INVESTORNET-GATE2GROWTH APS

Their core work

InvestorNet-Gate2Growth is a Danish SME specializing in business development, commercialization support, and market uptake for bio-based and circular economy innovations. They help research projects translate scientific results into viable business models, particularly in bioeconomy, rural development, and sustainable materials. Their core contribution is bridging the gap between EU-funded research outputs and real market adoption — providing coaching, networking, and business model design for consortia working on bio-based products, waste valorization, and circular value chains.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their early H2020 period (2015–2017), InvestorNet-Gate2Growth focused on general bioeconomy support, networking, and coaching for market introduction of research results, alongside an outlier engagement in low-impact mining (SLIM). From 2018 onward, their work narrowed sharply toward circular economy, bio-based materials, food system resilience, and nature-based solutions — a much more defined and applied portfolio. The shift from broad "innovation support" to sector-specific circular bioeconomy work suggests a deliberate specialization strategy.

They are converging on circular economy commercialization at the intersection of bio-based materials, food systems, and environmental resilience — expect future work in green transition business model design.

How they like to work

InvestorNet-Gate2Growth has never coordinated an H2020 project; they consistently join as a participant or third party, indicating a support and advisory role rather than scientific leadership. With 195 unique partners across 27 countries, they operate in large, diverse consortia (typical of Innovation Actions, which dominate their portfolio). This broad network without repeat-partner concentration suggests they are valued as a flexible business development partner that different consortia bring in for commercialization expertise.

With 195 unique consortium partners spanning 27 countries, they have one of the wider collaboration networks for a company their size — almost entirely pan-European with no visible geographic clustering beyond their Danish base.

What sets them apart

Their distinctive value lies in being a dedicated commercialization and business model specialist for bio-based and circular economy research — not a lab, not a tech developer, but the team that turns project results into market-ready propositions. Few SMEs in this space combine deep bioeconomy domain knowledge with hands-on business coaching and market uptake planning across such a broad range of EU consortia. For consortium builders, they fill the critical "exploitation and market analysis" work package that funders increasingly demand.

Highlights from their portfolio

• GO-GRASS
  Their highest-funded project (EUR 287K), combining circular economy with rural agri-food chains — directly at the center of their expertise evolution.
• DEEP PURPLE
  Converts urban bio-waste (sewage, municipal waste) into biopolymers and fertilizers via photobiorefinery — an unusually specific waste-to-value technology chain.
• CIRCLES
  Large-scale food systems project running until 2024, connecting microbiome science to food productivity, safety, and sustainability — their most science-intensive engagement.