Bioledger

Market position

Bioledger describes itself as a first mover and as the only service provider connected to the European Commission's Union Database for Biofuels. Its CEO has stated that over 12,000 agricultural, waste, biofuel and oil companies globally that grow, process or trade sustainable biofuels needed to digitise their transactions in 2023 under the EU Renewable Energy Directive. It was one of ten UK winners of Tech Nation's Rising Stars competition in March 2023 and is listed at pre-seed stage with 1-10 employees.

Bioledger states it is the first and only service provider connected to the European Commission's Union Database for Biofuels, and its CEO has described the company as the only service provider approved by the European Commission to demonstrate compliance with the EU Renewable Energy Directive. It also cites a founder background in industry compliance and the involvement of supply chain participants, from farmers to energy corporations, in the design of the system.

Technology

The platform comprises web and mobile applications backed by a database, hosted on cloud providers including Amazon Web Services and Google Firebase, with networking infrastructure also run in the cloud. Customer data is stored in Europe (Ireland) for GDPR alignment, encrypted in transit using TLS 1.2 and HTTPS, logically isolated, and backed up daily into separate containerised instances. Access controls include VPN with network access control lists and IP whitelisting, firewalls, two-factor authentication for production data access, separate test and production environments, systematic rotation of private keys, OWASP-aligned development practices, dependency monitoring and systematic code review. The company employs two full-time third-party quality assurance and security testers using practices typical of testing for UK Financial Conduct Authority-regulated banking applications, and requires confidentiality agreements, quarterly cyber security policy review, security training and device management for employees and contractors.

Go-to-market

The company acquires customers through demo requests on its website and works directly with early adopters in the biofuel industry. Its CEO has cited work with Greenergy, described as Europe's largest waste biodiesel producer, and Chevron, described as the largest waste biodiesel producer in the USA, as well as with supply chains ranging from French sugarbeet farmers to UK food waste collectors. The company also publishes industry analysis, such as a draft analysis of EU RED Voluntary Scheme 2023 annual reports.

Participants across the sustainable biofuel supply chain, including farmers, waste and food waste collectors, drivers, restaurants, traders, aggregators, biofuel producers and oil companies, as well as auditors and certification bodies, in the EU, US and other regions.

Geography

The company lists a registered address at 124 City Road, London EC1V 2NX, United Kingdom, and a Techstars listing records London and Lyon, France locations. In 2023 it described itself as digitally headquartered in Derry City, Northern Ireland. Its platform is used across supply chains described as spanning Ireland, the United States, Ghana and China, including sugarbeet farmers in France and food waste collectors in the UK. Customer documents and data are hosted in Ireland. The application interface is offered in English, French, Spanish, Polish, German, Dutch, Italian and Lithuanian.

History

The company was spun out of the biofuels industry to address fraud risk in certified sustainable commodity supply chains, with its founder drawing on a decade of supply chain compliance work at Greenergy. A Techstars job board listing records a founding year of 2009 and a pre-seed stage. In March 2023 the company was named one of ten winners in Tech Nation's Rising Stars competition, and at that time described itself as digitally headquartered in Derry City while listing a London registered address. By September 2026 the platform was on version 3.4.23.

Risks & controversies

The company notes that its published world supply chain map draws on third-party certificate registries and that it does not warrant the completeness, accuracy or timeliness of that data, advising users to verify information with the relevant authority.