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RNS Number : 4984V  BSF Enterprise PLC  31 January 2025

 

 

31 January 2025

 

 

BSF Enterprise PLC

("BSF" or the "Company")

 

Full Year  Financial Results 2024

 

BSF Enterprise PLC ("BSF" or the "Company"), a leading innovator in
tissue-engineered advanced materials, is pleased to announce its audited
results of the Group for the year ended 30 September 2024.

 

Financial and Group Highlights

 

·    The year has been one of significant transformation, driven by
operational achievements, strategic fundraising, and progress across our core
subsidiaries.

·    With a clear strategy, we are well-positioned to execute our goals in
2025. Our focus will be on commercialization, partnerships, and sustainability
to drive our long-term value creation strategy.

·    We have made substantial progress across our subsidiaries - advancing
our mission to commercialize sustainable, tissue-engineered products.

·    Cash balance of £667,000 as at the date of this announcement.

 

Portfolio Highlights

 

·    3DBT: We launched CytoBoost™, a bioactive media additive targeting
the biopharma downstream process, alongside the commercial expansion of
City-Mix™ to support cost-effective production of cultivated meat.

·    Lab-Grown Leather: Our development of the world's first 2mm-thick
scaffold-free leather marked a major technical breakthrough. Collaborations
with luxury fashion brands are underway, and we are in the planning stages for
a pilot production plant to scale commercial production.

·    Kerato: We are securing a key licensing agreement with the University
of Montreal for liquid cornea technology, a major step towards in-situ corneal
repair. Veterinary clinical trials in 2025 and the planning of human clinical
trials in 2026/27 are on the roadmap.

·    BSF Enterprise (Hong Kong): We expanded our reach in Greater China,
laying the foundation for local production of cultivated meat. Our efforts
will increase BSF's access to the rapidly growing demand for sustainable
protein in Asia.

 

Post Period End Highlights

 

·    Raised £500,000 in an oversubscribed placement of new shares in
December 2024. The funds will support:

-      progress towards the commercialisation of CytoBoost™ (3DBT)

-      developing plans for a Pilot production of lab-grown leather (LGL)

-      veterinary trials and clinical preparation (Kerato)

-      market expansion in Greater China (BSF Hong Kong)

·    Signed a Strategic Collaboration with Sartorius to Drive
Cost-Effective and Sustainable Biotech Solutions

 

 

 

For further enquiries, please visit www.bsfenterprise.com
(http://www.bsfenterprise.com/)  or contact:

 

 BSF Enterprise PLC

 Geoff Baker - Executive Director

 Che Connon - CEO & Director

 Shard Capital (Broker)
 Damon Heath                       0207 186 9000

 Isabella Pierre                   0207 186 9927

About BSF

 

BSF Enterprise PLC (BSF) is the parent to a portfolio of innovative subsidiary
companies focused on developing and commercialising cell-based tissue
engineering solutions to deliver sustainable outcomes across a variety of
sectors. Its portfolio of subsidiaries is as follows:

 

3DBT A pioneering UK-based tissue engineering company that has developed
scaffold-free tissue production processes as well as leading on the commercial
use of macromolecular  crowders to transform cell culture.

 

Lab-Grown Leather Ltd A company focused on the customer driven development of
cultivated skin technology to produce sustainable leather.

 

Kerato Ltd A tissue engineering company with patent-protected IP that is
focussing on commercialising technologies for corneal repair with veterinary
trials starting 2025 .

 

BSF Enterprise (Hong Kong) Limited A company established to actively support
commercialisation of BSF's technology in China and Asia.

 

Cultured Meat Technologies (CMT) A 100% owned company, using technology
developed within 3DBT, successfully produced the UK's first high-quality
cultivated meat. Currently focused on providing the market with the premier
platform for manufacturing cultivated meat in a scalable and cost-competitive
manner.

 

BSF's core strategy is to acquire, invest in, or develop joint ventures with,
the most promising companies from across the industry. In doing so BSF intends
to create an environment in which its portfolio of companies can flourish and
collaborate, thereby accelerating their progress, potential and time to
market.

 

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