# ON-NOVA Biotech. We are based in the Dominican Republic, but the program stated that applications are now open globally. We could establish a hub in Colombia if necessary to support regional 

# ON-NOVA Biotech. We are based in the Dominican Republic, but the program stated that applications are now open globally. We could establish a hub in Colombia if necessary to support regional operations and participation.

**Country:** 🇨🇴 Colombia · San Pedro de Macorís, Rep. Dominicana.
**Category:** Clean Industry
**CT Taxonomy:** CT-IN-003 — Clean Manufacturing / Bio-based Inputs
**Impact Areas:** Adaptation, Circular Economy, Nature-Based
**Stage:** Sketches
**Team Size:** 6.0
**Website:** https://trace-on.netlify.app/
**Funded:** True (23257.8)

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## Elevator Pitch
ON-NOVA Biotech develops sustainable materials and smart industrial systems focused on environmental innovation. We combine biotechnology and green engineering to create scalable circular economy and climate resilience solutions.

## Climate Problem
TRACE-ON tackles packaging waste, food and pharmaceutical spoilage, and product adulteration. These issues increase pollution, resource loss, and carbon emissions across global supply chains.

## Solution
ON-NOVA Biotech developed TRACE-ON, a smart bio-packaging system with integrated biosensors that detects degradation and adulteration in real time, reducing waste, improving safety, and enabling sustainable circular packaging.

## Revenue Model
Revenue will come from smart bio-packaging sales, biosensor integration services, B2B licensing, industrial partnerships, and future SaaS monitoring solutions for supply chain analytics.

## Target Market
Food sectors including dairy, seafood, beverages, alcoholic products, meat, proteins, fruits, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, logistics, and sensitive goods requiring safe, traceable, and sustainable smart packaging technologies.

## Social Impact
People of African Descent, Migrants, People Living in Extreme Poverty, Women

## Demand Evidence
Growing global demand for sustainable packaging, anti-counterfeiting systems, food safety technologies, and waste reduction solutions validates TRACE-ON’s market potential.

## Competitors
Competitors include smart packaging and sustainable materials companies, but TRACE-ON uniquely combines bio-based packaging with integrated biosensor detection technologies in Latin America.

## Founder Expertise
Our team combines expertise in chemical engineering, biotechnology, biosensors, functional materials, electronics, IoT systems, software, data platforms, sustainability, and industrial innovation, led by a chemical engineer and electronics tech founder.

## External Support
ON-NOVA has received mentorship, ecosystem visibility, startup guidance, and support through innovation networks, entrepreneurship initiatives, and scientific collaboration opportunities.

## Team
Research, biotechnology development, biosensor engineering, functional materials design, IoT and embedded systems, software and data platform development, operations, finance, sustainability strategy, and business development.

## Founder
Karen Sánchez