"Les financements de la Banque européenne d’investissement contribuent à faire en sorte que des entreprises comme Jennewein puissent croître en Europe, plutôt que de transplanter leurs innovations aux États-Unis pour y être soutenues et développées."
Fiche récapitulative
Jennewein is a highly innovative German biotechnology food company focused on novel production processes for the synthesis of human milk oligosaccharides (functional nutritive sugars) for a wide range of applications, including nutritional, pharmaceutical and cosmetic products.
The project will cover research and development (R&D) costs, both operational expenditure (OPEX) and capital expenditure (CAPEX) related to the up-scaling of the production of the human milk oligosaccharides, clinical trials for the new products and related R&D activities.
The project mainly concerns investments in R&D that are expected to be carried out in existing facilities already authorised for the same purpose and would therefore not require an environmental impact assessment (EIA) under the Directive 2011/92/EU. Full environmental details will be verified during the appraisal.
The promoter is a private company, not operating in the utilities sector and does not have the status of a contracting authority; thus the project is not subject to the EU directives on procurement.
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Comment et pourquoi
Une technologie révolutionnaire
Pourquoi
- Des multinationales ont essayé de fabriquer des oligosaccharides à un prix suffisamment bas pour permettre une production à grande échelle. Jennewein a réussi à le faire.
- Financer la construction d’un centre de R-D pour élargir le portefeuille de produits à base d’oligosaccharides de lait humain et augmenter la capacité de production.
- Combler une lacune du marché, les banques commerciales étant réticentes à investir dans une entreprise en phase de démarrage sur un marché émergent et innovant.
Comment
- Financement sous la forme d’un prêt d’amorçage-investissement assorti d’une rémunération de type fonds propres.
- Étant donné qu’il ne s’agit pas réellement d’un investissement en fonds propres, les fondateurs de Jennewein et les premiers investisseurs conservent leur participation intacte dans l’entreprise, au lieu de la voir diluée.
Secteurs et pays
"Il s’agit d’un excellent exemple du type d’entreprise que nous pouvons promouvoir en Europe, et la clé est de mettre en place le bon écosystème de financement."
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