Congratulations to AmphiStar for winning the start-up pitch contest at European Forum for Industrial Biotechnology and the Bioeconomy (EFIB) 2022! AmphiStar is the first spin-off company of the WASTE2FUNC Project coordinator Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant and focusses on the development of a proprietary technology platform for the ecological production of biosurfactants from a versatile feedstock range such as food waste.