Accelerator – Government-backed Accelerator, Vertical Accelerator

EIT Food Accelerator Network

Connecting agrifood startups to corporates & research institutions

We want to make the food sector more
transparent, sustainable and trusted.

The EIT Food Accelerator Network
connects impactful agrifood startups
with industry-leading corporate, research
and academic partners to pilot
their technology and drive the ultimate
goal: a successful market adoption.

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Intake: Batch

Duration: 4 months

Operated by: private company

Further hubs: Bilbao, Cambridge, Haifa, Helsinki, Lausanne

Time spent

Access to

Primarily provides

Matchmaking

Coaching

Mentors

Clients

Also provides

Partner Deals

Events

Community

Investor Network

About the startup

team

seed

mid-stage

scaleup

pre-seed

early-stage

growth

Founded: Yes

Financial Support: Zuschüsse/ Equity financing/

Amount of financial support: 5-20k

Innovation strategy: pull external

After graduation: larger network/ more Customers/ Investment-Readiness/

We are looking for startups:
-with a big positive impact on
any part of the agriculture or
food supply chain - that are
active in the EU and its member
states or EU associated
countries - that have reached
a Technological Readiness Level
& CRL of 5+

Keywords

Circular Economy, Sustainable
Agriculture, Personalized
Nutrition, Healthy Nutrition,
Alternative Proteins,
Sustainable Aquaculture

Technology

Open to all technologies

Use cases

Agri/Food/Biotech

CONTACT PERSON

Barbara Mehner, Mira Schütze

Venture Consultant, EIT Food Entrepreneurship Facilitator

barbara.mehner@unternehmertum.de

(+49) 0891894691623

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