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Financing the Circular Bioeconomy: Structuring an Investment Platform to Improve Access to Finance in Europe

A market consultation conference, hosted by the European Investment Bank and the European Commission, to raise awareness of an upcoming investment platform to improve access to finance of bioeconomy companies in Europe. In partnership with Science|Business    

Overview
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An EIB study, published in June 2017 (link to study), identified funding gaps in two key areas of the Bioeconomy (the bio-based industries and the blue economy) and proposed a number of recommendations - one of them being to consider the creation of a thematic investment platform. This Investment Platform will receive financial support from the EU budget and its purpose will be to mobilise additional public and private investors to invest in the Bioeconomy. It will also contribute to the EU agenda for a circular economy.

On 6 December 2017, from 15:00 to 18:00, the workshop will consist of a live stakeholder market consultation to identify the funding needs of innovative (circular) Bioeconomy projects and the appropriate structure of the thematic investment platform that can address them.

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Documentation

Please feel free to download this paper containing background, context and purpose of the circular bioeconomy platform.

Hosts:

John Bell
Director for Bioeconomy, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
Shiva Dustdar
Head of Division, Innovation Finance Advisory, European Investment Bank

Other featured guests:

Dirk Carrez
Executive Director, Biobased Industries Consortium
Willem-Jan Meijer
Financial Director, Synvina
Joško Bobanović
Partner, Sofinnova
William Stevens
Co-Founder & Group Managing Director, Tech Tour
Ludwig Goris
Investment Manager, Capricorn
Michael Nettersheim
Investment Manager, BASF Venture Capital
Alain Reocreux
International Development Manager, OLMIX
Leonie Schreve
Managing Director, Global Head for Sustainable Finance, ING

Moderators:

 
Maryline Fiaschi
Managing Director, Science|Business
Richard L. Hudson
Editor-in-chief & Vice Chair of the Board, Science|Business

Organised in partnership with:

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Programme
Programme

14.30 – 15.00     Registration

15.00 – 15.30     The European Bioeconomy strategy and EIB’s access-to-finance study on the Bioeconomy – Presentation by the European Commission and the European Investment Bank

15.30 – 16:30     The market perspective – a live stakeholder consultation driven by a panel discussion among bio-based industry representatives

16:30 – 16:45     Coffee break

16:45 – 17:45     How to fill the funding gaps – an interactive panel discussion among investors and audience to recommend actions for the development of the Circular Bioeconomy Investment Platform

17:45 – 18:00     Conclusions

18.00 – 20.00     Joint networking cocktail with the BBI Joint Undertaking*

*The BBI JU Stakeholder Forum is taking place on 6 and 7 December at the same location as the conference

Location
Practical Information

The Square, Mont des Arts/Kunstberg, Brussels