European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF)

13 Climate Frontrunners join the HackSummit Lineup Introducing even more of the talented line up taking to the stage who will showcase the future of Climate, including: 💥 Stellarator nuclear fusion with Francesco A. Volpe of Renaissance Fusion 🍔 Functional protein technology with Hadar Ekhoiz Razmovich of Meala Foodtech 💸 Finance projects to reuse industrial waste with Fredrik Indebetou of WA3RM 💨 Nextgen Direct Air Capture with Nicholas Chadwick of Mission Zero Technologies 🪸 Rebuilding coastal coral reefs using 3D printing technology with Dr. Ulrike Pfreundt of rrreefs 🤖 Robot-enabled wind turbine maintenance and inspections with Dainis Kruze of Aerones Joined on stage by leading investors Marco Iacoviello of dsm-firmenich Hadar Sutovsky of ICL Group and ICL PLANET Startup Hub André Hoffmann of Roche Marie Asano of European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF) As well as top Scientists, Researchers and Operators. Together they’ll deep dive into the technologies redefining food, energy, finance, mobility and the environment as you hear directly from visionaries driving the change. Get your pass today and come ready to be inspired, challenged, and equipped with new ideas to accelerate Climate Deep Tech at the HackSummit in Lausanne. cc Tali Feldman Sivan Rom Elias

Where to meet the ECBF in April? 🚌📍Part 1 This month is packed with exciting opportunities to connect and collaborate! 🌍From sustainable investing and circular economy innovations to blue food, packaging, and cutting-edge technology, these events bring together industry leaders and changemakers. Don’t miss the chance to meet us and exchange insights! 🚀 EIC - European Innovation Council Summit 2025 | 🗓️ April 2nd - 3rd Meet Clara Martinez Velandia as a delegate at EIC Summit 2025! This event brings together Europe’s leading innovators. 🚀 Zero One Hundred Conferences Europe 2025 | 🗓️ April 2nd - 4th Join Marie Asano and Isabelle Laurencin at 0100 Europe 2025, where private equity and venture capital fund investors (LPs), fund managers (GPs), and service providers (SPs) from across Europe and North America meet.💡 Blue Food Innovation Summit | 🗓️ April 8th - 9th Listen to Isabelle Laurencin as she speaks at Blue Food Innovation Summit, addressing the latest developments in sustainable finance and climate risk reporting. 🌱📊 Looking forward to insightful conversations and new connections! See you there. 👋 #ecbf #events #networking #sustainability #innovation #transformation #bioeconomy

📢 #ECBF has invested in french-based green tech scale-up Ecoat! We are excited to announce that we have invested in Ecoat, a pioneering company that is redefining sustainability in the coatings industry! Read the press release! Link below, in the comments 👇 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼? Ecoat develops innovative bio-based and biodegradable binders for paints and coatings, replacing fossil-based materials with renewable alternatives. Their solutions enable the coatings industry to reduce its carbon footprint while maintaining exceptional performance standards. 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀. The coatings industry is responsible for significant CO₂ emissions, with raw materials accounting for nearly 50% of its carbon footprint. Ecoat's cutting-edge technology not only decarbonises this sector, but also accelerates the transition to a circular bio-economy. By integrating eco-design principles and life cycle assessments, Ecoat is helping industries adopt sustainable practices in line with global climate goals. This investment reflects ECBF's commitment to fostering high-impact #innovation that addresses urgent environmental challenges. Together we are paving the way for a greener, more sustainable future. We congratulate Olivier Choulet and his team on this incredible achievement. We look forward to accompanying you on your future journey. A huge thank you to our co-investors Yotta Capital Partners Nadia B. Vincent Deltrieu ; Starquest Chloé Cohen-Aknine for their commitment to environmental transformation and of course, a huge shout out to our deal team - Michael Nettersheim and Jisk de Vries - for their outstanding efforts in bringing this partnership to life. Let's build the future of sustainability together! 💚 🌍 #CircularBioeconomy #Sustainability #Innovation

🌱 𝐁𝐈𝐆 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒: 𝐀𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 in-cosmetics Global 2025 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐙𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 – 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐲! 🏆 💚 Our Upcycled AmphiCare(R) biosurfactants—made entirely from bio-based waste- and side streams—is amongst the world’s most innovative green ingredients selected by in-cosmetics Global. This recognition puts a global spotlight on what’s possible when sustainability meets performance. 🌍 Huge thanks to our incredible team, partners, and supporters for making this milestone possible. We’ll see you at #inCosmeticsGlobal in Amsterdam this April at Booth 11C13! 📬 Want to connect at the event? Drop us a message at sales@amphistar.com #GreenIngredient #CircularBeauty #Biosurfactants #SustainableInnovation #inCosmetics2025 #UpcycledBeauty #AmphiStar

The future of bio-based materials: Where should innovation focus? 🌍 Innovation in bio-based materials is essential for reducing environmental impact and advancing a sustainable future. From packaging to construction and fashion, new materials can help replace fossil-based resources and improve circularity. But where should innovation efforts be focused to make the biggest difference? Vote and share your insights in the comments! 👇 #transformation #sustainability #innovation #venturecaptial

🌱 Paptic has been selected for TIME and Statista’s list of the World’s Top GreenTech Companies 2025! 🌱 We’re proud and excited – TIME and Statista have recognised 250 companies worldwide that are making the biggest impact in green technology, and Paptic is one of them! Together, TIME and Statista analysed data from more than 8,100 companies to identify those with a proven positive environmental impact, a strong innovation drive, and solid financial performance. For us, this recognition is about what we do best: replacing fossil-based plastics in flexible packaging with a #renewable, #recyclable, and #reusable alternative. A huge thank you to our customers, partners and team💚 – and congratulations to the other Finnish companies on the list: Virta Ltd, Infinited Fiber Company, Solar Foods and ICEYE. 👏 #Paptic #GreenTech #Sustainability #TIME #Statista #FlexiblePackaging #MaterialsMatter https://lnkd.in/gTQrm6jr

The #cleantech and #biotech sectors are seeing massive innovation! March has brought exciting funding news for startups tackling industrial waste, sustainable chemicals, and biotech production. ♻️  Here are three game-changing companies that just secured major investments: Resilico, a German cleantech startup, has raised €5 million to revolutionize the industrial waste sector. Their AI-driven platform optimizes recycling processes, reducing landfill waste and CO₂ emissions. The funding will accelerate tech development and international expansion. 🌍 PhaseTree, a Finnish startup, has secured €3 million to advance its bio-based chemical innovations. Their proprietary technology enables more sustainable and scalable chemical production, replacing fossil-based alternatives. The investment will help PhaseTree scale its operations and bring its solutions to market faster. 🌱 Exciting news from our portfolio! 🚀 Heura Foods is under the top 5 of the 2024 FoodTech 500 by Forward Fooding! We are proud to this incredible achievement. We're excited to see what the future holds for you! #sustainability #innovation #funding #transformation #circularbioeconomy

A major milestone for our portfolio company OroraTech! 🚀 We are incredibly proud that OroraTech has successfully launched the world’s first satellite constellation for early wildfire detection and space-based data analytics. 🌍🔥 This groundbreaking technology plays a crucial role in protecting our planet – a perfect example of the innovation we support at the European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF). Congratulations to the entire OroraTech team! 🎉 Read more in the official press release. You can find the link in the comments. 📢 #ecbf #ororatech #impactinvestment #climatetech #innovation

This is how we are driving the bioeconomy sector forward 💪🏻 A recently published Impact Evaluation Report by Technopolis Group highlights our central role in the European venture capital landscape. As one of the first VC funds exclusively investing in circular bioeconomy growth companies, we are accelerating sustainable innovation and closing the financing gap for bio-based solutions. 📊 €300M fund volume with a 15% market share in bioeconomy investments 🚀 16 portfolio companies across 10 European countries, spanning agriculture, nutrition, packaging, and personal care 💰 €12.30 private capital mobilized for every €1 of public funding We are proud to contribute to Europe’s sustainability goals, advancing the Green Deal and the circular economy. With rising interest in impact investing, ECBF is ready to scale bioeconomy innovations even further. 🌿 You can find the link to the report in the comments. ⬇️ #circularbioeconomy #impactinvesting #venturcapital #transformation

🚀🌱Lost in Transformation? Bioökonomie praktisch umsetzen! Wie gelingt der Wandel mit Bioökonomie im Rheinischen Revier – konkret, gemeinsam und wirkungsvoll? BioökonomieREVIER lädt Sie herzlich zur regionalen Netzwerkveranstaltung im Rahmen des EU-Projekts BIO2REG ein. 📌 Für alle, die den Wandel im Rheinischen Revier mitgestalten – z. B. aus Kommunen, Unternehmen, Wirtschaftsförderung, Regionalentwicklung oder Forschung. 📅 Datum: 9. Mai 2025, 10–16 Uhr 📍 Ort: Startup Village Jülich ℹ️ Programm: https://lnkd.in/exaNPrpp 👉 Jetzt anmelden: https://lnkd.in/eXwfVavK Was erwartet Sie? 1️⃣ Best Practices aus anderen Bioökonomie Regionen: 🌾 Plant³ (Vorpommern) – Innovative Strategien zur Veredelung pflanzlicher Rohstoffe 🏢Bio-Security (Bönen) – Kompetenzzentrum mit Laboren, Büros und Netzwerk für Technologieunternehmen aus Agrarwirtschaft, Biotechnologie und Biochemie 2️⃣ Praxis-Checks z.B. mit Metzgerei Esser - RegioFoodHub & Textilfabrik 7.0 - Hochschule Niederrhein 3️⃣ Co-kreative Workshops: Wir entwickeln gemeinsam konkrete Maßnahmen, die den Wandel vor Ort voranbringen 💡 Was bringt’s? Wir schaffen Austausch, neue Perspektiven und praktische Denkanstöße, um ✅ Hürden zu überwinden ✅ Initiativen weiterzuentwickeln ✅ neue Vorhaben anzustoßen ➡️ Die Ergebnisse fließen direkt in die regionale Bioökonomie- Strategieentwicklung und die Arbeit des Transformationscluster BioökonomieREVIER ein. Lasst uns den Wandel gemeinsam gestalten – praxisnah, vernetzt und mit Wirkung! 🇪🇺 Gefördert durch die Europäische Union Forschungszentrum Jülich Ulrich Schurr Dr. Denise Gider Christian Klar Christian Theel WIR!-Bündnis Plant³ Universität Greifswald Dr. Oliver Bonkamp Kompetenzzentrum Bio-Security Bio-Gründer Wettbewerb BioIndustry e.V. Metzgerei Esser Max Esser-Geneschen Textil- und Bekleidungstechnik | HSNR Maike Rabe Dr. Sabrina Kolbe Hochschule Niederrhein Zukunftsagentur Rheinisches Revier GmbH European Research Executive Agency (REA) Startup Village Jülich Brainergy Park Jülich GmbH #RheinischesRevier #Bioökonomie #Transformation #Strukturwandel #RegionGestalten