SurfactGreen wins the Innovation Contest by Bpifrance
Summary
SurfactGreen, a company specialised in the production of bio-sourced surfactants, won the Innovation Contest organised by Bpifrance as part of its Investment for the Future Programme. With its 1.1 million euro reward, SurfactGreen will be able to maintain its growth: hirings, industrialisation and sales partners are on the agenda for the next few months.The Innovation Contest is a support grant financed by the Investment for the Future Programme. As such, the company recently won a call for projects amounting to 120 000 euros, enabling it to test its product offering developed specifically in line with the oil industrys standards and in partnership with two companies in the sector.Its technology stems from several years of research within the Grande Ecole ENSCR (Ecole Nationale Sup\xe9rieure de Chimie de Rennes) pertaining to the development of green surfactants originating from bio-sourced raw materials such as sugar beet or algae. They are respectively derived from glycine betaine and algae extracts, to ensure biodegradability.Xavier Roussel, CEO of SurfactGreenTaking part in the Innovation Contest required a great deal of work and investment for SurfactGreen over the last 6 months. With a view to enhancing its processes on an industrial level, the start-up surrounded itself with partners such as SAS PIVERT based in Compi\xe8gne (France) with whom industrial-scale production (up to tons) has already been approved.