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Cape Biotech
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The Cape Biotech Trust is a Biotechnology Innovation Centre (BIC) funded by the DST with the objective to promote and develop a biotechnology industry in the Western Cape through project investments and capacity development.
Cape Biotech forms part of a national network of organizations that collaborate to ensure the growth and development of the biotechnology industry in South Africa.
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Cape Biotech has three strategic drives in order to focus limited resources, and build the region’s biotechnology industry:
Focus Area Development
Actively driving the implementation of the CBT strategy by populating the focus areas with appropriate investments with the long term goal of closing gaps in the value chain.
These focus areas include:
 Point of care diagnostics
Nutraceuticals from Biotech Processes
Combination and conjugate vaccines
Drug delivery
High throughput Bioprospecting
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Capacity Development
The CBT further focuses on a set of ongoing interventions that benefit the broader biotech community and grow the industry.
Cluster Facilitation
- Marketing
- Commercialisation skills development
- Stakeholder Network Facilitation
- Employment Equity
- Funding Procurement
Skills Development
- Pre-seed Grants are made available to support business development and feasibility studies.
Events / Networking
- BioBuzz
A set of ongoing events with international and local guest speakers that benefit the broader biotechnology community and help grow the industry.
- Bio2Biz
An annual conference with international guests and speakers, focused on bringing business to science.
- Networking workshops
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Opportunistic Investment
Ongoing investment in high quality, late stage, commercial projects, which lie outside the trust's focus areas.
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