De-risk and maximize the chances of success for your innovation project.
From the initial idea to securing funding, we support you at every stage to transform your innovation into a structured, credible, and funded project.
Since the creation of B4C:
Over 1,000 projects supported
Over 520 projects funded (innovation and industrialization)
€3.5 billion in total investment
€1.8 billion in grants secured
Of which:
73 European projects supported and funded
Total investment of €504 million
€290 million in grants secured

Our support
From idea to project
- Identifying topics via our monitoring platform and events
- Open Innovation & Opportunity Identification
- 5 communities of stakeholders covering all value chains

Structuring a solid and eligible project
- Identification of funding mechanisms
- Participation in webinars providing in-depth analysis
- Identification of reference projects
- Ensure the eligibility and compliance of your application

Identify the right partners with B4C
- Access to a network of leading European partners

- In-depth knowledge of the research and innovation ecosystem (France & Europe)

Benefit from a critical review by our experts
- Refining and challenging your application
- Supported by a committee of experts to certify your project

Our success stories
Industrialize a fermentation process for urine reprocessing to produce six biostimulant and biocontrol solutions.

Accelerate innovation in plant-based food by developing new pea and fava bean varieties, as well as plant-based alternatives to dairy products.

Develop the first integrated biorefinery dedicated to processing sugar industry co-products.

Deploy the first European industrial unit for bio-based 5-HMF via a 3,000 t/year demonstration plant.

Develop a cross-border low-carbon hydrogen network between France, Germany, and Luxembourg.

Mobilize private financing
Strengthen and showcase your project to the right financial partners.
Investors’ Club: 25 active members
- Close ties with funding bodies such as Bpifrance, ADEME, Caisse des Dépôts, and FranceAgriMer.
Bioeconomy Decision-Makers’ Dinner – an annual event held alongside BIOKET.


