Brightplus moves on to the next phase of Business Finland’s Young Innovative Company Programme

Brightplus is excited to announce that it has received further funding from Business Finland to support the scaling of Brightplus business and BrightBio® platform further into global markets.

Business Finland’s Young Innovative Company funding programme accelerates the global growth of the most ambitious, rapidly growing startups in Finland. Brightplus entered the competitive three-phase funding programme in September 2019 with its green chemistry and bioeconomy principles based BrightBio® technology platform.

Business Finland set ambitious goals for the company’s growth for the first phase. Brightplus was successful in achieving its first phase goals and showed great potential for further international growth, which enabled the company to jump to the next phase. In addition to rapid growth potential, Business Finland took into consideration company’s business opportunities, great financial status, and its high suitability as an international investment target.

Continuing in the program allows Brightplus to put higher emphasis, especially, on international sales, and welcome solid strategic investments for the next big leap across the global markets.

Brightplus’ project falls under Business Finland’s Bio & Circular Finland program. The program supports the development of competitive bio and circular economy solutions and ecosystems that offer solutions to global environmental challenges and hold potential for significant global markets. The project aims to increase the exports of bio and circular economy solutions in order for Finnish solutions to be adopted in international markets. The program directs export activities particularly for the plastic and packaging industries.

About Brightplus

Brightplus Oy is a leading biosourced materials company, based in Finland. Headquarters are in the city of Tampere, with Production and Design Studios in Oulu. The company manufactures, sells, and licenses its green chemistry and side stream based BrightBio® material to leading global manufacturers of packaging products for major brands. We work closely with customers from an early stage, to ensure that solutions are practical from the outset and fully comply with their existing processing methods, without the need for capital expenditure.

About YIC Programme

With the Young Innovative Company governmental funding instrument funding Business Finland intends to accelerate the global growth of the most ambitious, rapidly growing startups in Finland. The funding can be used for the comprehensive development of business activities. For example, it can be used to strengthen a team, to develop a business model and growth strategy, and to open up new markets.

Further information

info@brightplus.com

Business Finland – Young Innovative Company Funding:
httpss://www.businessfinland.fi/en/for-finnish-customers/services/funding/young-innovative-company-funding/

Business Finland – Bio and Circular Finland
httpss://www.businessfinland.fi/suomalaisille-asiakkaille/palvelut/ohjelmat/bio-and-circular-finland/