Europe needs to pick up the pace with the bioeconomy now that other parts of the world are making significant investments in bio-based innovation and production. Both large industrial enterprises and governments, as well as start-ups and scale-ups, play an important role. This became clear during the Tech Tour Circular Programme 2025 on 24th April in Ghent, Belgium.

Once again, a French student team has won European finals of BISC-E. In this annual competition, student teams are challenged to find bio-based solutions to environmental, societal or economic problems.

Wuppertal in Germany hosted the Tech Tour Bio Based Industries 2024 Programme in November, one day before event sponsors Circular Valley held their annual forum at the same venue. Tech Tour brings innovative entrepreneurs seeking capital to scale up and produce their sustainable projects in contact with investors.