At a Glance

With life expectancy expanding globally, consumers become more aware of the importance of a healthy lifestyle and seek for products with potential health benefits.

Addressing societal trends and consumer expectations

Due to income growth and changes in consumer preferences, food consumption has been growing at a faster pace[1] than the steadily growing population. The food and beverages market is expected to reach a value of nearly $9471.66 billion by 2022[2].

Pressure is on agriculture to enhance its annual productivity to sustainably produce all required resources for 10 billion people in 2050[3]– but at what costs? Data around the environmental impact of food and agriculture are increasingly alarming[4]. As an example, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, 2,000 – 5,000 litres of fresh water are needed to produce one person’s daily food .

At the same time, an increase in the spread of infectious diseases is one of the negative consequences of climate change. In the US, tickborne diseases represent almost 80% of reported vector-borne disease cases.

At Evolva we believe in applying technology platforms based on nature, such as fermentation, to help resolve sourcing bottlenecks in nature. These enable us to provide products that can contribute to health, wellbeing and sensory enjoyment.

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A Swiss biotech with global outreach

We are a Swiss biotech company headquartered in Reinach (Basel area) with a global network and scale. As a team of 70 employees, we live diversity and inclusion daily across geographies and the 18 nationalities of our team. We are proud of a balanced employee base with 50% of women as a strong representation of this gender within science and technology.

From research to commercialization

Our team of experts researches, develops and commercializes high quality, affordable, ready-to-formulate ingredients that are based on nature and are available at all times, in any quantity.

With six ingredients currently on the market and a growing portfolio, our focus lies on three business segments:

Evolva's HQ at Reinach

Evolva's HQ within the Swiss hub for life sciences in the Basel area

Building on three core strengths

Our company thrives around these purposefully cultivated core strengths.

Balance
The growing diversity of Evolva’s business portfolio not only expands our opportunities, it is key to our ability to deliver a sustainable growth. By managing a careful balance between diverse elements in our business mix, our customer base, and the markets we serve, we have more ways to reach cash break even by 2023.

Presence
With innovation at its core, Evolva continues to build a strong scalable commercial and Contract Manufacturing Organizations’ network around the world with core operations in the Basel area.

Focus
Evolva goes where there’s an opportunity to make the greatest impact for our customers and, consequently, shareholders. Our people’s ability to understand the needs of our customers allows us to move with the evolution of our markets.

[1] Food And Beverages Global Market Report 2019 (January 2019). Published: The Business Research Company.

[2] Accelerating global agricultural productivity growth is critical. (2019). Published: Science Daily. Source: Virginia Tech.

[3] What are the environmental impacts of food and agriculture? (November 2019). Hannah Ritchie. Published: Our World in Data.

[4] Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, 2017.