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SUMMARY:Online Training Webinar: Think Big\, Pitch Smart - Get Investor Ready in One Hour
DESCRIPTION:Agenda\n16:00 – 16:05 | Welcome & Framing the Session  \nOpening and Framing of the webinar by moderator Filippo Giancarlo Martinelli (Irish Bioeconomy Foundation\, COPILOT project partner) \n16:05 – 16:15 | Training for the Perfect Pitch: Convincing Investors to Back Your Innovation   \nFlash training on the practicality of pitching to investors by Annick Veerwen (VIB-TBC)\, including: \n\nWhat gets investor attention (and what doesn’t)\nStructuring a compelling pitch deck;\nDos and don’ts during your investor presentation.\n\n16:15 – 16:35 | Investor Panel – What Investors Look for in a Scale-Up company  \nA panel discussion with bioeconomy active investors with complementary investment thesis\, featuring: \n\nMariam Cherifi\, Sofinnova Partners\nWilliam Taul Madsen\, NOON Ventures\nA few other VCs invited\n\n16:35 – 16:55 | Success Story — What Made the Difference \nHearing 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: \n\nPedro Vicente\, Co-founder & CEO Bloom Biotech (BE)\nFrançoise de Valera\, Co-Founder of Pack2Earth (ES)\n\n16:55 – 17:00 | Q&A and Final Tips Before Matchmaking (Irish Bioeconomy Foundation) \nFinal tips to get the most from your next pitching sessions\, and your upcoming interactions with investors by the webinar moderator \nRegistration & Practical Information\nTarget audience\nThis webinar is open to any bioeconomy stakeholder and part of the COPILOT/PILOTS4U “Scale-Up & Growth” Programme \nSatellite events The ProteInn Club Industrial Sounding Board Meeting\nSatellite events Seeing is believing: Study Visit to the Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant\nHop on the shuttle bus to the Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant and discover what scale-up is and looks like! This visit is part of the “Scale -up & Growth” programme offered by the “Pilots4U powered by COPILOT” project and will comprise of a presentation and guided tour of the facilities. It will be co-organised by ShapingBio. \nMore informationSatellite events Scale-Up Accelerator Workshop\nAs part of the Scale-up and Growth Programme\, “Pilots4U powered by COPILOT” organises together with the ShapingBio project\, a Scale-up Accelerator Workshop following the BBEPP Study Visit. \nMore informationDownloads Programs\, abstracts and presentations\nYou can download the full schedule of the events\, pitch abstracts and presentations. \nDocuments \nVideos \nPhotos \nPresentations
URL:https://biopilots4u.eu/event/online-training-webinar-by-think-big-pitch-smart-get-investor-ready-in-one-hour/
LOCATION:Online meeting
CATEGORIES:Scale-up & growth
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251107
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SUMMARY:Study Visit and Scale-Up Workshop @ IBioIC Bioprocessing Scale-up Centre\, Scotland
DESCRIPTION:Aim of the study visit and workshop:\nThis visit aims to give participants a practical overview of IBioIC’s innovation support network and FlexBIO’s bioprocessing capabilities\, while creating direct opportunities to connect with the team and other attendees. Through speed networking\, a facility tour\, and dedicated scale-up training\, participants will strengthen their understanding of key upstream and downstream considerations when moving from lab to pilot scale\, and explore tailored practical sessions aligned with their specific scale-up needs. \nPresentations:\n2. IBioIC_FlexBIO_Scaleup Facilities Overview NR \n3. FlexBIO Capabilites & Case studies SF PP – final \nVisit the FLEXBIO websiteAgenda\n\n\n\n09:00 – 09:30\nRegistration and tea/coffee/biscuits\n\n\n09:30 – 09:45\nOverview of the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC)\n– why working with an innovation can accelerate your business with help from our network\n\n\n09:45 – 10:00\nGetting to know you – speed networking\n\n\n10:00 – 10:15\nIntroduction to FlexBIO capabilities and successful projects\n\n\n10:15 – 11:00\nFacility Tour and meet the team\n– See and learn about FlexBIO capabilities – from microbial\, precision and biomass fermentation to mammalian cell expansion and downstream processing\n\n\n11:00 – 11:30\nBreak\n\n\n11:30 – 12:30\nBioprocessing Scale-up Theory Training – Scale-up from lab-scale to pilot-scale – Key Considerations for Upstream and Downstream Processing\n\n\n12:30 – 13:30\nLunch\n\n\n13:30 – 15:00\nPractical Training Options (select one)\n– customised according to participant requirements\n\n\nParallel Session 1 – Scale-up considerations from microbial cells to cultivated meat\nParallel Session 2 – Don’t forget the downstream processing – full DSP including disc stack centrifuge. homogeniser\, Tangential flow filtration\, chromatography \, drying\n\n\n15:00 – 15:10\nClose\n\n\n\nTarget audience\nAll bioeconomy stakeholders\, where possible with a focus on BioInnovators (Technology Owners). \nMore information\nPlease\, contact: Neil Renault\, neil.renault@ibioic.com \nSatellite events The ProteInn Club Industrial Sounding Board Meeting\nThe ProteInn Club is a collaboration between Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant\, Ghent University\, the Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture\, Fisheries\, and Food (ILVO)\, and CAPTURE. The club’s ambition is to facilitate innovations and accelerate the development of a unique fermentation-based protein ecosystem. Members of the Industrial Sounding Board are positioned at various points within the value chain of fermentation-based proteins. On the one hand\, there are companies developing fermentation processes\, while on the other\, there are companies producing side streams that can be used as feedstock for these processes\, and companies interested in incorporating fermentation-based proteins into their end products. The overall goals of the club are to connect the partners along this value chain\, foster the developing ecosystem\, and raise awareness about fermentation-derived proteins. During this event\, the core team of The ProteInn Club will link up with the full Industrial Sounding Board to discuss the latest developments in the fermentation-based protein landscape. Topics can include updates on ongoing projects\, interesting upcoming funding calls\, policy briefs\, and the presentation of new ProteInn Club members. This is a private event. Attendance by invitation only. \nSatellite events Seeing is believing: Study Visit to the Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant\nHop on the shuttle bus to the Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant and discover what scale-up is and looks like! This visit is part of the “Scale -up & Growth” programme offered by the “Pilots4U powered by COPILOT” project and will comprise of a presentation and guided tour of the facilities. It will be co-organised by ShapingBio. \nMore informationSatellite events Scale-Up Accelerator Workshop\nAs part of the Scale-up and Growth Programme\, “Pilots4U powered by COPILOT” organises together with the ShapingBio project\, a Scale-up Accelerator Workshop following the BBEPP Study Visit. \nMore informationDownloads Programs\, abstracts and presentations\nYou can download the full schedule of the events\, pitch abstracts and presentations. \nDocuments \nVideos \nPhotos \nPresentations
URL:https://biopilots4u.eu/event/study-visit-and-scale-up-workshop-ibioic-bioprocessing-scale-up-centre-scotland/
LOCATION:IBioIC Bioprocessing Scale-up Centre\, John Coulson Building\, Heriot-Watt University\, Edinburgh\, EH14 4AL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Scale-up & growth
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SUMMARY:Online Training Webinar by A4F: Biological Contaminants and Microalgae Crop Protection
DESCRIPTION:Presentations:\nA4F_Contaminants and Crop Protection \nDr Grunewald Webinar Co-Pilot \nRasconi_CoPilot_Fin \nAgenda (time is CET)\n14h50 – COPILOT Project and Pilots4U Platform Introduction \nDr. Yang Zou – COPILOT coordinator and Pilots4U platform manager \n15:00 – Introduction: Biological contaminants and crop protection\nDiana Gomes – Laboratory Manager\, RD&I Department – A4F\n\n15:20 – Zoosporic parasites identification\, characterization and mitigation strategies: The COST Action ParAqua\nDr. Serena Rasconi – INRAe Centre Alpin de Recherche sur les Réseaux Trophiques des Ecosystèmes Limniques\n\n15:40 – Contamination Monitoring Program (CMP) at large-scale microalgae culture facilities in Saudi Arabia: 3 years of data\nDr. Claudio Fuentes Grunewald – Algae Program Director\, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology \nQ&A Session at the end of each presentation \nTarget audience\nAll bioeconomy stakeholders\, where possible with a focus on BioInnovators (Technology Owners). \nMore information \nPlease\, contact: Sofia Vaz sofia.vaz@a4f.pt \nSatellite events The ProteInn Club Industrial Sounding Board Meeting\nSatellite events Seeing is believing: Study Visit to the Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant\nHop on the shuttle bus to the Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant and discover what scale-up is and looks like! This visit is part of the “Scale -up & Growth” programme offered by the “Pilots4U powered by COPILOT” project and will comprise of a presentation and guided tour of the facilities. It will be co-organised by ShapingBio. \nMore informationSatellite events Scale-Up Accelerator Workshop\nAs part of the Scale-up and Growth Programme\, “Pilots4U powered by COPILOT” organises together with the ShapingBio project\, a Scale-up Accelerator Workshop following the BBEPP Study Visit. \nMore informationDownloads Programs\, abstracts and presentations\nYou can download the full schedule of the events\, pitch abstracts and presentations. \nDocuments \nVideos \nPhotos \nPresentations
URL:https://biopilots4u.eu/event/online-training-webinar-by-a4f-algafuel-biological-contaminants-and-microalgae-crop-protection/
LOCATION:Online meeting
CATEGORIES:Scale-up & growth
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SUMMARY:Open Day for Start-ups\, SMEs & Investors @ Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant\, Belgium
DESCRIPTION:This event is co-organised by “Pitch perfect and Boost the European Bioeconomy 2025” and “Pilots4U powered by CoPilot”.  \nHop on the shuttle bus from Sheraton Brussels Airport to the Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant and discover what scale-up is\, looks like\, feels like and smells like! \nWhy do we need scale-up (facilities)?\nWhat is  the cost of scale-up and why?\nWhat are the challenges?\nWhat collaboration opportunities do start-ups and SMEs have at the Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant? \nJoin us and get answers to all these questions and many more! \n\n						\n								\n								  Visit the BBEPP websiteAgenda\n08:00 – 09:00\nShuttle bus from Brussels Airport to Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant\n09:00 – 10:35\nSeeing is Believing: Study Visit to the Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant – Ghent\, Belgium; free shuttle bus Brussels – Ghent – Brussels Participation: open to all\n10:35 – 10:55\nNetworking coffee break\n10:55 – 15:00\nScale-Up Workshop: The art of scaling – How to design your cost-effective bioprocess in the most efficient way\n11:00 – 12:00\nScale-Up Workshop Part 1: Scale-Up Accelerator Network meets Due Diligence\n12:00 – 12:40\nScale-Up Workshop Part 2: Does my scale-up plan make sense and how can I implement Techno-Economic Assessment (TEA) across TRL scales?\n12:40 – 13:20\nNetworking lunch\n13:20 – 14:30\nScale-Up Workshop Part 3: Breaking the cost barrier in biomanufacturing\n14:30 – 15:00\nScale-Up Workshop Part 4: Roundtable: Reflections on what Pitch Perfect brought us this year\n15:00 – 16:00\nShuttle bus from Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant to Brussels Airport \nTarget audience\n(To-be)Start-ups\, Scale-ups\, SMEs & Public\, Corporate and Private Investors \nMore information\nPlease\, contact: Katrien Molders\, katrien.molders@bbeu.org.  \nSatellite events The ProteInn Club Industrial Sounding Board Meeting\nThe ProteInn Club is a collaboration between Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant\, Ghent University\, the Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture\, Fisheries\, and Food (ILVO)\, and CAPTURE. The club’s ambition is to facilitate innovations and accelerate the development of a unique fermentation-based protein ecosystem. Members of the Industrial Sounding Board are positioned at various points within the value chain of fermentation-based proteins. On the one hand\, there are companies developing fermentation processes\, while on the other\, there are companies producing side streams that can be used as feedstock for these processes\, and companies interested in incorporating fermentation-based proteins into their end products. The overall goals of the club are to connect the partners along this value chain\, foster the developing ecosystem\, and raise awareness about fermentation-derived proteins. During this event\, the core team of The ProteInn Club will link up with the full Industrial Sounding Board to discuss the latest developments in the fermentation-based protein landscape. Topics can include updates on ongoing projects\, interesting upcoming funding calls\, policy briefs\, and the presentation of new ProteInn Club members. This is a private event. Attendance by invitation only. \nSatellite events Seeing is believing: Study Visit to the Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant\nHop on the shuttle bus to the Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant and discover what scale-up is and looks like! This visit is part of the “Scale -up & Growth” programme offered by the “Pilots4U powered by COPILOT” project and will comprise of a presentation and guided tour of the facilities. It will be co-organised by ShapingBio. \nMore informationSatellite events Scale-Up Accelerator Workshop\nAs part of the Scale-up and Growth Programme\, “Pilots4U powered by COPILOT” organises together with the ShapingBio project\, a Scale-up Accelerator Workshop following the BBEPP Study Visit. \nMore informationDownloads Programs\, abstracts and presentations\nYou can download the full schedule of the events\, pitch abstracts and presentations. \nDocuments \nVideos \nPhotos \nPresentations
URL:https://biopilots4u.eu/event/open-day-for-start-ups-smes-investors-bio-base-europe-pilot-plant-belgium/
LOCATION:Genopole\, 20 Rue Henri Auguste Desbruères\, Évry-Courcouronnes\, 91000\, France
CATEGORIES:Scale-up & growth
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