Deep-tech start-up takes hotly contested international food innovation award
Scentian Bio CEO Jonathan Good receiving the IFT Startup overall winner award from Bernhard van Lengerich from The Seeding the Future Foundation.
World's food giants knocking on Scentian Bio's door
Thanks to BusinessDesk NZ for the great article on our recent win at IFT-First and the great customer traction it is supporting. Visit this link to learn more.
Biomimicry Institute’s – 2024 Ray of Hope Accelerator Cohort
The Biomimicry Institute is proud to introduce the 2024 Ray of Hope Accelerator Cohort—the top 10 nature-inspired startups working to solve crucial environmental and social problems!
Come and meet us
On July 14 – 17, come to talk to us at @IFT FIRST at McCormick Place Convention Centre, Chicago! Come and see our ground-breaking technology at 4474BD…
Sprout Summit
It was great to be part of the Sprout Summit last week. Our CEO, Jonathan Good, shared the our ambition and progress alongside great local and global speakers. Thanks Sprout Agritech for the great event!
Scentian Bio: Developing Biosensors That Mimic Smell Receptors From Insects
Scentian Bio is a company developing biosensors that mimic the incredible smell receptors from insects to deliver a super-sensitive, real-time measurement of smell and taste. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Scentian Bio CEO Jonathan Good to learn more about the company…
Agritech Investment Forum
It was great to have the chance to share our story at the Agritech Investment Forum organised by Callaghan Innovation and Agritech Activator. Here's a couple of pics of our CEO Jonathan Good in the panel discussion.
Most Promising Early Stage Companies Award
We are thrilled to be one of the Most Promising Early Stage Companies at the 2023 Technology Investment Network awards!
BBC Business News Feature: The electronic noses designed to prevent food poisoning
The human nose and its ability to smell is an amazing thing. Each nose has around 400 scent receptors that are said to be able to detect around one trillion different odours…
Scentian Bio synthesizes insect biosensors to improve quality control processes for food and beverage
Insects can offer the food and beverage industry more than a rich protein source – their heightened scent and taste capabilities can also help manage quality control, according to Jonathan Good, CEO of Scentian Bio…
Digital olfaction: Biosensor platform employs AI to mimic insects’ sense of smell to boost food safety
New Zealand-based Scentian Bio has secured US$ 2.1 million in funding for making smell and taste digitization a reality by harnessing the potential of insect-level smell and taste sensitivity with its biosensor platform…
$3.5m for Kiwi startup using 'insect noses' to detect spoilt food and disease
The goal of Scentian Bio is to give humans such a heightened ability to smell, that the sense is no longer thought of as secondary to sight, and the Kiwi startup has just received $3.5m more in seed funding to make it a reality…
Scentian Bio Closes Seed Round to Unlock the Power of Digitized Smell and Taste
Finistere Ventures and Toyota Ventures Co-Lead US$2.1 Million Investment to Help AI-Powered Smell Digitization Innovator Accelerate Commercialization Efforts…
NZ company unlocking power of insect-smell closes $3.5 million raise
Scentian Bio, the first company in the world to combine insect odorant receptors with electronics to create a synthetic ‘insect nose’, today announced the close of its $3.5 m NZD seed funding round…
Scentian Bio raises $2.1m seed round to build biosensors inspired by bugs
Scentian Bio—a New Zealand-based startup making biosensors with potential applications in everything from food quality control to rapid testing for diseases such as tuberculosis—has raised a $2.1 million seed round…
How insect noses can change the world | Andrew Králíček | E Tipu IFAMA 2023
Our CTO, Andrew Kralicek, recently presented at the E Tipu: The Boma Agri Summit. Have a listen to consider how a digital sense of smell and taste will change the way we live.
Scentian Bio presents at ‘The Power of Innovation for a Post-Pandemic World’ showcase in Doha.
Scentian Bio was invited by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to attend and present their technology at a high-level showcase held in Doha in December 2022…
Sniffing out a successful technology!
Scientist Blue Plunkett speaks to Andrew Kralicek, Chief Technology Officer of Scentian Bio, about biosensors that can detect volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) – or more simply, smells, in liquid and air…
Kiwi technology changing how we detect disease
Kiwi start-up Scentian Bio, which is developing a ground-breaking technology that can detect human diseases, such as Tuberculosis and Malaria, has been awarded a US $1.7m grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation…
Harnessing the Power of Insect Senses
Unravelling the mystery of how insects smell led to a ground-breaking discovery - a panel of synthesized insect receptors could be used to create a device to smell and taste chemical compounds…