The Global Entrepreneurship Center (GEC) launched a call for funding on April 24th, which focuses on the four main sectors “Construction & Living”, “Energy”, “Textiles” and “Food & Agriculture”. Within this there is a particular focus on material innovations.
- Build live:
- Next generation building materials
- Circular buildings
- Energy:
- Solutions to improve material efficiency
- New battery technologies, storage and recycling
- Textiles:
- Bio-based materials and next-generation materials
- Process innovation for existing materials
- Food & Agriculture:
- Material innovation in agricultural processes
- New biological solutions, processes and technologies
The GEC Journey:
The GEC supports SusTech founders in the scale-up process. As part of this, the foundations for scaling are first strengthened as part of the GEC Catalyst and each start-up is then supported individually in the GEC Scaling Factory. Founders receive up to €200,000 in funding to advance their project (grant and convertible bond as benefits in kind).
The deadline for applications is May 14th .
Source: BIO.NRW; GEC
