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Online Training Webinar: Think Big, Pitch Smart – Get Investor Ready in One Hour

calendar_month 04.11.2025
 - 04.11.2025
Between May 2025 and May 2026, fifteen European Pilot and Demonstration Infrastructures (PDIs) will organise training webinars. These webinars are open to any bioeconomy stakeholder and are part of the COPILOT/PILOTS4U “Scale-Up & Growth” Programme.
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Aim of the webinar:

  • Understand what makes a bioeconomy scale-up plan attractive to investors
  • Learn how to present your roadmap clearly, realistically and convincingly
  • Discover success stories and learn what worked
  • Gain practical tools to prepare for investor matchmaking with confidence

Agenda

16:00 – 16:05 | Welcome & Framing the Session

Opening and Framing of the webinar by moderator Filippo Giancarlo Martinelli (Irish Bioeconomy Foundation, COPILOT project partner)

16:05 – 16:15 | Training for the Perfect Pitch: Convincing Investors to Back Your Innovation  

Flash training on the practicality of pitching to investors by Annick Veerwen (VIB-TBC), including:

  • What gets investor attention (and what doesn’t)
  • Structuring a compelling pitch deck;
  • Dos and don’ts during your investor presentation.

16:15 – 16:35 | Investor Panel – What Investors Look for in a Scale-Up company

A panel discussion with bioeconomy active investors with complementary investment thesis, featuring:

  • Mariam Cherifi, Sofinnova Partners
  • William Taul Madsen, NOON Ventures
  • A few other VCs invited

16:35 – 16:55 | Success Story — What Made the Difference

Hearing from other startups on their past and ongoing success stories in fundraising: what helped convincing investors, important barriers, and how to overcome them. Testimonials by:

  • Pedro Vicente, Co-founder & CEO Bloom Biotech (BE)
  • Françoise de Valera, Co-Founder of Pack2Earth (ES)

16:55 – 17:00 | Q&A and Final Tips Before Matchmaking (Irish Bioeconomy Foundation)

Final tips to get the most from your next pitching sessions, and your upcoming interactions with investors by the webinar moderator

Registration & Practical Information

Target audience

This webinar is open to any bioeconomy stakeholder and part of the COPILOT/PILOTS4U “Scale-Up & Growth” Programme

Registration

The event is free of charge. Registration is mandatory.

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