A vast network to the benefit of our customers and partners

Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant has established over the years a vast network of bioeconomy experts and stakeholders that our partners and customers can benefit from. Networking is of primordial importance to the Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant that aims to encourage the further development of the bioeconomy by offering scale-up services so that companies can bridge the (innovation) valley of death and by assisting them in setting up new value chains. To this end, we established several networks:

Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, FOUNDING FATHER of The ProteInn Club.

The ProteInn Club facilitates innovations and accelerates the further development of a really unique fermentation-based protein ecosystem. It brings together all actors to contribute to a more sustainable food system and circular bio-economy.

Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, COORDINATOR of the Pilots4U Database and Community currently powered by COPILOT.

 

Pilots4u is the database, network and community of multipurpose open access pilot and demonstration infrastructures for the European bioeconomy. The database, as well as its related communities, are currently being rebuilt and expanded with support of the CBE-JU funded COPILOT project.

 

Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, ORGANISER of the yearly Pitch Perfect and Boost the European Bioeconomy event.

 

The ‘Pitch Perfect and Boost the European Bioeconomy’ event is a yearly two-day event of intense cross-border and cross-sectoral pitching, matchmaking and networking, with the aim to link industry to innovative (biobased) technologies, innovators to investors and to create new partnerships for the future and the further development of innovative, cross-border and cross-sectoral industrial value chains in the biobased economy.

The 2024 event took place on December 2-3 in the Sheraton Brussels Airport and welcomed 467 participants from 30 countries of which 172 start-ups and SMEs, 51 investors, 49 corporates, 49 pilot facilities and 146 other bioeconomy stakeholders.

The 2025 edition will be organised on December 1st & 2nd, again in the Sheraton Brussels Airport.


Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, PARTNER
 or COORDINATOR in more than 100 public projects. 

Building value chains, connecting with relevant consortium partners (feedstock providers, end users, transversal activities, technology owners, etc.), extensive proposal writing. Would you like to see what funding programs we have been active in and on what topics? Check out our extensive and searchable public project database.

Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, INITIATOR and BUILDER of the Scale-up Accelerator Network (SAN)

When is the right time to start scaling up your process?  The SAN program addresses a critical challenge faced by many start-ups:  de-risk & decrease time spent in the valley of death! How? By empowering them technically towards scale-up of their processes. SAN links start-ups with experienced independent industry leaders, providing them invaluable insights and support and helping them navigate the complex technical journey required to accelerate their path to market.