2026 Featured Scale-Ups
Where Innovation Meets Investment
Future Food-Tech is a key discovery platform to meet exciting early-stage food-tech companies seeking new connections, investment and collaborations among the investment and global food-tech community.
Taking place at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis, the summit offers two action-packed days of high-impact networking, discovery, and dialogue. Meet trailblazing innovators, experience the future of food through product tastings, and gain insights from global leaders across industry and investment.
Whether you’re a start-up seeking strategic partners, or an accelerator with a portfolio of game-changing companies, this is your platform to connect and grow.
What's on for Start-Ups?
A full floor dedicated to showcasing next-generation food-tech.
With over 40 curated start-up booths, a vibrant networking lounge, and a live Pitch Stage, the Start-Up Arena is where connections spark and collaborations begin.
Are you a start-up looking to amplify your visibility and meet key industry players? Or an accelerator championing breakthrough talent? We’d love to hear from you. Submit your details today and our team will be in touch.
Take the spotlight on the pitching stage, where start-ups present bold ideas to an audience of investors, retailers, and industry leaders. These sessions are a key summit highlight and is your chance to spark interest, gain feedback, and attract partnerships. Each pitch is a powerful opportunity to elevate your brand and accelerate your growth.
Are you bringing a cohort of companies? Our dedicated program for accelerators and regional innovation hubs allows you to participate as an Innovation Partner. Showcase a selection of companies in the Start-Up Arena and secure valuable stage time to highlight their innovations
We know that the most valuable part of any summit is the connections you make. At Future Food-Tech, you’ll enjoy dedicated networking breaks, drinks reception, and access to the summit platform before and after the event giving you plenty of time to book 1-1 meetings and build meaningful relationships.
Step into the Live Demo Kitchen, where food-tech innovation comes to life. Watch chefs prepare cutting-edge creations using sustainable and alternative food solutions. Expect to see unique dishes featuring plant-based proteins, precision fermented ingredients, AI-driven food creations, cultivated seafood and functional ingredients. It’s a tasting journey through the future of food, where sustainability meets culinary creativity.
Benefits of Exhibiting
Raise Start-Up Profile: Your company profile and logo are featured prominently on the event website and summit platform, used by all delegates leading up to and throughout the summit!
Two Summit Passes: You receive two complete delegate passes to attend the summit, network with industry leaders, join workshops, participate in roundtables, and more!
Access and Support: We provide you with a branded booth complete with WiFi and power access, making it easier for you to arrange face-to-face meetings with delegates at the summit!
“We were hoping to connect with 3-5 companies that would be interested in our solution. We connected with nearly 20 and came away with 13 companies who wanted more information and that were extremely interested in applying our technology to their facilities. Simply unprecedented.”
“Future Food-Tech offered a great platform to meet many stakeholders in only two days. If you’re looking for investors or strategic partners this is the place to go!”
“A must for a food-tech start-ups. A concentrated group of social networking, business development, education and potential financing solutions. Considering the quality of the audience, two days is not enough to meet all the interesting players, listen key influence leaders.”
“The summit was one of the best I’ve attended recently because it was intimate, yet had a very high calibre of people and decision makers from key organizations. It was set up to easily mingle and make contacts. No minute at the event was wasted.”
“A fantastic event to meet experts and decision makers, innovators and investors. This was our first time at Future Food-Tech and almost 40 companies signed up for our beta including 13 $Bn+ businesses!”
“Future Food-Tech was an excellent platform to present my start-up to an array of global investors. This was a unique opportunity to meet with people at the very top of these corporations and form vital connections. The discussions and keynote speeches were also of the highest quality and I wholeheartedly recommend the summit.”
To find out more, contact:
Callum Broadley
Tech Scout
+44 (0) 1273 005971
callum.broadley@rethinkevents.com