Spring has sprung here in Belgium and with the new shoots and blossoms, it feels like a time for growth and trying new things. Despite having spent over a year locked down one way or another, I am feeling enthusiastic and energised about spring.
It's been a good month for the bioeconomy. Our biomaterials clients really played their part in building a more sustainable way to make products.
OSLO, NORWAY – 31 March 2021 – Sustainable biochemicals company Circa Group AS has announced that Dr Sarah Hickingbottom has joined the company as General Manager for New Product Development and Stakeholder Relations on 29 March 2021.
24 March 2021 – DMC Co-Founder Mike Lynch has launched a web-based calculator to assess the economic feasibility of products made from fermentation. The Bioprocess Technoeconomic Analysis (TEA) tool will help users – academics, startups, funding agencies, R&D team, and investors – make commercially relevant decisions about technology development and deployment. The calculator connects key process and financial metrics to production costs and financial return.
Brussels — 22 March 2021 Our CEO Kathryn Sheridan has launched a new coaching practice called Coaching for Changemakers. She says, "I have always been fascinated by people and their stories - what motivates us and what holds us back. Combined with my passion for making change in the world, it was inevitable that I would find my way into coaching sooner or later."
I first met Circa's CEO Tony Duncan in 2013 and we started working together a couple of years later. So it has been a great pleasure to support them throughout their recent fundraising process. In the video below, I share some thoughts about fundraising in a pandemic. I love it when companies that are working to bring better, cleaner and safer products to the market get the funding they need to move to the next level.
