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Dapibuset receives “Company of the Year” Award at Sweden’s leading foodtech event, Foodtech Forum 2025.
This week, on November 18th, Dapibuset participated in Sweden’s largest foodtech event – Foodtech Forum 2025 – a gathering of 36 pioneering companies, visionary speakers, investors, and leaders shaping tomorrow’s food system. From next-generation ingredients and circular production models to smart manufacturing, digital tools, future-proof packaging, and delicious tastings, the event showcased bold ideas redefining how food is produced, distributed, and experienced. It was inspiring to stand among so many teams working to solve some of the biggest challenges in today’s food system.
This year, Dapibuset was honored not only to exhibit, but to receive the Foodtech Forum Award 2025: Company of the Year, a prize celebrating entrepreneurial drive, scalable impact, and solutions capable of accelerating a more sustainable food system. With so many impressive companies presenting breakthrough technologies, we are truly humbled by the recognition. We also want to congratulate all fellow exhibitors pushing the boundaries of what foodtech can achieve.
We are incredibly grateful – and more motivated than ever to keep going!
A Day Where Innovation Took Center Stage
Hosted by the Foodtech Innovation Network, the event created an exceptional environment for founders, researchers, investors, and industry leaders to connect across the entire food value chain.
Throughout the day, guests explored inspiring keynote sessions that challenged conventional thinking, joined Open Table discussions hosted by organizations such as Krinova, Livsmedelsakademin, and Biotech Heights, and visited a vibrant exhibition hall showcasing cutting‑edge innovations from Nordic foodtech companies. This was also where Dapibuset exhibited our work.
At our booth, we served food applications made with MycoSpan™, our upcycled, fermented, nutritious ingredient, demonstrating its versatility and potential in real products. We also introduced our bioreactor technology and spoke with visitors curious about circular systems, smarter protein production, and the opportunity to produce high‑value nutrition using overlooked crops and side streams.
We were thrilled that so much of our team could join—it was a full table, but a joyful one. Seeing the entire team engage with visitors, share insights, and bring our vision to life was a proud moment. This award would not have been possible without their hard work, passion, and dedication.
We were energized by the thoughtful questions and overwhelmingly positive feedback—thank you to everyone who stopped by.
Winning the Foodtech Forum Award 2025
As the day came to a close, the Foodtech Forum Award ceremony began—announced live on stage. We were thrilled when Dapibuset was named Company of the Year.
Presented in collaboration with Kolossal and AFRY, the award recognizes companies driving entrepreneurial success, scalability, and market potential while shaping a more sustainable food future. The prize also includes expert support from AFRY and brand discovery work from Kolossal—valuable resources that will certainly help us in our next stage of growth.
The winning company was selected by a jury comprising:
Katrin Hedvall (AFRY), Martin Sandström (Kolossal), Daniel Skavén Ruben (Foodtech Weekly / Solvable Syndicate), Paul Archambeau (Kost Capital), and Fanny Sturén (Urban Deli).
Again, thank you for the recognition and for believing in our idea!
The Foodtech Innovation Network shared this statement summarizing their motivation for choosing Dapibuset:
“Dapibuset impressed the jury with a modular biomanufacturing platform that transforms underused agricultural by‑products into MycoSpan™, a clean, fiber‑rich protein ingredient. Their solution enables local, low‑emission production by placing plug‑and‑play units directly at mills, breweries and other processing sites, turning waste streams into nutrition with elegant, scalable engineering. For their innovative approach, strong execution, and clear potential for system‑level impact, Dapibuset is awarded the Foodtech Forum Award 2025.”
What This Recognition Means for Us
This recognition means a great deal to us. It reflects the hard work behind our circular technology, the belief of our partners, and the growing need for sustainable, locally produced ingredients.
Winning Company of the Year feels especially meaningful as we look back on how far we’ve come in the past 12 months—from scaling our technology to getting MycoSpan™ into the hands of chefs, feed formulators, and product developers. Every step has been a true team effort.
Thank you
A big thank you to the organizers, partners, and everyone pushing the Nordic foodtech movement forward. Events like this remind us why we do what we do.
Our gratitude goes to the Foodtech Innovation Network, all jury members, everyone who visited our booth, tasted our samples, and shared thoughtful questions—and to the entire community that makes this ecosystem so collaborative and forward-looking.
We are more motivated than ever to continue developing solutions, exploring collaborations, and finding new ways of creating value from waste with the help of fungi and biotech.
We’re grateful for the recognition—and focused on what comes next.
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