In the heart of the Montseny Massif, a natural park located an hour north of Barcelona, the municipality of Tagamanent has officially inaugurated its new pilot wool-processing plant. Attending the opening on behalf of the Bioboost project offered a first-hand look at how a small rural village can drive meaningful change: revitalising a traditional resource, … Read more
Europe has taken an important step forward in its green transition with the adoption of the new EU Bioeconomy Strategy. The aim is simple and direct: support innovation, strengthen European companies, and make better use of biological resources to reduce our dependence on fossil materials. At Bioboost, this direction fully aligns with our work helping … Read more
This week, BioBoost, the Horizon-funded bioeconomy accelerator based in Barcelona, took an active role in shaping the future of Europe’s circular bioeconomy. On Monday 24th and Tuesday 25th, the team participated in the “Pitch Perfect & Boost the European Bioeconomy 2025” (Pitch Perfect BioeconomyPitch Perfect Bioeconomyhttps://www.pitchperfectbioeconomy.eu) event in Brussels. On Wednesday, they visited the Bio … Read more
The Bioeconomy Innovation Day 2025, held in Lleida as part of the AgroBioTech Forum, brought together start-ups, industry representatives, researchers, public authorities and investors to explore how innovation, territorial resources and investment can accelerate Catalonia’s transition towards a circular bioeconomy. As part of the programme, Bioboost contributed with a keynote delivered by Verónica Kuchinow Simbiosy), … Read more
The Government of Catalonia has approved Decree Law 22/2025, aimed at increasing the resilience of the electricity supply and accelerating the deployment of renewable energy across the region. This new regulation comes in response to the blackout of April 2025, which highlighted the vulnerabilities of the current energy system. t updates and strengthens measures previously … Read more
Investing in the bioeconomy often means stepping outside one’s comfort zone, exploring unfamiliar markets, and tackling challenges that go well beyond technology. This is the case of Productes Labin, a Catalan company specialised in fertilisers, now venturing into a new field: transforming animal by-products — typically treated as waste — into high-value ingredients for biostimulants … Read more
Each year, thousands of kilos of wool produced by small-scale Catalan shepherds go unsold and end up being treated as waste. This situation represents both an environmental and economic loss, threatening the continuity of extensive grazing and wasting a resource with multiple potential applications. To reverse this trend, the Municipality of Tagamanent has launched, with … Read more
With ten projects accelerated and two years of activity, the Bioboost Accelerator has consolidated its role as a valuable tool to activate transformative, locally rooted initiatives. Collaboration with these Bioboosters has revealed a combined investment potential of €55 million, while also highlighting the barriers that hinder capital mobilisation. Instruments to unlock investment in bioeconomy projects … Read more
The Bioboost project was featured as a key case study during the side session “Bioeconomy in Action: Success Stories, Challenges and the Road Ahead”, held as part of EU Green Week 2025, one of the European Commission’s leading environmental policy events. This session, organised in collaboration with the Circular Cities and Regions Initiative (CCRI), brought … Read more
As Bioboost enters its final phase, the project is taking a decisive step: strengthening its ties with the investment ecosystem to ensure the continuity of its acceleration services and to facilitate the implementation of Biobooster projects. Lessons learnt for a more robust investment strategy Bioboost has identified several strategic lines of action to reinforce the … Read more