7 Megatrends for the Bioeconomy

2. Going commercial-scale now.

55% of those developing a project before 2020 are developing at commercial-scale — that’s extraordinary. The days of “five years away, and always will be” are long gone. Yet, that could simply mean that there has been a collapse in the support of earlier-stage technologies — a paucity of breakthrough ideas, or a shortage in patient capital.