Biotech4Food
Facilitating investment and innovation in new value chains between biotechnology and the agro-industry
Launched in November 2023, the Biotech4Food project, of which Valorial is one of the partners, aims to support the creation of new circular agri-food value chains, as well as sustainable interregional industrial investments for SMEs at the intersection of biotechnology and the agri-food industry.
Biotech4food will enable companies to invest in innovation with the aim of improving food production processes by making them more sustainable, developing new bio-based ingredients for better nutrition, moving towards a circular agri-food industry, and intelligently valorising secondary flows, by-products and waste.
Benefits for our members
The Biotech4Food project offers numerous benefits for our members:
- Participate in regional/European events on various topics related to biotechnology – intellectual property, legislation, novel foods, new technologies, opportunities, etc. – in the form of workshops or information meetings (open to all).
- Join the Biotech4Food community on its dedicated platform to meet European stakeholders involved in the project who are interested in biotechnology applied to agri-food – open to all types of organisations.
- Organisation of qualified B2B meetings to create new synergies.
- Stay up to date with the latest project news and upcoming events.
- Access exclusive content
- Share your service/product offerings and needs, and discover those of other participants
- Access a study on the opportunities, challenges and needs of the agri-food industry related to the use and implementation of biotechnologies (available soon on the I4CE website)
- Organisation of a networking event (October 2025) as part of the visit of a European delegation.
Project beneficiaries
The Biotech4Food project is aimed at various audiences:
- SMEs in the agri-food industry
- Companies offering biotechnology solutions
- Clusters, accelerators and other intermediaries
- Research and technology organisations, pilot facilities and other innovation facilitators
- Regional/national authorities, funding agencies and policy makers
- Financial actors: banks, venture capital firms, investment funds, etc.
Programme: I3 – Interregional Innovation Instruments
Consortium: 25 partners (including 14 SMEs) across 5 countries: Spain, France (Valorial, BCF Life Sciences & Abyss Ingredients), Italy, Belgium and Greece
Dates: November 2023 – November 2026 (3 years)
Amount: €4.3 million (including €3.4 million for SMEs) in total, with 70% EU funding
Theme: Agri-food biotechnologies