Barcelona -based GimmickA biotech company has raised $ 3 million seed funds in the mission of democratization on the use of advanced, sustainable enzymes throughout various industries.
The fund was led by VC Farms Fabar Venture (Lead Investor), Elia Partners (Existing Pre-Sectors) and Burmergen Venture.
“The enzymes are the minor chemical factory that is responsible for all the transformations of nature. Jimvol is using their energy to provide clean, sustainable chemical processes to the organization that is trying to improve their products and activities – the way for a developed world“Said Maria Fatima LucasCEO of Gym Vol.
Established by Emmanuel Manja in 2017, Maria Fatima Lucas and Vactor Gill, Gym Volilging SL specialized in computational enzyme search and engineering.
Since its inception, Gymavol has worked to discover themselves as computational enzymes and to establish a top in design. The company is parted with research and development teams to convert their production processes and convert their manufacturing processes to reduce environmental impact through enzymatic solutions.
Over the years, Gymavol has successfully completed more than 100 projects in various sectors in pharmaceutical and chemical industries, cooperating with global clients such as Explora, Medicheme and Sanophi.
A growing team of more than 20 multi -dimensional employees and both Barcelona and Boston, including the office, the company’s plan is:
- Increase its experimental lab (located in Barcelona Science Park)
- Expand the ownership of the ownership technology
- Increase its sales and marketing teams to reach new clients
- Bring its first custom-based enzyme kit to the market.
“Inventing enzyme energy in industries from sustainable production to pharmaceutical breakthrough. However, biochelice presents significant challenges-discovering enzymes and engineering are complex, expensive and time-consuming. The advanced calculating solutions of the gymvols go beyond the improvement of skills; They strengthen art elasticity, run sustainable innovations and shape the future of global production“Said Sophia SantosPartner in Faba Venture.
“Over the past few years, the gymvol enzymes have revolutionized the way the enzymes are discovered and engineered. Gymvol is now out of alternative solutions to all the main factors, including development speed, specificity and skills. We are pleased to continue supporting the company because it extends the portfolio of enzymes and scale operations internationally,“Said Sabastian LefebreyPartner in alia.
Enzymes are biocatalists, proteins are naturally found in living organisms that millions of chemical reactions are responsible for catalyst (accelerating). Different industries have used them to improve their products (such as better stains, lactose-free milk, etc.), as well as pollutants, as an alternative to the traditional, traditional catalyst.
Despite the ability to apply an enzyme to industrial chemical processes, it must first be an engineer to prevent the environment of the factory, as significant changes in stress and temperature can make them disappear. However, the traditional enzyme engineering is often needed for several months or year lab work, while depending on the huge ‘trial and defects’ tests, it creates as an unexpected and expensive process.
Jimvol’s technology invented this process. The company uses computer simulations that duplications of examination conditions with more than 90% accuracy. As a result of this approach reduces the time and cost of development, only the most committed variants allow the lab test to proceed.
Furthermore, the company is capable of discovering enzymes for target reaction without previous data. This means opening the door to potential projects that they know what chemical reactions they want to achieve but not know that it may have an enzyme for it.
Applying the biochelist to an industrial process can significantly reduce the requirements of toxic chemicals – or significantly. And since it can work in light situations, they can work at low temperatures and pressure, which leads to energy saving.
“Many companies are facing pressure to maintain competition in their respective field“Explained FatimaThe “Good things about biocatalists? They could provide solutions to all these challengesThe “
In fact, this trend does not seem to be slow at any time. According to the market, the Global Enzyme market was estimated at $ 1.5 billion in 2021 and it is expected to reach $ 1.8 billion out of 2021 (.8.5% CAGR) by 2021.
“Biocatalists have proved to be an effective solution to emitting industrial production and reducing harmful chemicals, but because of their complexity of implementation they are still less used“Added FatimaThe “We try to make the enzymes accessible to everyone with the help of gymvol, so green chemistry becomes new idealThe “
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