{"id":16899,"date":"2026-06-11T11:09:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T09:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/uncategorized\/phaeosynt\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T11:09:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T09:09:25","slug":"phaeosynt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/en\/projects\/phaeosynt\/","title":{"rendered":"Phaeosynt"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1347266709\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260225_PHAEOSYNT_2275_v2_3-1-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"Phaeosynt Team (Copyright: Phaeosynt)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260225_PHAEOSYNT_2275_v2_3-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260225_PHAEOSYNT_2275_v2_3-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260225_PHAEOSYNT_2275_v2_3-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260225_PHAEOSYNT_2275_v2_3-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260225_PHAEOSYNT_2275_v2_3-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260225_PHAEOSYNT_2275_v2_3-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1347266709 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-1532700666\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1532700666 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\" data-rm-block-id=\"block-1\"><strong>Growth capital for Phaeosynt<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\" data-rm-block-id=\"block-2\"><span data-text-color=\"primary\">The worldwide first animal-free antibody platform for sustainable diagnostics <\/span><\/h1>\n\t<div id=\"gap-480726509\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-480726509 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\" data-rm-block-id=\"block-4\"><span data-text-color=\"primary\">Societal Challenge &#038; Market<\/span><\/h3>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\" data-rm-block-id=\"block-5\">Diagnostic antibodies are the core component of immunoassay-based tests, derived almost exclusively from animal systems. In Europe alone, around one million animals die for this purpose each year. These production methods are not only an ethical problem, they are also economically fragile due to batch variability and supply-chain dependencies on animal-derived raw materials, and face growing regulatory pressure. The global market for diagnostic antibodies amounts to approximately \u20ac8 billion, growing at 8-10% annually, with around 1,000 diagnostics manufacturers worldwide currently sourcing antibodies almost exclusively from animal-based systems.   <\/h5>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\" data-rm-block-id=\"block-7\"><span data-text-color=\"primary\">Solution<\/span><\/h3>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\" data-rm-block-id=\"block-8\"><a href=\"https:\/\/phaeosynt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Phaeosynt <\/a>offers the world&#8217;s first animal-free antibody production platform for the diagnostics market. The EU-patented process in diatoms combines animal-free production, batch consistency, and industrial scalability at high, reproducible quality as well as competitive prices. <\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\" data-rm-block-id=\"block-8\">\n<h5><span data-text-color=\"primary\">Transferable: <\/span>The platform is transferable to all monoclonal antibodies, including hormone, allergen, and Covid tests.<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\" data-rm-block-id=\"block-8\">\n<h5><span data-text-color=\"primary\">Market-proven:<\/span> With <a href=\"https:\/\/heymela.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hey mela<\/a>, an animal-free, IVDR-certified pregnancy test available at leading retailers like dm and Rossmann, Phaeosynt demonstrates the commercial and regulatory market readiness of the platform technology.<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\" data-rm-block-id=\"block-8\">\n<h5><span data-text-color=\"primary\">Impact: <\/span>By 2031, the technology will prevent the suffering of more than 59,800 animals and save over 12.5 tonnes of CO2.<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\" data-rm-block-id=\"block-10\"><span data-text-color=\"primary\">The team behind Phaeosynt<\/span><\/h3>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\" data-rm-block-id=\"block-11\"><span class=\"font-fira\"><span class=\"!text-24\">Phaeosynt was founded in Hanover in 2023 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/stephanie-pfeil-coenen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephanie Pfeil-Coenen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dr-alina-eilers?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_miniProfile%3AACoAABqo-X0BPX3QYmTEik8PfOMu8X7Xnw3gZ_Y&#038;lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Acompanies_company_people_index%3Bd7fbfe01-4082-4095-ac39-0662e529ca35\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Alina Eilers<\/a>, and Stas Hans with a clear mission: to rethink antibody production by replacing animal models with a sustainable diatom-based platform. The interdisciplinary team combines scientific and technical depth in plant biotechnology with regulatory expertise in the IVD market and commercial strength in B2B sales. An advisory board of life-science and finance experts strengthens the team strategically.   <\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1526635630\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1526635630 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-text-color=\"primary\">Curious? Reach out to <g id=\"gid_1\"><a href=\"mailto:kwagner@fa-se.de\">Kai Wagner<\/a><\/g> for more information about this impact investment opportunity. <\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Growth capital for Phaeosynt The worldwide first animal-free antibody platform for sustainable diagnostics Societal Challenge &#038; Market Diagnostic antibodies are the core component of immunoassay-based tests, derived almost exclusively from [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":16892,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":16,"footnotes":""},"categories":[216,163],"tags":[3056],"class_list":["post-16899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current","category-projects","tag-sdg-13-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16899"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16902,"href":"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16899\/revisions\/16902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}