Common Source's Business Innovation Office is where businesses, city authorities and investors plug into a proven network for public/private funding, joint ventures and market expansion — backed by the GAIN Transition Model and years of Horizon Europe delivery.
Food systems are transforming faster than most individual organisations can navigate alone — new funding instruments, new regulation, new consumer expectations, new networks. The Business Innovation Office exists to close that gap: we assemble the right partners, analyse the needs, structure and write the funding case, and open the networks that make a project bankable and buildable.
We turn regenerative food-system ambition into funded, partnered, market-ready ventures.
Business Innovation Office
For businesses & agribusiness Enter regenerative and regional food systems without building a network from zero. Access funding routes, joint-venture partners, and a talent pipeline ready to run pilots.
For city & regional authorities A turnkey partner for regional food strategy, funded through blended public/private finance and grounded in living-lab experience across multiple EU regions.
For investors & funders A vetted, science-backed pipeline of regenerative food-system ventures, de-risked by a validated transition methodology rather than ad hoc matchmaking.
Who is this for?
1. Funding Architecture
We design and secure public/private blended funding — from EU programmes like Horizon Europe to regional and philanthropic/private co-funding.
What we offer
2. Partnership & Joint Venture Brokerage
We structure joint ventures and co-investment between corporates, farmers, cities, NGOs and research institutions, so partners share risk and value from day one rather than negotiating it after the fact.
3. Network Access
Through our partner networks — spanning agribusiness, city authorities, farmer and expert communities, and EU living labs — we connect you to the people and markets that matter for your specific transition, not a generic contact list.
4. Talent & Delivery Capacity
Our Academy activates young, motivated talent for research, pilots and delivery — giving partners real execution capacity without the overhead of a permanent hire.
Underpinning all four: the GAIN Transition Model, the COMMONSource governance framework — scientifically validated methodologies (Utrecht University, University of Copenhagen, VU Amsterdam Athena Institute) and the Common Source collaboration platform, that de-risk how we structure funding, partnerships and governance.
Networks we connect
Agribusiness
Cities Leading Food Production programme in partnership with VIV Worldwide (Royal Jaarbeurs), the global animal-protein supply-chain network, gives partners direct access to trade shows, summits and VIV Connect — a fast lane into agribusiness markets.
Living Labs
Direct access to EU4Advice living labs in Amsterdam/Utrecht, Ireland, Spain and Hungary, Common Source’s UK Living Lab in East Sussex, plus the wider FOOD2030 network. Living Labs in preparation: Denmark, Croatia, Canada, Africa and the Middle East.
Nutrient Density & Food Vitality
Access to the Bionutrient Food Association and the Vital Food Community — experts in growing nutrient-dense food through land management, for partners building health- or quality-differentiated food brands.
Ecosystem Restoration
A worldwide network of ecosystem restoration communities, for partners whose value proposition depends on regenerative land practice, not just regenerative marketing.
Talent Networks
Access to youth and student communities actively working on food-system transition, giving partners a pipeline of motivated collaborators for pilots, projects and research.
Do you have a project or region in mind?
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