YpHen

What YpHen does

YpHen is a French biotechnology company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Thonon-les-Bains, France, that develops biological solutions for soil decontamination and soil health using living microorganisms. The company applies mycoremediation and related microbial approaches to degrade pollutants in contaminated soils, restore agricultural land, and support carbon sequestration in soils. YpHen serves industrial site remediation operators, agricultural sector stakeholders, and organizations seeking carbon storage outcomes, with reference to roughly 2.8 million potentially polluted sites across Europe as the addressable context.

The company's core technology is a patented process for the microspheric encapsulation of living microorganisms, including fungi and bacteria, which stabilizes microbial consortia and enables their deployment in harsh soil environments. This encapsulation platform is the technical foundation of YpHen's product line and is produced at a pilot unit established in 2020 at the Chablais Economic Agency, with industrial-scale manufacturing capability coming online through the BIOCAP1 plant in 2025. YpHen has built a multidisciplinary team combining mycology, microbiology, agronomy, and industrial bioprocess expertise, and holds intellectual property rights to its encapsulation method.

YpHen operates a B2B custom-manufacturing business model, producing encapsulated microbial products tailored to specific customer applications in industrial remediation, agriculture, and carbon sequestration. The company has been majority-owned by Edaphos Group since 2019, providing strategic and financial backing, and is connected to ecosystem partners including BPI France, the Solar Impulse Foundation, and AXELERA. Pricing, contract structures, and specific customer accounts are not publicly disclosed, consistent with an early-stage industrial biotech that has only recently moved from pilot to commercial-scale production.

Name

YpHen

Legal name

YPHEN SAS

Website

https://yphen.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

YpHen is a French biotech company that develops patented microspherically encapsulated living microorganisms for industrial soil remediation, agricultural soil health, and carbon sequestration applications, serving B2B customers in Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Bioremediation and Soil Remediation

NAICS

Biological Product (except Diagnostic) Manufacturing (325414), Remediation Services (562910)

SIC

Biological Products, (No Disgnostic Substances) (2836)

akta.pro primary industry

Bioremediation & Phytoremediation (Enhanced Bioremediation, Natural Attenuation) (EUAIALAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Microbial/Enzymatic Soil Conditioners (Decomposer & Soil Health Consortia) (AFABADAK)

Keywords

• Bioremediation solutions
• Soil decontamination products
• Mycoremediation technologies
• Encapsulated microorganisms
• Environmental biotechnology

Headquarters

HQ city

Thonon-les-bains

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Soil Remediation Products: Sale of encapsulated biological products (microspheres) for soil decontamination, restoration, and carbon sequestration applications. Products are sold in industrial quantities to B2B customers including industrial operators, construction companies, farmers, and public developers.
2. Biological Complex Manufacturing: Custom manufacturing of biological complexes based on customer specifications (cahier des charges). YpHen fabricates bio-augmented complexes tailored to specific site needs for agricultural and industrial soil treatment.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

YpHen develops, manufactures and sells biological soil remediation products based on proprietary microspheric encapsulation of living fungal and bacterial micro-organisms. Its core offerings are encapsulated microbial cocktails (mycoremediation fungi, bacterial strains and pre-/probiotic formulations) sold in industrial quantities to industrial operators, construction companies, agricultural input manufacturers, farmers and public developers for decontaminating and restoring polluted or degraded soils.

Product overview

YpHen is a European leader in mycoremediation offering a portfolio of biological soil remediation products centered on its proprietary microspheric encapsulation technology. The core offering consists of encapsulated micro-organisms (fungal strains, bacterial strains, and pre-/probiotic cocktails) produced at the BIOCAP1 industrial manufacturing unit. These living biological agents are formulated into microspheres that preserve viability during storage and transport, enabling controlled-release treatment of polluted and degraded soils. The products are bio-sourced, require no processing of natural strains, and are designed for large-scale industrial, agricultural, and environmental applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Encapsulated Micro-organisms (Microspheres) Microspheric encapsulation technology packaging living micro-organisms into microspheres that preserve viability during prolonged storage, enable controlled release for continuous treatment, and facilitate transport and field application. Sold to industrial operators, construction firms, farmers and public developers.
• Fungal Strain Solutions (Mycoremediation) Natural fungal strains used for mycoremediation that mobilize pollution-removing powers of fungi to decontaminate soils contaminated with hydrocarbons, heavy metals, pesticides and other harmful substances.
• Pre- and Probiotic Cocktails Cocktails of pre- and probiotic formulations that accelerate conversion of degraded plots and creation of technosols, stimulating biological activity and reviving inert materials in degraded soils.
• Bacterial Strain Solutions Bacterial strains combined with fungal strains to form biological associations capable of decontaminating, healing and regenerating soil ecosystems.

Quantifiable outcome

• 50-70% reduction in pollutants within 3 months
• +3 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Chablais Economic AgencycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn 2020, a pilot unit was built within the Chablais Economic Agency. This partnership provided infrastructure for initial operations and serves as the foundation for the BIOCAP1 plant construction. The agency supports local economic development and industrial innovation in the Chablais region.
• AXELERAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional chemistry and environment cluster in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes supporting innovative companies in the cleantech sector.
• French TechminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational initiative supporting French tech startups and innovative companies with resources, networking, and recognition.
• Solar Impulse FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFoundation promoting clean and profitable solutions for climate protection, offering the Solar Impulse Efficient Solutions label to verified environmentally friendly technologies.
• INPIminorOthersFrench National Institute of Industrial Property providing patent and trademark registration services and intellectual property support.
• Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes RegionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional government authority supporting local economic development, innovation, and industrial projects in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
• Aura EntreprisesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional business support organization helping companies grow and innovate in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
• CLEANTECHminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCleantech cluster supporting environmental technology innovation and sustainable development.
• Cluster Eau LémanminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWater cluster focused on sustainable water resource management in the Léman region.
• EMS ClusterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnvironmental and materials sciences cluster supporting industrial innovation.
• ThesameminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional innovation and entrepreneurship support organization.
• Initiative Haute-SavoieminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization supporting business creation and development in Haute-Savoie region.
• EntreprendreminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEntrepreneurship support network helping businesses start and grow.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• BioMicrobics: US-based environmental biotechnology company developing decentralized wastewater and bioremediation treatment systems. BioMicrobics is a comparable emerging environmental biotech peer for YpHen, with overlapping biological-treatment product philosophy and a smaller-scale commercial footprint relative to industrial incumbents.
• Aphea.Bio: Belgium-based agricultural microbiome company developing microbial seed treatments and biostimulants for cereal crops. Aphea.Bio is a relevant European emerging peer for YpHen's agricultural microbiome ambitions, with overlapping customer types but a different application focus (seed treatment vs. soil remediation microspheres).

Broad incumbents

• Lallemand: Canadian-headquartered global producer of yeast, bacteria, and fungal-based products for baking, brewing, animal nutrition, and environmental applications. Lallemand's plant-care and environmental divisions sell microbial solutions that directly overlap with YpHen's biological soil inputs and agricultural customer base, but at vastly greater scale and across more geographies.
• Novonesis: Danish biosolutions leader (formed from the Novozymes–Chr. Hansen merger) producing enzymes, microorganisms, and bioprotective cultures for agriculture, food, and industrial applications. Novonesis competes with YpHen in agricultural biologicals and industrial biotech, with similar technology substrates (microbial fermentation) but a much broader, global product portfolio.
• Premier Tech: Canadian diversified manufacturer with a dedicated environmental technologies segment producing bioremediation and soil-treatment products. Premier Tech is one of the closest large-scale comparables to YpHen's industrial bioremediation offering, with established European distribution and a broader product catalog that includes peat-based and biological soil amendments.
• Evonik: German specialty chemicals company with a defined biosolutions and animal nutrition segment that includes microbial products and biotech-based soil and feed additives. Evonik competes with YpHen at the industrial biotechnology substrate level and brings vastly greater capital, R&D scale, and global commercial reach.

Direct peers

• Indigo Agriculture: US-based ag-tech company developing microbial seed treatments and soil-health biologicals for major row crops. Indigo competes with YpHen's agricultural offering through its microbial product portfolio and shares YpHen's product philosophy of using living biological organisms to improve soil function and crop outcomes.
• Regenesis: US-based provider of advanced remediation products and technologies for contaminated soil and groundwater. Regenesis is the most product-comparable peer to YpHen — both sell biologically-active soil remediation inputs to environmental consultants and site owners — though Regenesis's portfolio is heavier on in-situ chemical and abiotic solutions.
• Symborg: Spanish-origin (now part of Corteva) developer of microbial agricultural solutions including fungal and bacterial inoculants for soil health and crop productivity. Symborg overlaps directly with YpHen's agricultural input manufacturer and farmer segments and serves as a benchmark for European ag-biological commercialization at scale.
• AgBiome: US-based agricultural biologicals company developing microbial products for crop protection and soil health using a proprietary microbial discovery platform. AgBiome mirrors YpHen's combination of biological R&D, agricultural customer focus, and emphasis on living-organism-based soil solutions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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