Project cooperationUpdated on 24 November 2025

MI-factor: The microbial intelligence factor that shapes the future of agriculture

CEO and Co-founder at MI-factor

Thessaloniki, Greece

About

Who we are:
MI-factor is a biotechnology startup based in Thessaloniki, Greece, pioneering the use of microbial intelligence (metagenomics - AI) to restore, protect, and enhance soil health. Born from the ashes of the 2023 Evros wildfires, we combine deep scientific expertise with precision agriculture to deliver sustainable, resilient, and data-driven solutions for the agri-food sector.

What we offer:
We provide holistic soil quality analysis and microbiome profiling through our MI-kit, paired with actionable insights for disease prevention, crop optimization, and climate adaptation. Our services empower agronomists, farmers, and environmental professionals to mitigate agricultural risks and regenerate ecosystems.

What we’re looking for:
We seek partners across Europe and beyond—research institutions, agri-tech companies, public bodies, and environmental consultancies—interested in co-developing innovative solutions for soil health, biodiversity restoration, and sustainable agriculture. We welcome collaboration on R&D projects, pilot testing, and precision microbial applications.

Why collaborate with us:

Proven R&D excellence: €100K in funding, 5 EU & national projects
Multidisciplinary team: biotech, data science, agronomy
Strong network: REMTH, UTH, SEGE, NBG Seeds, CrossAgro, NextStage
Spinout-ready innovation with scalable impact

Let’s shape the future of agriculture—together.
Contact us for pilot testing, joint ventures, or research collaborations.

Stage

Early stage

Topic

HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-01
HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-02
HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-03
HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-04
HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-05
HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-06
HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-01-two-stage
HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-02-two-stage
HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-03-two-stage
HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-04-two-stage
HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-01
HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-02
HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-03
HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-04
HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-05
HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-06
HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-07
HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-08
HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-09
HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-10
HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-11
HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-12
HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-13
HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-14
HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-01-two-stage
HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-02-two-stage
HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-01
HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-02
HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-03
HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-04
HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-05
HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-06
HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-07
HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-08
HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-09
HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-10
HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-11
HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-01-two-stage
HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-02-two-stage
HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-01
HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-02
HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-03
HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-01-two-stage
HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-CLIMATE-01
HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-CLIMATE-02

Type

Partner looking for consortium
Coordinator looking for partners

Organisation

MI-factor

Small or Medium Enterprise (SME)

Thessaloniki, Greece

Similar opportunities

Project cooperation
MI-factor: The Microbial Intelligence factor that shapes the future of agriculture - Your friend in co-designing in-field precise microbial applications.
- Early stage
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-01
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-02
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-03
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-04
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-05
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-06
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-01
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-02
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-03
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-04
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-05
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-06
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-07
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-08
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-09
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-10
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-11
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-CLIMATE-01
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-CLIMATE-02
- Partner looking for consortium
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-01
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-02
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-03
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-04
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-05
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-06
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-07
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-08
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-09
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-10
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-11
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-12
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-13
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-14
- Coordinator looking for partners
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-01
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-02
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-03
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-01-two-stage
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-02-two-stage
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-03-two-stage
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-04-two-stage
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-01-two-stage
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-02-two-stage
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-01-two-stage
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-02-two-stage
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-01-two-stage
ELENI STEFANIDOU
PhD candidate in the Department of Agriculture at the University of Thessaly at MI-factor
Larissa, Greece
Project cooperation
Your exploitation partner
- Early stage
- Advanced stage
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-01
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-02
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-03
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-04
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-05
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-06
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-01
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-02
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-03
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-04
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-05
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-06
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-07
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-08
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-09
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-10
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-11
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-CLIMATE-01
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-CLIMATE-02
- Partner looking for consortium
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-01
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-02
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-03
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-04
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-05
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-06
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-07
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-08
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-09
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-10
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-11
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-12
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-13
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-14
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-01
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-02
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-03
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-01-two-stage
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-02-two-stage
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-03-two-stage
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-04-two-stage
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-01-two-stage
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-02-two-stage
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-01-two-stage
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-02-two-stage
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-01-two-stage
Katarína Nagyová
COO at LC Innoconsult
Szeged, Hungary
Project cooperation
Entities stragle making complex research understandable. CETENMA team is your solution!
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-01
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-02
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-03
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-04
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-05
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-06
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-01
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-02
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-03
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-04
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-05
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-06
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-07
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-08
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-09
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-10
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-11
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-CLIMATE-01
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-CLIMATE-02
- Partner looking for consortium
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-01
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-02
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-03
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-04
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-05
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-06
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-07
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-08
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-09
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-10
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-11
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-12
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-13
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-14
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-03-GOVERNANCE-01
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-03-GOVERNANCE-02
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-03-GOVERNANCE-03
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-03-GOVERNANCE-04
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-03-GOVERNANCE-05
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-03-GOVERNANCE-06
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-03-GOVERNANCE-07
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-03-GOVERNANCE-08
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-03-GOVERNANCE-09
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-03-GOVERNANCE-10
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-04-GOVERNANCE-01
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-COMMUNITIES-01
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-01
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-02
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-03
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-01-two-stage
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-02-two-stage
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-03-two-stage
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-04-two-stage
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-01-two-stage
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-02-two-stage
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-01-two-stage
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-02-two-stage
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-03-GOVERNANCE-01-two-stage
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-01-two-stage
Almudena Sanchez
Senior R&D Consultant & Project Manager at Technological Centre for Energy and Environment
Murcia, Spain