Spotlighting Innovation

NEW FOR 2023! Start-ups are given pride of place with a whole dedicated floor and side program of pitching, investor match-making and mentoring sessions taking place in the Start-Up Arena.

DISCOVER START-UP ARENA

The Start-up TechHub Exhibition gives innovators the opportunity to have a dedicated, branded presence in the networking area for the duration of the event, highly visible and ideal for meetings. Founders generate new connections among the investment and global food-tech community, and are positioned as key innovators in the food-tech sector.

Early to mid-stage agtech companies pitch on the main auditorium in front of our influential audience. They each have 5 minutes to present their solution, highlighting the key innovative aspects of their technology and their go-to-market strategy, before they take questions from investors and accelerators.

SEE PARTICIPATING START-UPS

Fresh Start is a foodtech incubator investing in early-stage Israeli foodtech companies, under the Israel
Innovation Authority incubator program umbrella and led by CEO Noga Sela Shalev and CTO Dr. Tammy Meiron.
In the last three years, Fresh Start has established its position as a significant player in the local and global food
tech industry and has invested in ten ventures in various fields and technologies, many of which are based on
collaborations with the leading academic institutions in Israel. The incubator is also a leader in the emerging agri-food
cluster in Northern Israel, including research centers, other investors, local municipalities and great entrepreneurs.

Natural Products Canada (NPC) is a key connection to Canada’s extensive agri-food and bio-based innovation ecosystem. Delivering a high-impact suite of advice, programs, and network of experts, NPC helps Canadian early-stage companies and researchers bring their sustainable solutions to life. And through events like Future Food Tech, NPC introduces international investors and corporations to its Canadian clients. Visit us at our booth in Start-Up Alley to learn more, and meet six of our promising companies: Cell Ag Tech; Crush Dynamics; Genuine Taste; Konscious Foods; Opalia; and Smallfood.

ProVeg Incubator is the world’s leading Incubator of plant-based and cultured food startups. We are shaping the future of food by supporting pioneering companies that are developing disruptive alternatives to animal-based products, ingredients, and services. Startups that join and complete the programme can now benefit from up to EUR 300k investment. As part of the food awareness organisation, ProVeg International, ProVeg Incubator is the only accelerator programme with a mission to take animals out of the value chain, with all potential gains reinvested in charitable work.

Plug & Play take the stage for a segment of pitching and Q&A with a handful of their cohort and deliver a trend report spotlighting exciting innovation for a sustainable future.

Join in a discussion with innovative start-ups that are transforming the food system through biotechnology – hosted by MISTA, a multidimensional food innovation platform. Hear from:

The Kraft Heinz Company joined forces with Future Food-Tech San Francisco to search for innovative solutions from start-ups to unleash the power of tomatoes, delivering on taste, sustainability, nutrition, convenience and/or affordability.

The finalists will pitch live on stage to the global summit audience of food brands, corporates and investors, before the winner is revealed.

For full details of the challenge, visit: www.futurefoodtechsf.com/innovation-challenge/

Join our growing community of food-tech start-ups:

To position your start-up as a pioneer in the food-tech space and to find out about the opportunities to get involved at the summit, please get in touch:

Callum Alexander-Lindsay
Start-Up Partnerships Manager
T: +44 (0)1273 789981
E: callum.alexander@rethinkevents.com 

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