BIONetZero
Are you an SME developing biosolutions and aiming for net-zero production?
The BIONetZero project invites innovative companies in the agrifood and energy-intensive industries to apply for financial support, expert guidance and access to a strong European ecosystem supporting the transition to climate-neutral production.
Why Join BIONetZero?
By joining BIONetZero, your company becomes part of a European biosolutions ecosystem designed to accelerate innovation, strengthen competitiveness and support the transition to a greener, more resilient industry.
What BIONetZero Offers
Selected SMEs gain access to a comprehensive support programme combining direct financial support with tailored innovation and business development services, including:
- Direct grants aligned with your company’s development stage
- Dedicated Key Account Management (KAM) to support your innovation and growth journey
- Access to experts, mentors and technology providers across Europe
- Networking and matchmaking activities, including events, site visits and investor connections
Investors are integrated into the programme to help ensure strong commercial and scaling potential for participating companies.
Overview
Grant Types
SMEs can apply for different types of grants throughout the programme, depending on their maturity and ambitions:
- Ideation stage: Networking and travel grants (€3,500)
- Validation & development: Grants for testing and validation of products and processes (€15,000)
- Commercialisation: Funding for further development and market adaptation (€40,000)
- Internationalisation: Support for entering third-country markets (€5,000)
Each SME may receive up to €60,000 in total financial support through BIONetZero.
Who Can Apply?
BIONetZero is open to innovative SMEs in accordance with the EU definition, including startups – also those without revenue. Companies may be at an early stage of development, as long as they meet the SME criteria and work with pre‑commercial biosolutions. To be considered, applicants should live up to the following:
- Develop bio-based products, processes, or services
- Operate within the agrifood or energy-intensive industries
- Aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and dependency on critical raw materials
- Seek to scale, validate or commercialise biosolutions supporting net-zero production
About
BIONetZero
The project supports the development and deployment of new biosolutions, substitute products and innovative services that reduce dependency on critical inputs and technologies while enabling net-zero production.
BIONetZero is a European initiative coordinated by Food & Bio Cluster Denmark along with LITMEA | Smart Food Cluster, Cluster Industrial Biotechnology (CLIB) and Bioeconomy Cluster (BEC) as project partners.
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Jens Skytte Sørensen
Susanne Baden Jørgensen
