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Biosyntia ApS

Danish industrial biotech company producing natural vitamins and plant bioactives through proprietary microbial fermentation.

Last updated September 28, 2026

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Overview

Biosyntia ApS is a Danish industrial biotechnology company based in Copenhagen Ø, at Fruebjergvej 3. It develops and manufactures natural ingredients — notably vitamins and plant-derived bioactives — using proprietary microbial fermentation processes. The company positions itself as an alternative to conventional ingredient sourcing, which today relies on crop or animal extraction or on petrochemical synthesis. Biosyntia's core asset is a set of proprietary microorganisms selected to produce specific natural ingredients. By integrating these microbes into full-scale manufacturing processes, the company aims to deliver natural ingredients to customers at competitive cost, quality and scale with a minimum environmental footprint. The company describes its fermentation approach as comparable to brewing beer, but distinguished by its unique and proprietary microorganisms. The company focuses on a subset of the more than 40,000 registered natural bioactives. Its current product platforms position Biosyntia as a world leader within a selection of fermented vitamins and plant-derived bioactives. Publicly visible product areas include hair health and skin health, indicating an orientation toward nutraceutical, personal care and wellness applications. Biosyntia operates as a business-to-business ingredient supplier and pursues partnering relationships with customers and commercial partners. Its leadership team combines experience from industrial biotech, food and nutrition, and management consulting. Martin Plambech serves as Chief Executive Officer, Joe Power as Senior Sales & Commercialisation Director, and Raimo van der Linden works on scale-up and production. The company frames its mission around sustainability: as the world population is expected to grow to 9.7 billion by 2050, Biosyntia argues that biology can replace chemistry and unsustainable agriculture to enable a more sustainable world. It has raised external capital to fund its development, and its official materials reference fundraising in euros.

History

Biosyntia ApS is a Danish industrial biotechnology company located in Copenhagen Ø, Denmark. It was established to commercialise microbial fermentation technology for the production of natural ingredients, and it operates as a private company. The company's founding premise is that most dietary ingredients critical for a healthy population are today sourced either from crop or animal extraction or from petrochemical synthesis. Biosyntia set out to change this by developing proprietary microorganisms that can produce specific natural ingredients through fermentation. The company describes its process as comparable to brewing beer, but distinguished by its unique and proprietary microorganisms. Biosyntia has raised external capital to fund its development; its official materials reference fundraising in euros, though the precise amounts and dates are not stated in the available evidence. The company has built a leadership team with backgrounds spanning industrial biotech, food and nutrition, and management consulting. CEO Martin Plambech previously worked on global business development at Novozymes, commercialising new biotech platforms, and also worked at Boston Consulting Group and Hilti Denmark. Joe Power, Senior Sales & Commercialisation Director, spent over eight years in the food industry, including 8.5 years at Kerry Taste and Nutrition. Raimo van der Linden works with Biosyntia as an external consultant managing scale-up and production. Biosyntia's product platforms focus on a subset of the more than 40,000 registered natural bioactives, and the company states that its current platforms position it as a world leader within a selection of fermented vitamins and plant-derived bioactives. Publicly visible product areas include hair health and skin health. The company pursues partnering relationships and operates as a B2B ingredient supplier. As of the available evidence, Biosyntia remains an active private company headquartered in Copenhagen, focused on scaling its fermentation-based ingredient platform and supplying customers with natural ingredients affordably and sustainably.

Products and positioning

B2B supplier of nature-identical ingredients produced by proprietary microbial fermentation, positioned as a sustainable, scalable and cost-competitive alternative to crop/animal extraction and petrochemical synthesis.

  • Fermented vitamins

    Natural vitamins produced via proprietary microbial fermentation.

  • Plant-derived bioactives

    Bioactives from plants produced through fermentation, targeting a subset of the more than 40,000 registered natural bioactives.

  • Hair health ingredients

    Ingredients for hair health applications listed on the company website.

  • Skin health ingredients

    Ingredients for skin health applications listed on the company website.

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