlighted the importance of high-quality data in GenAI models and the potential of advanced biotechnology to reduce global emissions by 5% and generate significant economic value. Through collaborative venturing and leveraging established supply chains, the participants aim to expedite the growth and sustainable impact of startups in the biotech sector.