Where we come from and where we are heading to
EntoQ wants to be a driving force in facing one of the major challenges our food and ecosystem has to meet in the coming decades to come: the supply of sufficient protein to keep up with a sharply rising demand to produce food and feed – as well as the sustainable solution to attain this goal.
EntoQ aims to make insect farming more accessible and wants to sustainably maximize the output for farmers. Our concept will allow them to bring more product to the market, giving the sector the opportunity to lower the price of insect protein. A sufficiently large supply at a price competitive with soybean and fishmeal would be the tipping point for the protein industry to switch to this more sustainable alternative. Thanks to the standardized nature of EntoQ’s farming infrastructure and the farming parameters used, results from different farmers can, for the first time, be compared to identify further optimizations.
Founder Kris Cools is acknowledged as an expert in insect farming. Kris has been involved in insect research and farming since 2017, affiliated with the research project Entomospeed, where he gave his input as engineer to the projects Entomospeed & Entomatisation.
Seeing the huge potential insects have to help our society become more sustainable combined with my past experience in agriculture and fundamental research
Getting involved in the Entomospeed research project as representative for the Flemish engineering society (ie-net) and the cage development in collaboration with Inagro.
We combine fundamental scientific knowledge with a durable and scalable practical and economic mindset.
I am an active (board)member of multiple associations (BiiF, Repair Café, …) and like to cycle or play badminton recreatively. I also have a broad interest in everything STE(A)M. Mainly electronics, music and the fringes and fundamentals of hard and soft sciences ….
Stijn Op de Beeck is a seasoned specialist in agriculture-related business development. Stijn has a master’s degree in Agro and Biotechnology and was at the forefront of innovative concepts. He helps to set out the lines for EntoQ’s R&D program and ensures EntoQ’s commercialization for the various target groups.
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Louis Kruyfhooft has experience within Biology, Biomedical sciences, Bio-electronics and Nanotechnology. He worked for three years as a R&D scientist at a Black Soldier Fly farm in Belgium where he learned all principles of rearing processes as well as HVAC and extraction technologies.
The opportunities within the insect industry are too big to neglect and I want to be a part of this evolution.
Starting with the understanding of all basic principles of insect rearing before taking it to a higher level.
Since starting a business in the insect industry is not an easy undertaking, many companies are discouraged in starting one due to a lack of knowledge and experience. Here EntoQ can play a major role in supporting and helping such companies via exchange of information as well as offering state-of-the-art hard- and software tools.
Biology, nature management, fishing and restoring small machinery.
VLAIO (Vlaams Agentschap Innoveren en Ondernemen) is a varied group of partners that wants to support innovation and entrepreneurship: from associations and federations, through knowledge and research centers, cluster organizations, local governments, and governmental agencies, to privately held service providers such as banks, accountants and consultants.