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Profitable business models in the biobased economy by Lindy Hensen, founder of Tekkoo and PeelPioneers

Lindy Hensen Season 3 Episode 46

In 2017 she co-founded Peelpioneers, the largest producer of raw materials from citrus peels in Europe -  together with Sytze van Stempvoort and Bas van Wieringen, where she now sits at the supervisory board. 

Next to that, she is co-founder and director at Tekkoo, an organization that helps startups and established organizations with sustainable innovation. She is also the initiator of Circular Factory, a start-to-scale-up program for circular startups in collaboration with BlueCity.


We'll cover the following topics:

  • Profitable business models in the biobased economy;
  • The journey of building a 21st century peel collector; 
  • How to convince investors to build a 10 Million Euro demo plant;


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