Pitch Perfect and Boost the European Bioeconomy 2025

Cross-border Pitching, Matchmaking and Networking Event

24 November 202525 November 202526 November 2025Past events

25 November 2025 - Pitching, Matchmaking and Networking Event

9:00 - 18:00, Sheraton Brussels Airport Hotel

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09:00 - end of the event Matchmaking in the Matchmaking Area. Download
09:30 - 11:00 Pitch Session 1, 2, 3 Download
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee and Networking Break Download
11:30 - 13:00 Pitch Session 4, 5, 6 Download
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch, Networking and Matchmaking Break Download
15:00 - 16:30 Pitch Session 7, 8, 9 Download
16:40 Closure/Wrap-up Download
16:45 - 18:00 Closing Networking Drink Download

Pitch Session 1 for Start-ups/SMEs looking for finance - pre-seed/angel/seed funding

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TBC NoA Biosciences: Wood to Food Koen Wentink – NoA Biosciences, NL Feedstock: woody biomass
End-product: alt-protein food
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TBC Disrupting the $9B Super Absorbent Polymer (SAP) Market: Sustainable Absorbents to Replace Partially Banned Synthetic Polymers in the EU Amaury van Trappen de Buggenoms – A&B Smart Materials, GB Feedstock: cellulose, starch
End-product: diapers, soils
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Pitch Session 2 for Start-ups/SMEs looking for finance - pre-seed/angel/seed funding

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Pitch Session 1 for Start-ups/SMEs looking for finance - series A and series B/C funding

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TBC Revolutionising our food system through novel fungal fermentation Pierre Dupuis – Adamo Foods, GB Feedstock: glucose, BSG
End-product: mycelium
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TBC Production of FDCA with biotechnology (for biopolymers) Marc Lankveld – Tasseikan B.V., NL Feedstock: sugar
End-product: FDCA
Technology: biotechnology		 Download
TBC Greencovery: The fast lane to upcycled ingredients Carlos Cabrera – Greencovery B.V., NL Feedstock: o(at)kara
End-product: protein antioxidants
Technology: upcycling seperation		 Download
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Pitch Session 2 for Start-ups/SMEs looking for finance - series A and series B/C funding

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Pitch Session for Microbial protein & microbial oils transition players

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TBC Eat Beer – Modular fermentation meets rebellion: hijacking brewers’ spent grain for sustainable mycoproteins Dr. Mark Schneeberger – EatBeer Biotech GmbH, DE Feedstock: BSG
End-product: Mycoprotein
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Pitch Session for Leading pilot facilities for the bioeconomy

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TBC Introduction to Pilots4U: The Europe-wide network and database of open access pilot and demonstration facilities for the bioeconomy Stef Denayer – Stakeholder Relations Manager, Pilots4U, EU Download
TBC Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant: Take your bio-innovation from grams to tonnes Hendrik Waegeman – Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, BE Feedstock: renewable feedstocks, waste gasses
End-product: all, any
Technology: fermentation, downstream processing, biocatalysis, green chemistry, pretreatment		 Download
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TBC VTT Bioruukki Pilot Centre for scale-up of biobased materials and chemicals Mika Härkönen – VTT Bioruukki, FI Feedstock: biomass wastes
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Pitch Session for Emerging innovative technologies: alternative and unconventional feedstocks

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TBC BioFashionTech - Pioneers in recycling of mix natural and synthetic fibres Fabiola Polli – BioFashionTech, NL Feedstock: Textile waste
End-product: Fermentable sugars, recycled plastics
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