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Biobased entrepreneurship

www.start-life.nl

We need to makeenvironmental, health, and

social impact

– on a global level

$280 million growth fundingfrom Bill Gates & others

Undisclosed seed fundingthrough IndieBio

€6 million funding for pilot plant, from Rabobank a.o.

Winner New Venture Creation course at WUR

9 out of 10 startups fail

StartLife Mission

“Our mission is to foster entrepreneurship

in Food and Agri, supporting entrepreneurs

as they build their innovative business ideas

into leading enterprises with a lasting impact”

Science + entrepreneurship = impact

We do this by....

StartLife Incubation Program

*Funding consists of soft loans

Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3

Funding*: €10,000 €25,000 €50,000

Business coaching and mentoring

Gate 1(intake)

Gate 2 Gate 3Investorreadiness

Startup remainspart of community

Impact 2011-2016

200+Startups contracted

and supported

1015Jobs created

€68MTotal invested capital

Key success factors for biobased startups

1. Team evolution from start to growth

2. Scaling from lab-scale to pilot plant to full scale

3. Having investors with long horizons

Start small (local), experiment and learn.

We’re here to help!

Contact: thomas.vandenboezem@wur.nl