The European Commission has launched a call for expressions of interest to join the European Bioeconomy Investment Deployment Group, a new platform intended to accelerate funding for sustainable bio-based innovation. The group is designed to bring together public and private actors to help close financing gaps, build a pipeline of bankable projects and develop blended finance solutions for Europe’s bioeconomy. Membership will span the European Commission, the European Investment Bank Group, national promotional banks, commercial banks, private financial institutions and selected investors. The platform places particular emphasis on widening participation by public financial institutions and commercial lenders, with the aim of coordinating investment, improving access to capital across bioeconomy value chains and advancing tools such as blended finance and risk-sharing mechanisms to de-risk innovative bio-based technologies and industrial deployment. The initiative follows the Strategic Framework for a Competitive and Sustainable EU Bioeconomy and responds to European Investment Bank findings that the sector has strong investment potential but still faces a financing gap, especially for demonstration and first-of-a-kind industrial projects. Public and private stakeholders active in investment promotion and financing in bio-based industries and related bioeconomy value chains can submit expressions of interest by 17 May. Membership is not automatic, and formal invitations will be issued after a review process.

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