Upscale Bio is a new service offering specially designed for scaling up post-seed stage biotechnology companies.
Objective
To de-risk scaling up and boost commercial development.
Method
To offer entrepreneurs a personalized action plan focusing on three areas: science/technology, business/communication, and financing.
Resources
– Support from experts + cutting-edge technology platforms + real estate tailored to R&D
With Upscale Bio, Genopole is expanding its expertise in supporting biotech innovation from concept to industrial and commercial realization.
This new offering is part of a broader effort to support the industrial growth of biotech companies, including:
- An expanding range of offices and laboratories: real estate projects are being launched to meet the demand for premises and land for industrial bioUpscale Biouction.
- Two infrastructures available: Protopia, a laboratory for the formulation of molecules of interest for food, cosmetics, or pharmaceuticals, and GateX, dedicated to the optimization of strains, processes, and culture media.
Who is Upscale Bio for?
Upscale Bio is aimed at biotech companies with innovations that have a significant medical impact (innovative therapies, diagnostics, data sciences, devices, etc.) or environmental impact (foodtech, agtech, greentech, etc.).
Your company is:
- French or international
- Based or not based in Genopole
- In the post-seed stage
Find out more about our full range of services by contacting one of our Program Managers dedicated to Upscale Bio.
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Upscale Bio: 2 levels of support
«Membership»
Annual membership to the Upscale Bio offer, calculated based on your number of employees, will allow you to enjoy many benefits:
- Local support from a Program Manager from Genopole
- Possible access to Genopole’s cutting-edge technology platforms
- Representation at French and international conferences in the field
- Access to market databases
- Increased visibility via Genopole
- Integration into the Genopole community and its networks
«À la carte»
The “À la carte” offer is a tailor-made support package designed to meet the specific needs of your company after a in-depth assessment by our team.
This offer is based on:
- Dual personalized expertise
– A Program Manager from Genopole: to guide the company in executing its roadmap.
– Expert consultants: to unlock complex issues and successfully scale up technology and business. - A strategy built on three growth areas
The Upscale Bio program managers analyze the company and propose personalized interventions focused on three key areas:
– Science and technology: finding the best technological solution to mitigate risk and build sustainable bio-industrialization.
– Business and communication: strengthening the commercial proposition and promoting it to win new customers.
– Financing: meeting and persuading public/private investor networks to finance all the milestones of the scale-up in a timely manner.

Among the various services offered, with costs tailored to the specific needs of the company, the latter is free to choose the actions that suit it best.
How to join?
The Upscale Bio program is available on request.
Fill out the form below for an initial assessment of your needs.
The Upscale Bio team is available to provide you with more detailed information about the services offered.