Pitch Perfect and Boost the European Bioeconomy 2026

Cross-border Pitching, Matchmaking and Networking Event

30 November 20261 December 20262 December 2026Past events

1 December 2026 - Pitching, Matchmaking and Networking Event

The PDF overview of the program (button on the right-hand side) will be available as of November 16th, 2026. In the meantime, you can find the selected pitches organised per session below.

View Full Schedule

SCROLL DOWN to see the detailed programme for Day 2

Start-ups/SMEs looking for finance - Polymers & Materials

Time of day Title Speakers Keywords
EARLY finance Sustainable bio-based plastics for industry Tobias Cors – Syntura, DE Feedstock: butanediol succinic-acid
End-product: polybutylensuccinate (PBS)
Technology: polymer synthesis 		Download
EARLY finance Enzyme platform for plastics sustainability Martin Hirschfield – ESTER Biotech, DE Feedstock: PET waste
End-product: PET Monomers
Technology: enzymatic hydrolysis 		Download
EARLY finance Bio-SAP: The next generation of bio-based superabsorbent polymers Giuseppe Landolfo – i-Foria Italia, IT Feedstock: recovered cellulose
End-product: BioSAP
Technology: cellulose platform 		Download
EARLY finance Turning walnut shell waste into circular materials for the next generation of products Carla Guennewig – Nuterials, DK Feedstock: nutshell residuals
End-product: bio-composites, materials
Technology: upcycling, compounding 		Download
EARLY finance Bio-designed molded packaging from non-wood fibers Alexander Sobolenko – Z1RO Industries, FR Feedstock: non-wood biomass
End-product: molded packaging
Technology: fiber engineering 		Download
EARLY finance Microbial binders for low-emission structural building materials Jakob Sieder-Semlitsch – Building With Microbes, DK Feedstock: carbonated concrete
End-product: sustainable masonry
Technology: biomineralised mycelium 		Download
EARLY finance Bloom Biotech: Turning microalgae into premium materials for fashion Pedro Vicente – Bloom Biotech, BE Feedstock: microalgae biomass
End-product: leather-like material
Technology: bioprinting technology 		Download
EARLY finance Biomanufacturing of advanced materials from renewable feedstocks Ryan Cardiff – C1 Bio, US Feedstock: crude glycerol
End-product: advanced materials
Technology: fermentation 		Download
EARLY finance The next generation of surface modification Johann Liebeton – BioHalo, DK Feedstock: glucose, waste
End-product: surface modifier
Technology: biomanufacturing, biohalogenation 		Download
EARLY finance Seaweed-derived functional powder: A PFAS-free path to fire and water resistance Natasha Yamamura – Algae Scope, IT Feedstock: seaweed biomass
End-product: functional powder
Technology: thermal treatment 		Download
LATE finance Beyond plastic: Scaling bio-based compostable films for Europe Angela Ivanova – LAM'ON, BG Feedstock: renewable biomass
End-product: compostable films
Technology: reactive extrusion 		Download
LATE finance Biopolymers from starch-based waste Busra Koksal – PM Biomaterials, TR Feedstock: starch-based waste
End-product: biopolymer
Technology: recycling technology		 Download
LATE finance Production of FDCA with biotechnology (for biopolymers) Marc Lankveld – Tasseikan, NL Feedstock: sugar
End-product: FDCA
Technology: biotechnology		 Download
LATE finance Bio-based building blocks for recyclable polyurethanes and polyesters Roger Ottenheym – Mevaldi, NL Feedstock: renewable sugar
End-product: bio-based polyols
Technology: bio thermochemical 		Download
LATE finance Real leather, reinvented: Cultivating a $100B industry with better leather Michael Newton – Qorium, NL Feedstock: culture media
End-product: cultivated leather
Technology: synthetic biology 		Download
LATE finance Next-gen flexible materials for embellishment industries Fanny Deleage – Renature, FR Feedstock: agri coproducts
End-product: rubber, leather
Technology: extrusion, tanning 		Download
LATE finance £15m Series A: the world's first computationally designed protein textile fibres James MacDonald – Solena Material, GB Feedstock: 2G
End-product: textile fibre
Technology: protein design 		Download
LATE finance TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download

Start-ups/SMEs looking for finance - Proteins & Food/Feed Ingredients

Time of day Title Speakers Keywords
EARLY finance NOIET: Fermentation-based clean-label ingredients from food by-products Lorenzo Paolini – NOIET Feedstock: food by-products
End-product: clean-label ingredients
Technology: microbial fermentation 		Download
EARLY finance Turning aquaculture residues into high-value marine protein Marwen Mokdad – Polychaeta, FR Feedstock: aquaculture residues
End-product: marine polychaetes
Technology: polychaete bioconversion		 Download
EARLY finance Typo Foods: Tasty yeast protein Tue Rasmussen – Typo Foods, DK Feedstock: sugars, flexible
End-product: yeast, ingredient
Technology: biotechnology, fermentation		 Download
EARLY finance Better-for-you sweetness, built on proteins Tabea Schröder – tasira, DK Feedstock: sugars, side-streams
End-product: sweet proteins
Technology: fermentation, synbio		 Download
EARLY finance BioHeme: Redefining the future of bioactive nutrition Nélida Leiva Eriksson – Ironic Biotech, SE Feedstock: glucose
End-product: bioactive nutrient
Technology: fermentation		 Download
EARLY finance Scaling European acorns into high-value ingredients and bio-based products Pedro Babo – LandraTech, PT Feedstock: acorns, side-streams
End-product: food ingredients
Technology: fractionation		 Download
EARLY finance A novel enzymatic approach for making wheat-based bread gluten-safe Ioannis Stasinopoulos – Prozymi Biolabs, CY Feedstock: wheat flour
End-product: enzymes, glutenases
Technology: gluten-safe		 Download
EARLY finance Better meat starts with fermented legumes Christian Dehlholm – MycoTech, DK Feedstock: legumes
End-product: hybrid meet
Technology: fungal fermentation		 Download
EARLY finance Stop selling fish, start selling certainty: Sashimi without the cold chain Florin Irimescu – Bluana Foods, RO Feedstock: marine polysaccharides
End-product: plant-based sashimi
Technology: HMHNI technology 		Download
LATE finance Margaret rising: scaling animal-free casein into a next-generation protein platform Hille van der Kaa – Those Vegan Cowboys, BE Feedstock: agricultural feedstocks
End-product: casein, protein
Technology: precision fermentation		 Download
LATE finance Enhanced Casein: Precision fermentation for Europe's resilient protein supply Maria Scharfe – Formo Foods, DE Feedstock: multiple carbohydrates
End-product: recombinant casein
Technology: precision fermentation 		Download
LATE finance Resilient bacterial single-cell protein from CH4 for feed and food: moving to our 5000L loop fermenter Maximilian Lackner – CIRCE Biotechnologie, AT Feedstock: biogas, power-2-gas
End-product: single-cell protein (SCP)
Technology: gas fermentation 		Download
LATE finance How can we reduce sugar in food without replacing the sugar? Joshua Sauer – Zya, GB Feedstock: glucose, methanol
End-product: enzyme ingredient
Technology: precision fermentation 		Download
LATE finance From forest to fork and folks Jaakko Pajunen – Boreal Bioproducts, FI Feedstock: wood side-streams
End-product: polysaccharides
Technology: PHWE		 Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download

Start-ups/SMEs looking for finance - Chemicals incl. Colorants

Time of day Title Speakers Keywords
EARLY finance Reinventing denim dyeing Selcuk Aslan – NordicBlue, DK Feedstock: glucose, glycerol
End-product: indican, indigo
Technology: enzymatic dyeing 		Download
EARLY finance Algae biorefinery platform: turning biomass into sustainable colours, proteins, and food ingredients Redwan Rahman – Brilliant Dyes, GB Feedstock: algae
End-product: pigments, proteins
Technology: extraction, fixations		 Download
EARLY finance The future of colour is alive Sarah Graham – Lite-1, CA Feedstock: agricultural waste
End-product: sustainable colourants
Technology: precision fermentation		 Download
EARLY finance Pili: Industrialising fossil-free indigo Guillaume Boissonnat – Pili, FR Feedstock: biomass, 2G sugars
End-product: dye, pigment
Technology: microbial fermentation		 Download
EARLY finance Biological off-gas valorization, a new essential infrastructure for the industry Luis Oliveira – Dahlia Biotech, DE Feedstock: industrial gases
End-product: organic acids
Technology: fermentation, purification		 Download
EARLY finance ChemPlat: Turning organic residues into high-value chemicals Filip Brodowski – ChemPlat Biochemicals, PL Feedstock: organic residues
End-product: platform chemicals
Technology: mixed-culture fermentation		 Download
EARLY finance ProEvo: Exciting chemistry made boring Holly Corbett – ProEvo, DE Feedstock: organic molecules
End-product: specialty chemicals
Technology: enzyme engineering		 Download
EARLY finance Cofactor mimics: making oxidoreductase biocatalysis cheaper, simpler and scalable Allison Wolder – Tulip Enzyme Solutions, NL Feedstock: terpene substrates
End-product: fragrance ingredients
Technology: cofactor mimics		 Download
EARLY finance LOOPVINE: Turning unsold fruit into bio-based cleaning products Marko Kollarčík – etero, SK Feedstock: unsold fruit
End-product: cleaning products
Technology: controlled fermentation		 Download
LATE finance OxFA, from biogenic residues to formic acid and methanol Matthias Schmidt – OxFA, DE Feedstock: glycerin, residues
End-product: methanol, formic acid
Technology: catalysis, platform chemistry 		Download
LATE finance Biotech Turning Rubber Waste into Green Molecules Barry van Bergen – Recircle, GB Feedstock: rubber waste
End-product: green molecules
Technology: enzymes		 Download
LATE finance Delivering a green discount for chemical manufacturing Matthew Hodges – HydRegen, GB Feedstock: glucose, glycerol
End-product: specialty, bulk
Technology: Bio2Amine, H2BioCat		 Download
LATE finance Building the multi-modal foundation model for industrial biomanufacturing Russ Tucker – Twig Bio, GB Feedstock: carbon
End-product: chemicals, ingredients
Technology: AI, synbio		 Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download

Start-ups/SMEs looking for finance - Cosmetics & Personal Hygiene

Time of day Title Speakers Keywords
EARLY finance Mastitia: The world’s first microbiome-based mastitis prevention Emilie Glad Bak – Mastitia, DK Feedstock: human microbiome
End-product: prevention cream
Technology: postbiotic strains		 Download
EARLY finance Scaling the economics of performance-designed bioactives Nikola Lashley – Crobe Renewables, GB Feedstock: brewery wastewater
End-product: performance-enhanced bioactives
Technology: fermentation		 Download
EARLY finance MicBioMate: Animal-independent, intact keratins for next-generation cosmetic formulations Giovanni Davide Barone – MicBioMate Feedstock: biobased
End-product: keratins
Technology: precision fermentation		 Download
EARLY finance CyanoCare: Novel algae ingredients for natural cosmetics Rita Mota – CyanoCare Natural Products, AT Feedstock: Cyanobacteria, CO2
End-product: biopolymers, biomass
Technology: photobioreactors, membrane-filtration 		Download
EARLY finance Creating a new ingredient category for skin and hair health Chris Christiansen – Lifebloom, DK Feedstock: cyanobacteria, microalgae
End-product: cosmetic ingredients
Technology: extraction, filtration 		Download
EARLY finance The Fungal Bioingredient Flywheel Britta Winterberg – Mycolever, DE Feedstock: renewable feedstock
End-product: skin actives
Technology: biodiscovery, fermentation		 Download
LATE finance Engineering the future with bacterial exopolysaccharides: Driving the next generation of multifunctional ingredients Isabel Alvarez Martos – Cellugy, DK Feedstock: plant sugars
End-product: rheology modifier
Technology: fermentation		 Download
LATE finance Pulses: a plant at the heart of our future Alexis Duval – INTACT, FR Feedstock: pulses
End-product: functional proteins, alcohols
Technology: extraction, fermentation		 Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download

Start-ups/SMEs looking for finance - AgTech

Time of day Title Speakers Keywords
EARLY finance A biodegradable antifreeze spray for affordable crop frost protection Murli Manohar – CryoBio, US Feedstock: glucose
End-product: polypeptide, proteins
Technology: precision fermentation		 Download
EARLY finance Preventive antifreeze solutions for frost protection in fruit cultivation Laure Craeye – W'Ice, BE Feedstock: fermentation medium
End-product: antifreeze biostimulant
Technology: freeze inhibitors		 Download
EARLY finance B-COS: We help crops defend themselves the way nature intended Chiara Guidi – B-COS, BE Feedstock: glucose
End-product: single-compound chito-oligosaccharides
Technology: precision fermentation		 Download
EARLY finance Bacteriophages as new biocontrol agents against bacterial threats Valentine Vanderreydt – Phagelynx Feedstock: bacteria, genomics
End-product: bacteriophages, AI-platform
Technology: fermentation, machine learning		 Download
EARLY finance Promecens chitosan & melanin circular bio innovation Raghav Bhola – Promecens, IE Feedstock: fungal, insect
End-product: melanin, chitosan
Technology: fermentation, extraction		 Download
EARLY finance InvitroLinker: An AI-optimized, precision-fermented protein additive for swine sperm and embryo cryopreservation Mona Oliveira – BioLinker, BR Feedstock: cultivate media
End-product: protein
Technology: fermentation, AI		 Download
LATE finance Unlocking the power of encapsulated dsRNA in agriculture Georg Schaumann – SenseUP, DE Feedstock: renewable resources
End-product: dsRNA biopesticides
Technology: precision fermentation		 Download
LATE finance Mycoverse, enabling the green transition of agriculture Niels Bjerg Jensen – Mycoverse, DK Feedstock: grains
End-product: biofungicide
Technology: fungal fermentation		 Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product: c
Technology: 		Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download

Emerging innovative technologies: novel fermentation and novel downstream processing innovations

Time of day Title Speakers Keywords
EARLY finance Let biology breathe: A zero-capex fix for bioreactor productivity Marika Ziesack – FluxBio, US Feedstock: agnostic
End-product: agnostic
Technology: microporous particles 		Download
na Biomixing, the new standard in agitation and aeration for bioreactors Ines Herrero – BIOMIXING, ES Feedstock: cell/microbial cultures
End-product: agitator aeration
Technology: CFD, fluid-dynamics 		Download
na Simplifying your seed train with ready-to-use starter cultures Melanie Reese – Swan Neck Bio, DK Feedstock: microbial strains
End-product: starter cultures
Technology: direct inoculation 		Download
EARLY finance Turning industrial CO₂ into high-value biomass Martin Lawton – Carbon Harvest, GB Feedstock: off-gas microalgae
End-product: polymers, materials, chemicals
Technology: novel bioreactor		 Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download

Emerging innovative technologies: alternative and unconventional feedstocks

Time of day Title Speakers Keywords
na Next-generation solid-state fermentation for living micro-organisms Emile Redant – Zymofix, BE Feedstock: biowaste, manure
End-product: living micro-organisms
Technology: solid-state fermentation		 Download
EARLY finance Enzymatic rubber biorefinery: Turning waste into value Ieva Palubeckaite – AKIN, NL Feedstock: rubber tires
End-product: recovered rubber
Technology: biodegradation		 Download
na From agrifood residue to high-value chemicals: ChainCraft’s pathway to full scale production Anouk van der Windt – ChainCraft, NL Feedstock: agri-food residues
End-product: biobased fatty acids
Technology: open-culture fermentation		 Download
na FishMatter: Connecting Blue Bioeconomy Side Streams to New Value Chains Ana Rita Araújo Rbeiro – B2E CoLAB, PT Feedstock: Marine by-products
End-product: Value chains
Technology: AI matchmaking 		Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download

Microbial proteins and microbial oils transition players

Time of day Title Speakers Keywords
na Tune up oil production using fungi Marcel Mann – LipiTune, DE Feedstock: side-streams
End-product: tailor-made oils
Technology: precision fermentation		 Download
na Beating the :cost barrier: Engineering microbes to reach price parity for bulk protein production Daniel Heid – Picea Biosolutions Feedstock: carbohydrates, 2G
End-product: proteins, enzymes
Technology: precision fermentation		 Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download

Start-ups/SMEs looking for finance - Sensors / Automation / AI

Time of day Title Speakers Keywords
na Run the best next experiment, every time: AI decision-making for bioprocess R&D Stefan Bostock – Danu Insights, GB Feedstock: agnostic
End-product: agnostic
Technology: AI, ML		 Download
EARLY finance AI-guided enzyme engineering: choosing what to test next Kenny Helsens – Crane Bioworks, BE Feedstock: na
End-product: protein sequences
Technology: protein engineering		 Download
na CHITOSE’s Integrated Biomanufacturing Platform (SuuKo): AI-Driven Bioprocess Optimization Adham Zulmajdi – CHITOSE Laboratory, JP Feedstock: any
End-product: any
Technology: AI, sensors		 Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download

Start-ups/SMEs looking for finance - Biomining

Time of day Title Speakers Keywords
TBA Introduction by session moderator Moderator: TBA – Timekeeper: TBA Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download
TBA TBA TBA – TBA Feedstock:
End-product:
Technology: 		Download