EIT Food Partner and Startup Win Major Awards at FI Europe 2024!
EIT Food West attended FI Europe 2024 across 3 spectacular days in Frankfurt. Sharing the show floor with over 25,000 people from more than 135 different countries, this event was an excellent opportunity to network, educate and learn more about different innovations.
FI Europe was truly a spectacular event to attend. Surrounded by 1500+ exhibitors and over 25,000 passionate people, the show floor was the perfect place to network and connect with likeminded organisations with the same mission as us.
Women's Networking Breakfast
Our West Director Gulsah Uysal was part of the Women's Networking Breakfast alongside Dr. Susan Kleiner Samantha Garwin and Francesca Berry, who shared their personal stories about success within the food and drink industry and gave the audience an opportunity to mingle and meet fellow empowering, female allies.
"As women, we need to celebrate our successes, not put them on the back burner!"
How innovation and collaboration can build a better food system
Our Ecosystem Manager Laura Elphick shared the stage with our startup BettaFish (represented by Leonie Wagner) to discuss how innovation and collaboration can build a better food system. This session shared the success story of BettaFish and highlighted opportunities that can lead to collaboration and success.
"My biggest takeaway is the value that comes from giving the spotlight to those EIT Food has supported. It was fantastic to hear Leonie Wagner from BettaFish on stage, to learn about their startup journey and developing their plant based fish products. There is a resilience about small and innovative businesses that we can all learn from."
Who are BettaFish?
BettaF!sh are an EIT Food startup based in Germany that creates plant-based “TU-NAH” from seaweed and fava beans. Their “TU-NAH” tastes just like tuna, looks just like tuna, is 100% plant-based, high in protein and contains no soy or wheat. The company turn regeneratively cultivated seaweed into fish alternatives to restore marine eco-systems, they say that “TU-NAH” stands for healthier oceans and a mouth-watering, plant-based future.
Top trends driving investment
Our Head of Corporate Venturing Dr. Christoph Mandl was part of a panel discussion about top trends driving investment where we learned about opportunities and innovations to keep an eye out for.
Pet Food Spotlight
Our Senior Corporate Venturing Manager Marie Brueser who was part of a pet food spotlight discussion, explained how open innovation helps our partner Mars Petcare find relevant partners.
Award Winners
Congratulations to our partner Cargill who won Pet Food Innovation Award and Future Foodtech Innovation Award! And to our startup Yeastime S.r.l. for winning the Most Innovative Foodtech Solution Award!
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