EIC Summit 25 Networking Platform

2 – 3 Apr 2025 | Brussels, Belgium

Vasilis Stenos

Co-founder & CEO

Solmeyea

Athens, Greece

60 profile visitsEIC Beneficiary

Environ. Engineer leading Solmeyea Biotech, producing healthy functional food ingredients from CO₂ and partnering with top B2C food CPGs/manufacturers

My organisation

Solmeyea

Solmeyea

Start-ups and SMEs

Athens, Greece

Solmeyea is a purpose-driven biotech company producing carbon-negative functional food ingredients as an alternative to animal-based and plant-based proteins. Our patented hybrid microalgae cultivation process is the only technology that ferments microalgae using CO2 instead of glucose, at a rate 200x faster than photosynthesis. Utilizing SCOPE1 CO2 and Greece’s renewable energy resources, we produce microalgae-derived proteins in various colors at a significantly lower cost. Our process is carbon-negative, utilizing less than 1% of the land needed by crops for the same protein output. We aim to decarbonize the industries starting from FMCGs.
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About me

Co-founder & CEO of Solmeyea, a European industrial biotech company developing a new generation of sustainable proteins by converting captured CO₂ into food-grade ingredients through advanced fermentation.

Solmeyea has developed and validated its proprietary two-step CO₂-to-protein platform at TRL 8 and operates a 1,200 m² demonstration facility in Athens. Our flagship MEY™ Protein is a non-GMO, highly versatile protein ingredient designed for applications across beverages, nutrition, dairy alternatives, bakery, snacks and other food categories.

We are now transitioning from demonstration to industrial scale and developing our first-of-a-kind commercial facility in Europe. Solmeyea has secured approximately €7.5M in cumulative European grant funding through programmes including the EIC Accelerator, CBE JU, EIT Food and ESA, and is currently structuring its Series A and industrial financing round.

At SWITCH, I am particularly interested in meeting strategic investors, growth and climate-tech funds, family offices, corporate investors and industrial partners interested in biotechnology, fermentation, sustainable food, carbon utilisation and the decarbonisation of global food production.

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Interests

  • Industrial Biotech
  • FoodTech
  • ClimateTech
  • Alternative Proteins
  • Precision & Biomass Fermentation
  • Carbon Capture & Utilisation
  • CO₂ Utilisation
  • Sustainable Food
  • Deep Tech
  • Scale-up
  • Series A
  • Venture Capital
  • Corporate Venture Capital
  • Strategic Partnerships
  • Southeast Asia
  • Singapore
  • Malaysia
  • Indonesia
  • Food Ingredients
  • Industrial Decarbonisation

Marketplace (3)

  • Product

    MEY Proteins

    carbon-negative, non-GMO, FDA approved and EFSA-regulated, highly functional white proteins

    • Wholesaler
    • Agriculture & Food
    • Distribution Partner
    • Health Biotechnology
    • Climate & Environmental Tech
    • Advanced Manufacturing & Advanced Materials
    Author

    Vasilis Stenos

    Co-founder & CEO at Solmeyea

    Athens, Greece