Michiel Strijland is a Senior Business Development Manager at Invest-NL, focused on biotechnology, the protein transition and the circular economy. His work centres on scaling biotech-driven solutions by addressing system-level barriers such as capital-intensive growth, access to shared infrastructure, regulatory complexity around Novel Foods and misalignment across value chains. At Invest-NL, he develops new financial instruments, supports biotech companies in food, fermentation and bio-based value chains, and strengthens public-private collaboration in a European context.