Techno-Economic Analysis (TEA) for Biotech, Food-Tech & Sustainable Processes
This Resources section brings together practical, experience-driven tools for founders, CTOs, and technical teams navigating the scale-up journey, drawn directly from over 20 years of hands-on experience scaling bioprocesses across pilot, demo, and early commercial stages, and aligned with the ScaleUpReady™ approach to structured, decision-driven scale-up.
This Techno-Economic Analysis (TEA) Readiness Checklist is designed to help early-stage teams assess whether their process is ready for a meaningful TEA, without waiting for perfect or complete data. Based on real-world scale-up experience, it guides you in identifying what information you already have, what truly matters at this stage, and where targeted validation will create the most value, allowing TEA to become a decision-making tool rather than a late-stage formality.
𝐓𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 👉 Checklist
Pilot trials are expensive and often take weeks or months to plan. The data generated during these runs is used to inform critical technical, operational, and business decisions, yet key information is frequently delayed, summarised, or missing by the time the final trial report is issued. In many cases, founders only discover gaps after the trial is over, when recovering the data is slow or no longer possible. This guide is designed to help teams capture all relevant data at the right moment, during and immediately after a fermentation or bioprocess pilot run, so nothing essential is lost and decisions can be made with confidence.
𝐓𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 👉 Data Capture Checklist