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Bilbao Campus Experience 2025 – Second Edition

The second edition of the Bilbao Campus Experience brought together international agrifood startups to Bizkaia for a unique immersive programme designed to connect innovation, entrepreneurship, and the Basque ecosystem.

The 10 selected startups share a strong technological focus and come from Poland, Serbia, France, Argentina, Sweden, the Netherlands, Cyprus, Turkey, and Bulgaria. Selection criteria included the innovative nature of their solutions, potential impact, maturity stage, and team strength.

Poland

MiFood

Develops robots that help reduce food waste and crop losses by 30%, offering an alternative to labour shortages while cutting CO₂ emissions.

Serbia

Veles Sense

Applies artificial intelligence in agriculture to detect early signs of vineyard stress using thermal imaging, drones, and cameras—identifying issues even before symptoms appear.

France

Happeaz

Produces vegetarian food (burgers, nuggets, etc.) for both retail and catering sectors.

Argentina

Food 4 You

A biotech company developing unique bacterial blends for plant-based fermentation, combining bioinformatics and traditional methods to create dairy alternatives that “outperform traditional products in both flavour and nutrition.”

Sweden

Food Scales

Transforms discarded fish scales into food-grade ingredients such as collagen, turning marine by-products into sustainable and innovative solutions.

Netherlands

BeeSag

Provides a modular early-warning system to protect honeybee colonies from pests and diseases, using lightweight smart devices and a real-time data platform.

Cyprus

Freyia Labs

Offers an intelligent system for producers of non-alcoholic fermented food and beverages, enhancing batch quality, performance, and regulatory compliance.

Poland

MycoVibes

A biotech startup, produces next-generation mycoprotein derived from shiitake mycelium, enabling animal protein replacement “without compromising on nutrition, taste, or cost.”

Bulgaria

Enthela 

Develops microorganism-based products that reduce the need for chemical inputs in grain production, protecting seeds from environmental fluctuations and chemical stress.

Turkiye

Tetis Biotech

Leads Seanacks, a project that recycles marine by-products such as fish skin and bones into collagen-enriched snacks.

Project lead

Begon âa Perez Villarreal2 1 Begoña Pérez-Villarreal EIT Food South

Director of Ecosystem Development

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