NUCAPS has been awarded the CHF 50,000 LDC Impact Prize 2026 in the Climate Resilience category, presented by Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) at the MassChallenge Switzerland Awards in Lausanne.

The award recognises international startups and scaleups with proven solutions, commercial traction and the potential to generate measurable and scalable impact across food and agricultural value chains.

This year, 125 startups were assessed, 12 progressed to an in-depth evaluation and only 7 companies reached the final stage. NUCAPS was selected as one of the two winners, reinforcing the potential of its technology to move from innovation to real-world industrial applications.

NUCAPS shared the final with an outstanding international group of companies: Klim, Koppie, RFINE Biomass Solutions, Grain Weevil, Net0Link and Seedsight, representing innovation ecosystems across Europe, North America and Asia.

The recognition was awarded within the Climate Resilience category, highlighting the potential of NUCAPS’ proprietary protein-based microencapsulation technology to contribute to more efficient and resilient food and agricultural value chains.

The award was presented within the MassChallenge Switzerland ecosystem, which connects high-potential startups with leading international companies including Bühler, Givaudan, Mars, dsm-firmenich and Louis Dreyfus Company.

LDC is one of the world’s leading merchants and processors of agricultural goods, operating across more than 100 countries and throughout the global food and agricultural value chain.

Beyond the prize itself, this recognition represents an important next step for NUCAPS, opening the door to exploring concrete applications of its technology with LDC, including potential pilots, proofs of concept and opportunities to scale.

NUCAPS would like to thank MassChallenge Switzerland and Louis Dreyfus Company for this recognition and congratulate all the finalists, as well as Grain Weevil, fellow winner of the LDC Impact Prize 2026.

This award reinforces NUCAPS’ commitment to bringing innovative functional ingredient solutions to market and creating measurable impact at industrial scale.