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BGT CONSULTING GROUP (BGT)

ABOUT THE ORGANISATION

 BGT is a Brussels-based innovation strategy, research and funding boutique advisory targeting investors and deep tech and science-related companies (start ups and established SMEs) with strong IP assets and/or potential for high growth and private/public investment. As a business innovation advisory firm, specialising in value innovation and strategic growth, BGT responds to the strategic, financing, and operational demands of organizations seeking growth through innovation. We bring our clients the necessary insights to help them establish sound and sustainable growth strategies. With one eye on how to navigate regulatory and R&D framework programmes, and the other on how to translate vision into value innovation, BGT build bridges between Business, Government and Technology.

  BGT is a business innovation advisory firm headquartered in Brussels, ​specializing in value innovation and strategic growth. Areas of work:

  • Business planning: market & policy studies, business roadmaps and go-to-market strategies
  • Collaborative innovation & ecosystem builder: Open innovation, challenge-based and investment readiness programs
  • Consortium partnerships: Commercial & strategic bidding, with a focus on EU funding and public tenders – innovation and deeptech topics
  • Financial advisory & Fundraising: Grants, Debt, Equity, Blended Finance, Venture Capital

 BGT Consulting Group is a Brussels-based advisory firm specializing in value innovation, strategic growth, and innovation ecosystem development across Europe. With expertise in designing innovation strategies, policy-aligned roadmaps, and market-responsive business models, the firm empowers stakeholders to build resilient, future-oriented systems. Its work spans market and policy analysis, business planning, and the development of go-to-market strategies.

ROLE IN THE PROJECT

WP4 – Capacity building, open innovation and (deep-tech) entrepreneurship

  • T4.1 – Design of capacity-building strategies and programmes for fostering R&I and entrepreneurship.

Activities:​

  • Define the programmes’ scope and specific objectives, content, methodology and learning outcomes
  • Establish a network of supporting stakeholders​
  • Prepare didactical material in multiple formats, including case studies
  • T4.4 – Implementation of an open innovation & challenge-based programme for agrifood & bioeconomy SMEs

Activities:

  • Definition and identification of key challenges in the bioeconomy and agrifood sectors
  • Innovation scouting and selection of start-ups/SMEs and corporations​
  • Launch of the call for the selection of startups/SMEs and corporations from Widening countries (at least 10 matching)
  • Implementation and delivery of the pilot business cases

WP6 – Financial support to third parties for R&I projects

  • T6.1 – Preparation and launch of the call for support of third parties (innovation vouchers) – innovation cases in “smart farming and circular bioeconomy agriculture

Activities: 

  • Design of the call for cascade funding​
  • Selection of at least 15 SMEs through assessment of the received application (5 per country; Poland, Latvia and Ukraine)​
  • Grant 50,000 euros per SME in the area of smart funding and circular bioeconomy agriculture​
  • Promotion of the call through institutional channels, social media and web

KEY STRENGTHS

  • Deep experience in EU funding, business innovation, and investment readiness
  • Proven ability to design and implement challenge-driven innovation programmes
  • Extensive advisory portfolio with public and private sector clients
  • Strategic presence in Brussels for policy monitoring and stakeholder engagement

BGT TEAM

Vagner Pinto Morais

Director of BGT, Innovation Advisor

vpintomorais@bgtconsultinggroup.com

Francesco Vallebona

EU Project Manager & Business Analyst

francesco@bgtconsultinggroup.com