Bios Urn

What Bios Urn does

Bios Urn Environment S.L., trading as Bios Urn, designs and sells the world's first patented biodegradable urn that converts cremated human or pet ashes into a tree. The product uses a dual-capsule architecture — an upper sealed capsule that protects a seed or seedling during germination, and a lower capsule that holds the ashes — combined with a coco-peat and vermiculture expansion disc that manages moisture and pH over time. The urn is 100% biodegradable, manufactured with custom moulding and no chemical additives, and is paired with an optional indoor/terrace planter called Bios Incube Lite for customers without outdoor planting space.

The company is headquartered in Montferrer, Lleida, Spain, with a secondary fulfillment center in Michigan, USA, and is operated by a small founder-led team under co-founder Gerard Moliné. Its product portfolio spans the core Bios Urn for humans (priced at $140-$145), Bios Urn Pets ($99), Bios Incube Lite, and the Bios Parks memorial-forest concept, all sold primarily through the company's own e-commerce site with worldwide shipping and a secondary wholesale/retail distributor channel. Bios Urn has been operating since the product launched in 2001, reaching customers in 47 countries across five continents and reporting cumulative sales of more than 100,000 urns.

Bios Urn monetizes through one-time unit hardware sales via a direct-to-consumer, product-led e-commerce motion with content-driven marketing, earned media coverage in outlets including National Geographic, Time, CBS, Forbes, and Wired, and an email newsletter funnel. Pricing is consistent globally with local currency equivalents, free shipping is offered on bulk orders of four or more units, and the company accepts card, PayPal, and bank-transfer payments. The firm is privately held, bootstrapped, and has not disclosed any institutional funding rounds.

Name

Bios Urn

Legal name

Bios Urn Environment S.L.

Website

https://urnabios.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Bios Urn Environment S.L. designs, manufactures, and sells patented biodegradable dual-capsule urns that convert human or pet cremated ashes into a tree, distributing worldwide via its own e-commerce site, wholesale partners, and fulfillment centers in Spain and the US.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Eco-friendly funeral and memorial products

NAICS

Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (325211), Resin, Synthetic Rubber, and Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing (3252)

SIC

Plastic Materials, Synth Resins & Nonvulcan Elastomers (2821)

akta.pro primary industry

Biodegradable Polymers & Resins (PLA, PHA, PBS, PBAT) (IMAEAOAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Bio-based Polymers & Resins (PLA, PHA, bio-PE, bio-PET, cellulose acetate) (IMAMALAC), Bio-based & Biodegradable Polymer Resin Manufacturing (PLA, PHA, PBS, starch blends) (IMANAAAG)

Keywords

• Biodegradable urns
• Eco-friendly burial
• Memorial products
• Cremation alternatives
• Green funeral goods

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Direct product sales: One-time hardware sales of biodegradable urns through e-commerce. Customers purchase urns directly from the website with optional seed kits. Revenue is generated per unit sold with no recurring component. Free shipping offered for orders of 4+ units.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Bios Urn designs, manufactures, and sells the world's first biodegradable urn that converts human or pet cremated ashes into a living tree. The product uses a patented dual-capsule design that separates seeds from alkaline ashes during initial decomposition and is constructed entirely from 100% recycled, biodegradable materials without chemicals or glues.

Product overview

Bios Urn offers a portfolio of biodegradable urn products that transform ashes into growing trees, enabling a return to nature through death. The core offering includes the Bios Urn® for human ashes ($145 with seeds, $140 without) and Bios Urn Pets® for pet ashes ($99), both 100% biodegradable with no expiration date. The Bios Incube® Lite is an indoor/outdoor planter accessory (76cm x 33cm) for customers without natural planting space. The company ships worldwide from fulfillment centers in Spain and Michigan, USA, having served customers in 47 countries across 5 continents.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Bios Urn Pets®: Biodegradable urn designed to turn pet ashes into a tree, smaller version of the human Bios Urn.
• Bios Incube® Lite
• Bios Parks®

Products and services

• Bios Urn® The world's first biodegradable urn designed to turn human ashes into a tree. Features two separate capsules — an upper sealed capsule to protect seeds until sprouting, and a lower capsule that holds the ashes. Made of 100% biodegradable recycled materials with no chemicals. Each unit includes a Bios Urn, packaging with planting instructions, and a coco-fiber soil expansion disc.
• Bios Urn Pets® A smaller-capacity (1.25L) version of the Bios Urn designed specifically for pet cremated remains, functioning identically to the human version and priced lower at $99. Enables pet owners to memorialize their animals by turning ashes into a living tree.
• Bios Incube® Lite Indoor/terrace planter accessory (76 cm tall × 33 cm diameter) designed to house a Bios Urn or Bios Urn Pets for customers without access to natural outdoor planting space. Includes a drainage opening.
• Bios Parks® A product line and brand extension for commercial or public-space applications of Bios urns, aimed at establishing memorial forests and natural burial grounds.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 100,000 urns sold with minimal growth failure complaints
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ecoffin: Ecoffin manufactures biodegradable coffins made from natural materials such as bamboo, willow, and cardboard. It shares the same biodegradable-materials manufacturing DNA as Bios Urn and serves the same eco-conscious funeral consumers.
• The Living Urn: The Living Urn is a direct competitor offering a biodegradable urn that grows a tree from cremated remains. It targets the same eco-conscious consumers with a similar hardware-plus-seed kit model and bioplastic urn construction.
• Capsula Mundi: Capsula Mundi produces biodegradable egg-shaped burial pods for human remains designed to be planted with a tree. It is the closest conceptual peer to Bios Urn, both pioneering nature-based funeral alternatives in the international market.
• Loop of Life: Loop of Life markets biodegradable urns and tree-planting kits in Europe and Latin America that closely mirror Bios Urn's core proposition. It is a direct competitor in the European market with a similar urn-and-seed value proposition.
• Tré Urn: Tré Urn offers a plantable cremation urn concept with similar biodegradable construction to Bios Urn. It is a direct peer addressing the same eco-end-of-life consumer need through a tree-growing urn format.

Broad incumbents

• Better Place Forests: Better Place Forests operates memorial forests in the US where cremated remains can be scattered under dedicated trees. It is a broader incumbent in green/alternative end-of-life services with greater scale and a recurring revenue model Bios Urn could partner with.

Emerging players

• Recompose: Recompose offers human composting (natural organic reduction) as an alternative to burial and cremation. It is an emerging player in the green death-care space that competes for the same environmentally-minded customer base as Bios Urn.
• Mushroom Memorials (Coeio): Coeio's Infinity Mushroom Burial Suit uses mushrooms and biodegradable materials to decompose remains and remediate toxins. It is an emerging player in nature-based disposition that competes conceptually with Bios Urn in the green death-care category.

Regional players

• The Natural Burial Company: The Natural Burial Company supplies biodegradable coffins, urns, and shrouds primarily in the UK. It is a regional player in eco-friendly funeral products with overlapping SKU categories including biodegradable urns comparable to Bios Urn.

Others

• Passage Bio / Spirit Biologicals: Spirit Biologicals (and similar eco-memorial suppliers) distribute biodegradable funeral merchandise to funeral homes and retailers. They are adjacent ecosystem participants that could serve as wholesale distribution channels for Bios Urn products.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/UrnaBios
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCuX9TECVOymxu5FmCmB6L_A
• Facebookfacebook.com/urnabios
• Instagraminstagram.com/biosurn
• Pinterestpinterest.com/biosurn
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bios-urn

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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