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📢 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 🚙   📍 Where? Delft & Amsterdam, NL 📅 When? 24th - 25th April   We're excited to announce our upcoming roadshow, which aims to catalyse the #biobased circular economy in the Netherlands! A big shout out to the Dutch ecosystem, which has seamlessly combined government support, business acumen and research brilliance to drive bio-economic innovation.   Join us as we connect with investors and pioneering companies at the forefront of industrial biotechnology. This two-day trip will be an incredible opportunity to dive into innovations in #fermentation, #biorefineries, #biocatalysts and technologies that improve our everyday lives.   We're looking forward to meeting Daan Meijer in Amsterdam. He's our contact at our limited partner and valuable co-investor Invest-NL, a key Dutch investment company focused on supporting economic growth by financing sustainable and socially responsible ventures, playing a crucial role in the Netherlands' transition to a greener and more innovative economy. Ditto Bouke de Jong from Planet B.io, a hub within the vibrant biotech ecosystem of Biotech Campus Delft. One of Europe's largest open innovation campuses dedicated to #biotech.   Delft and Amsterdam - both hotspots for circular economy innovation, supported by strong market potential and a vibrant venture ecosystem. TU Delft's reputation as a leader in circular economy further underlines the region's suitability for our roadshow.   Our Industrial Biotech team Jowita Sewerska, CFA, Jisk de Vries and Bernadette Lee look forward to meeting you in the Netherlands.   Are you also interested in meeting the ECBF? Then get in touch with Bernadette Lee and let's arrange a meeting either in Amsterdam or Delft.   Let's move the biotech sector forward together! 🌱   #Sustainability #Innovation #Biotech #CircularEconomy

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Wintercircus Ghent strongly believes in human creativity, technology and optimism as the drivers for progress & quality of life. We are very proud to welcome like-minded at our Startups Campus, pioneering teams who embrace AI technology as a powerful solution rather than a threat. 🌍 AM-Team: Solving water industry challenges with unique computer models for smart water treatment design and optimization. Wim Audenaert ☁️ Cloudvue: Optimizing cloud costs in multi-cloud environments with intelligent, cloud-native solutions. Jeff de Kleijn ⚡ Companion.energy: Accelerating industrial decarbonization by helping large industries shift energy use toward cost-efficient, renewable moments. 🥕 I-Challenge: Tackling food waste with AI-driven shelf-life prediction tools for food producers. Wendy Ossieur 🚗 MobilityOS.io: Revolutionizing transportation with AI to optimize fleet management, cut costs, and promote sustainability. Chris de Guytenaer 🏃 Evolution Devices: Empowering patients with partial paralysis to walk again using AI-based functional electrical stimulation Elie Celnikier 💬 Say It Labs: speech recognition technology to help people with speech disabilities like stuttering or articulation disorders via ML driven video games. Erich Reiter It's easy to find myself motivated to support these teams with actionnable advice from our network and offer them daily our Wintercircus as an inspiring environment. A historic place of wonder & performance. 🔥 🎪

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Watch the ‘Networking Dinner: Building an Innovative Ecosystem for Plastics’ held on the 2nd day of #CEStrategyWeek2024. The dinner event highlighted three major focuses in the Plastic Circular Economy space: - 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 - 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 - 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 #circularstrategyweek #Dutchgovernment #Netherlandsgovernment #circularbusinessplatform #CBP #CEIP #Circularlagos

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Digitalisation offers powerful benefits to social enterprises, particularly when it comes to data collection and analysis. Our member and project partner, Branchevereniging Kringloop Nederland (BKN), has developed a unique digital monitoring tool that tracks the impact of their members on the circular economy, social inclusion, and financial sustainability. 📣 This is a game-changer, allowing BKN to effectively showcase the critical contribution of circular social enterprises to stakeholders at both local and national levels across the Netherlands. 📊 Data collection and analysis also empowers individual social enterprises to easily monitor product flows, optimise operations, and make data-driven decisions to strengthen their impact. Curious to see how this is transforming the social and circular economy? 🎥 Watch the video to dive into this innovative approach! #socialandcircular #secondhandfirst #socialeconomy #circulareconomy #digitalisation #techforgood

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𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 The Nutrient Platform, initiated and hosted by the NWP (Netherlands Water Partnership), is a cross-sectoral network of Dutch organisations that believes in a pragmatic approach towards #nutrient recycling. Frontrunners from the water sector, agriculture, waste sector, and chemical industry have joined forces to close nutrient cycles. The next member meeting (held in Dutch) will discuss the impact of the EU Water Framework Directive for recycled nutrients. 🗓️ Date: 2 October 🕐 Time: 13:00 - 17:00 📍Location: NWP offices, The Hague ✅ Registration: https://lnkd.in/eRs_XNEm While the global demand for #phosphorus and other #nutrients is increasing, the reserves are decreasing. The potential impact on worldwide food security is enormous. The Nutrient Platform is made up of some 25 Dutch organisations representing businesses, knowledge institutes, NGO's and the government. Their shared objective is to create a market for recycled nutrients. The EU Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) requires all Member States to protect and improve water quality in all waters so that we achieve good ecological status by 2015 or, at the latest, by 2027. It is an important driver for policy on reducing nutrients in surface water. During the upcoming Nutrient Platform Member meeting Diederik van der Molen of the Dutch Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat (Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management) will tell more about the recent developments in this area. He will also discuss the impact of this on circular nutrients with members. The upcoming Member Meeting is by invitation only for the members of the Nutrient Platform. However, if you are interested in attending as a guest or to become a member, please contact NWP colleague Jorn Baan Hofman 📩 [email protected] or check this page, for more info ℹ https://lnkd.in/eRs_XNEm The Member meeting will be held in Dutch. Jorn Baan Hofman | Rick Elmendorp | Marieke Leenhouts | Wilma Meinders

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The Dutch trade journal Groenten & Fruit puts our Autonomous Greenhouse challenge in the spotlights. The fourth edition of the Challenge is in full progress. With this competition, organized by Greenhouse Horticulture - Wageningen University & Research teams are challenged to autonomously grow crops using artificial intelligence (AI), without any human intervention. 23 teams from all over the world participated in the online preliminary round. Five finalists will compete in growing dwarf tomatoes in real life test greenhouses at Greenhouse Horticulture - Wageningen University & Research in Bleiswijk, The Netherlands. The challenge serves as a test ground for companies to try innovative approaches and for students to learn. The first three editions have had a huge impact. The Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge has put horticulture on the map for the IT industry and resulted in the emergence of a number of start-up companies. With over 200 participants from all over the world, from companies, universities and research institutes, this 4th Challenge proves the continued fascination of both horticulturalists and computer technicians with autonomous cultivation. Interested to learn who will win this year? From September 2, the challenge can be followed live via the dashboard on AutonomousGreenhouses.com.

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#fundingalert 💼Company: AmphiStar 💰Funding: €6 Million ⚡Round: New Round 👥Investors: Flanders Future Tech Fund , QBIC III Systems, European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF) AmphiStar is the first business to design, develop, produce, and market 100% biobased waste and side streams-sourced sophorolipid biosurfactants. These amphiphilic biosurfactants can be used in a wide range of applications, including agrochemicals, textiles, industrial cleansers, cosmetics, personal care, and home and personal care. The investment will also support research and development activities aimed at optimising and refining the company’s biosurfactant platform, finishing up regulatory and certification dossiers, and designing and building a cutting-edge production facility. sophie roelants, Jowita Sewerska, CFA, Sofie Baeten, Bernd Everaert, Karolien Maes Read more - https://lnkd.in/gde9hkzg To share your startup story write us on - [email protected] #AmphiStar #business #biosurfactants #agrochemicals #personalcare #production #investment #funding #startupnews #news #fundingnews #strtuprise

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A strong message from industry leaders that investment in education and research capabilities and stability in the sector is critical for creating the right environment for business investment and to speed up the sustainability transitions: https://lnkd.in/e8jTt46Y

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🌿🚜 Partner Highlight in the EU Project Smart Carbon Farming: Southern Agriculture and Horticulture Organisation (ZLTO) 🚜🌿 Today, we want to highlight the outstanding contribution of ZLTO from the Netherlands within the EU project Smart Carbon Farming. 🌍 ZLTO (Southern Agriculture and Horticulture Organization) represents around 16,000 farmers and growers in the southern Netherlands. Their mission is to improve the social and economic situation of farmers through representation, training, individual support, and counseling. They are part of LTO Nederland, which represents over 50,000 farmers, and an active member of COPA COGECA, the European farmers' organization. In the Smart Carbon Farming project, ZLTO brings extensive expertise in the following areas: - Promoting innovative and sustainable agricultural practices - Supporting farmers in implementing carbon farming techniques - Building connections between farmers, consumers, and other stakeholders - Conducting pilot projects to enhance soil carbon content and resource efficiency A special thanks to Marjon Krol and her team for their significant role in implementing and spreading carbon farming techniques among farmers. The Smart Carbon Farming project would not be the same without the invaluable support of our esteemed partners: - Multitel Innovation Centre (Belgium) - Boerenbond Projects (Belgium) - Green Restoration Ireland Co-Operative Society Ltd (Ireland) - 3N Kompetenzzentrum e.V. (Germany) - ILVO (Instituut voor Landbouw, Visserij- en Voedingsonderzoek) Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries (ILVO, Belgium) - Teagasc – Agriculture and Food Development Authority (Ireland) - Ver de Terre Production (France) - constellr GmbH (Germany) - Oost NL Development Agency East Netherlands NV (Oost NL, Netherlands) - tgo AG as the German partner thanks to Bax & Company for their support in implementing this project A special thanks also goes to Interreg North-West Europe (NWE) North-West Europe for the financial support and the opportunity to carry out this project. Together, we are working on innovative solutions for sustainable agriculture and strengthening the competitiveness of the EU agricultural industry. 🌾🌍 #SmartCarbonFarming #Innovation #Sustainability #Agriculture #EUProject #CarbonFarming #ZLTO #Collaboration #GreenFuture Sources: - [ZLTO Website](https://www.zlto.nl) - [Interreg NWE - ZLTO](https://lnkd.in/e_ARf2Vt) - [DevelopmentAid - ZLTO](https://lnkd.in/eU3jf-MY)

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♻️ 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗶𝗱𝘆 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮 - 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 (𝗞𝗜𝗔 𝗖𝗘) Are you developing innovative circular products, processes, and/or services that will be ready for the Dutch market within 10 years? Apply for a subsidy from the Knowledge and Innovation Agenda - Circular Economy (KIA CE) scheme. 📅 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟰: Learn all about the possibilities of this subsidy. During the webinar, you will hear about the product groups, the conditions, and the application process for this subsidy. Of course, you can also ask your questions. 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 Industrial or experimental research 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 Application deadline: 17 August 2024, 5 PM. 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴 Maximum subsidy per project: €500.000 based on tender. For more information and to register for the webinar, visit: https://lnkd.in/g_rEUb4n Don't miss this opportunity to realize your innovative ideas and contribute to a circular economy! #circular #economy #opportunity #innovation #KIA Ronald van Es, Navied Tavakolly, Bram Hendrix  

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𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿, 𝗡𝗙𝗣& 𝗡𝗪𝗣 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆. The Seed Money Facility enables consortia to develop and implement projects or activities that contribute to the overall objective of the Saline Water & Food Systems partnership: Strengthen cooperation between the Dutch water and agrifood sectors to address 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲-𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 (𝗟𝗠𝗜𝗖𝘀). Proposals can be submitted for the (co-)funding of activities such as: - Pilots/demonstrations; - Projects geared towards advocacy, communication, and policy dialogues activities - Projects aimed at strengthening local networks, partnerships and knowledge sharing The call for proposals is now open, u͟n͟t͟i͟l͟ ͟t͟h͟e͟ ͟e͟n͟d͟ ͟o͟f͟ ͟J͟u͟n͟e͟.͟ For more information on the application process, the type of projects, guidelines and criteria, as well as eligible countries and examples from last year ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ewAwDihM NWP (Netherlands Water Partnership) #SeedMoneyProjects #Salinity Netherlands Agricultural Network

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How do we ensure that we can #reuse plastic packaging material? Or how can dyes in PET bottles be reused and contribute to making plastics #circular? Two research projects within the Inorganic Chemistry & Catalysis Group at Utrecht University will start within the Making plastics circular: technical innovations programme, which is part of the National Growth Fund programme Circular Plastics NL. Six million euros were divided over ten projects in total, and all studies will last five years. Read more about the two project that received funding: Towards Circular Use of Pigments in the Recycling of Plastics with Bert Weckhuysen and Catalytic extrusion for recycling of plastic waste with Ina Vollmer: https://lnkd.in/gu5WQq9H Institute for Sustainable and Circular Chemistry #uuscience #circular #nationaalgroeifonds

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Today we were represented by Rendell de Kort at the Sustainable Education Symposium "Ban Planta", where he talked about building resilience through food security. 🌿🌱🌾 How ready are you to start planting? Do you want to test your knowledge? For a limited time you can access our test on www.c-economics.com and find out how you score! Remember to use the #Banplanta to show us how you are involving the next generation (your kids, students, grandchildren etc.) in the cultivation of our local food!

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🔥 Not one, but two Delft Enterprises portfolio companies have been nominated for the Kamer van Koophandel (Dutch Chamber of Commerce) Innovation Top 100. Voting for them is possible until the 15th of October, so act fast! 🧪 Nature's Principles applies mixed culture fermentation to make microorganisms productive without genetic engineering. It is currently in pilot scale production, aiming to make bio-based chemicals viable and circular. 💧 Ore Energy has developed long-duration energy storage systems using cost-effective and environmentally conscious materials: iron, water and air. 👉🏽 Voting can be done here: https://lnkd.in/e4bqFFVt

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🗨 "Grasslands have more functions than many people think" 🌿 The Executive Board has named Nick van Eekeren Professor by special appointment for Regenerative Grassland Systems in the Farming Systems Ecology Group, WUR 🎓 "Grasslands are not only for milk production," says Van Eekeren. "This type of land use also plays an important role in challenges related to climate, water quality and biodiversity. In general, grasslands often outperform arable land in terms of soil quality, carbon storage and biodiversity. With all these useful functions (ecosystem services), grasslands also give extra purpose to ruminant systems." 🐄 Ruminants convert grass into high-quality food. This comes with unwanted emissions of greenhouse gases and nitrogen, loss of biodiversity and erosion due to improper grazing. "Improvements can be made by increasing the diversity of grasslands with nitrogen-fixing clovers and herbs. It’s important to increase the longevity of these multi-species grasslands and to adapt grazing systems to promote both the build-up and restoration (regeneration) of ecosystem services," Van Eekeren explains. 💚 Van Eekeren talks enthusiastically about his new part-time position: "Grasslands, with their ecosystem services, will continue to play a vital role in the future agricultural food system. The challenge is to optimise and better exploit the positive interactions between grasslands, ruminants, soil quality and biodiversity. Together with the Farming Systems Ecology chair group at Wageningen University & Research, I want to study these interactions and translate them in farming systems that work." 👏 Congratulations Nick van Eekeren! Want to know more about his work? Read the full interview 👉 https://lnkd.in/eWpb6ZPK Louis Bolk Instituut | Triodos Foundation | #grasslands #biodiversity #farmingsystems #foodsystems #agriculture

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MoQuP-R to explore quality monitoring along the plastic recycling chain The Dutch National Growth Fund programme Circular Plastics NL has granted a subsidy of 1.9 million euro to cofinance the 2.6 million euro research project Monitoring Quality in Plastic Recycling (MoQuP-R). The project consortium consists of the circular plastic research institute Nationaal Testcentrum Circulaire Plastics, Maastricht University, TNO, LyondellBasell, Danone, Graham Packaging International, and Verpact. The project will run for three years from September 2024. Plastic packaging recycling goals have not received focus on recyclate quality which is partly due to the way recycling rates have been calculated until 2022: any material stream coming out of a plastic sorting plant is considered recycled independent of the actual subsequent recycling process. This is now slowly changing with measuring the so-called washed and dried flake but is still far from complete and definitely not yet suitable for PCR quality prediction. In this project, we focus on the necessary quality monitoring tools and the application of existing models related to the prediction of recyclate quality in order to increase the use of PCR in packaging. An integral approach should allow adjustment along the circular value chain to improve PCR quality. More information on the project can be found at https://lnkd.in/eDUKm78J and will be presented at the CPNL Project Launch on 28 May: https://lnkd.in/e7Es2PAb. #circulareconomy #plastics #recycling #groeifonds

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🚨 LAST CHANCE to register for the SOILite conference in Marseille! 🚨 Join us on FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11th for an inspiring day of knowledge sharing and discussions on the rehabilitation of contaminated soils. 🌱 🔋 We are excited to announce that Bio2clean will be present with an engaging presentation on phytoremediation — a sustainable and natural way to remediate contaminated soils. 🌿 Curious about how plants can help with soil remediation, even for PFAS? Discover more at SOILite! 👉 Additionally, 8 other experts will share their insights, along with 4 case studies showcasing innovative soil remediation solutions. This is the perfect moment for public and private entities to collaborate on sustainable soil solutions! 🎯 Whether you are from a port authority, a public body, or a brownfield developer, this conference provides the insights and connections you need. 60 professionals have already confirmed their participation — and there is still room for you! ⚠️ Register now to ensure you don’t miss this opportunity to connect with leading specialists and work together to improve the future of our soils. 👉 More information and registration: https://lnkd.in/eM847sEx We hope to see you there! 🌿 #phytoremediation #soilremediation #SOILite #sustainability #bio2clean #environment

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