Engineering Europe's
bio-conversion infrastructure

Entolum develops modular bio-conversion units that transform organic feedstock into high-value biomass and fertiliser. Built to license, built to scale.

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KWF Start F&E Funded
FFG Klein Project Funded
Research Partner: BOKU Wien
Pilot Active · Maria Saal, Austria
Founded · Klagenfurt, Austria
The Problem

Europe has a food waste problem and depends on imported feed and fertiliser.

Global supply chain disruptions have exposed a critical gap: Europe is too dependent on imported feed and fertiliser, while generating millions of tonnes of food waste with nowhere to go.

88M+

Tonnes of food waste per year

Generated across the EU annually — most of it landfilled, incinerated, or shipped for processing at high cost.

€50B+

Protein imports into Europe

Europe's dependence on imported soy and fishmeal creates economic fragility and significant environmental cost.

First

Industrial cockroach bio-conversion in the EU

Insect farms exist — but none using cockroaches at industrial scale. Entolum is building the first.

The Technology

Modular units.
Intelligent core.

Our bio-conversion modules are compact, feedstock-agnostic, and built to plug into existing operations — waste processors, food manufacturers, and bio-conversion operators.

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Feedstock-agnostic by design

Our technology processes a far wider range of organic waste streams than conventional insect systems — opening sources others cannot touch.

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Modular & scalable

Standardised grow and reproduction units that can be licensed and deployed without custom engineering per site.

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Digital twin intelligence layer

Every unit is monitored in real time. Growth models, environmental sensors, and feed conversion tracking — the intelligence that separates guessing from knowing.

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Two valuable outputs

Insect biomass (protein) and frass (premium organic fertiliser) — both with established and growing demand across European markets.

Digital twin dashboard on tablet
Live Unit · Maria Saal
Live
Temperature
30.9 °C
Humidity
41 %
CO2
406 ppm

Real sensor data from pilot unit

How It Works

From waste stream to licensed unit

A simple value chain — for operators, municipalities, and bio-conversion companies looking to add capacity.

Step 01
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Waste in

Organic waste from food producers, caterers, or municipalities is fed into the unit. Waste producers pay a gate fee for processing.

Step 02
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Bio-conversion

Insects convert the organic matter efficiently. The digital twin monitors every variable in real time — temperature, humidity, CO2, growth rate.

Step 03
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Data & optimisation

The intelligence layer learns, adjusts, and reports. Operators see performance dashboards. Entolum retains and develops the model.

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Outputs sold

Insect biomass and frass fertiliser are harvested and sold — adding two additional revenue streams on top of gate fees.

Business Model

Three revenue streams.
One modular unit.

We license the technology — hardware modules plus the digital twin layer — to operators who run the units. The economics work from day one.

Bio-conversion outputs — biomass, protein, oil
Organic waste — gate fee revenue
Revenue Stream 01

Gate Fees

Waste producers pay to have their organic waste processed. This income stream starts immediately — before any biomass is sold.

Frass fertiliser — seedlings growing
Revenue Stream 02

Frass Fertiliser

High-quality organic fertiliser from the bio-conversion process. Demand from European organic farming is growing steadily.

Regional animal feed
Revenue Stream 03

Insect Biomass

Protein output for pet food, aquaculture, and as EU regulation matures, livestock feed. A long-term upside with a clear regulatory pathway.

Why Now

The window is open.
And it will not stay open.

Europe is actively restructuring its food and waste systems. The policy, the funding, and the market demand are aligning — right now.

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Regional resilience is policy priority. Supply chain fragmentation has pushed the EU to actively fund and support regional protein and bio-waste solutions.

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No EU industrial competitor in this space. The insect industry focused elsewhere — this window is still wide open.

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The circular bioeconomy is being built now. Waste-to-value infrastructure is exactly what EU Green Deal funding and policy is designed to accelerate.

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First mover builds the moat. Data, relationships, and regulatory experience compound. The time to establish is before the market crowds.

"The circular bioeconomy is not a concept — it is infrastructure. We are building the missing piece."
— Bart van den Doel, Founder · Entolum GmbH

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The Team

Built by people who mean it.

A founder with deep industry roots and an AI co-founder built for the complexity of early-stage deep tech.

Bart van den Doel

Bart van den Doel

CEO & Founder

Entrepreneur with a background spanning photography, media, and insect technology. Previously at livinfarms GmbH Vienna. Founded Entolum to build the missing infrastructure layer for European bio-conversion.

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Gerd

AI Co-Founder

Entolum's AI co-founder — handling strategy, research, regulatory intelligence, IP management, and technology architecture. Built to operate at the speed and complexity that early-stage deep tech demands.

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We are looking for the right partners.

Whether you operate a bio-waste processing facility, run an insect farm, or invest in circular economy infrastructure — let us talk.

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Let us talk.

We are actively looking for pilot partners, research collaborators, and strategic investors who understand the opportunity in EU bio-conversion infrastructure.

Company: Entolum GmbH

Location: Klagenfurt, Austria

Founder: Bart van den Doel

Web: entolum.com