🇮🇹🤝🇫🇷 Italy x France: Deeptech meets sustainable innovation in Nantes!

What an inspiring two days! On June 16–17, BioFashionTech had the honor of being one of 10 Italian deeptech startups selected for the Young Entrepreneur Program – YEP Award, hosted in Nantes by Pépite France and PNICube. It was a unique opportunity to connect with France’s vibrant innovation ecosystem and bring our circular bioeconomy mission to a European stage.

🌱 At BioFashionTech, we’re transforming fashion industry waste into valuable biochemicals — turning a global challenge into a circular opportunity. Sharing this vision with French investors, researchers, and ecosystem leaders was both energizing and deeply aligned with our mission.

Over 40 one-on-one meetings, two days of knowledge exchange, and countless moments of insight — we’re returning home full of ideas, connections, and new momentum.

👏 A huge thank you to the local innovation champions who made this event shine:
Paris Mulye, Ziad Maksassi, Raoul Ouambo Tobou, Lydia Meignen, Eloïse Denis-Péchard, Nadia Chibouti — your support and ecosystem energy made a lasting impression.
And deep appreciation to Jennifer Hevin, Baptiste Clair, Alexandre Boulay, Alexis Riou, Abasse Goudiaby, and Jeremy Navon for your guidance on preparing to meet investors and scale impact.

🙏 With gratitude to the organizing teams and our fellow innovators — including Tiffany Ziller, Giovanna Laterza, Alain Asquin, Nina Franchet, and Claire Duveau Morteau — for building this essential bridge between Italy and France.

We believe deeptech and sustainability are not separate paths — they are the future together.
And this is just the beginning. Europe is rising, and so are we.

💙 See you soon — Merci & Grazie mille!
— The BioFashionTech Team