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Startups play a fundamental role in building a future-fit food system that produces healthy and sustainable food for all.

EIT Food Entrepreneurship supports innovative, researchers, entrepreneurs, and impactful AgriFoodTech startups, every step of the way - from business propositions, market validation, business acceleration, tech validation to commercial upscaling.

Whatever stage you are at on your agrifood tech venture and journey - launch, accelerate or scale up - our three hands-on, equity-free programmes give the best chance for you to become a food system gamechanger and succeed.

Our agrifood tech entrepreneurship powerhouse connects thousands of startups to more than 200 leading corporations, universities, research centres, and investors, with the full support and resources of the European Union.

Applications open December 2023

If you are an aspiring agrifood entrepreneur, a startup, or a scaleup interested in one of our programmes, register your interest and we will notify you when our 2024 applications open.

REGISTER YOUR INTEREST

Our pan-European entrepreneurship programmes

LAUNCH - EIT Food Seedbed Incubator

For aspiring entrepreneurs and researchers looking for market-validated business propositions

Are you looking to explore and test the right product-market fit for your AgriTech or FoodTech business innovation? 
Connect with 100+ potential customers and stakeholders to validate your market
Receive specialist coaching and training to develop a scalable business model 
Receive up to € 17,000 in equity-free funding for travel to networking events
Join the EIT Food Seedbed Incubator
ACCELERATE - EIT Food Accelerator Network

For impactful agrifood startups looking for tech validation and commercial acceleration

Do you want to boost your go-to market readiness and validate your tech to tackle the biggest challenges within our Food System? 
Validate your technology and win up to € 50,000
Prepare for commercialisation and access investors
Extend your EU Agrifood Tech Network and partner with key players
Join the EIT Food Accelerator Network
SCALE - EIT Food RisingFoodStars

For aspiring scaleups looking to successfully upscale their commercial capabilities

Is your Agrifood or FoodTech business experiencing a high period of growth? 
Promising aspiring scaleups who are creating a future-fit food system
Commercially viable businesses that can prove traction, but a lean growth model
Businesses looking for mentoring, workshops, and strategic support
Join the EIT Food RisingFoodStars

REGISTER FOR OUR ENTREPRENEURSHIP PAN-EUROPEAN PROGRAMMES

If you are an aspiring agrifood entrepreneur, a startup, or a scaleup interested in one of our programmes, register your interest and we will notify you when applications are open

Register your interest

Discover our partner and network opportunities

Investment opportunities

We facilitate investment opportunities for Europe’s most promising agrifood startups through financing and connection with our venture partners.

Corporate Venturing

We facilitate corporate innovation by connecting world-leading industry with impactful agrifood startups.

Entrepreneurship community

Entrepreneurs can access all the support they need to create a thriving agrifood or FoodTech business.

Achieving sustainable and economic impact

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ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMMES FOR RIS COUNTRIES AND REGIONS

Are you looking to get involved in the revolution of the agrifood system, but you are from a RIS country? We have everything you need.

Join one of our regional entrepreneurship programmes

Entrepreneurship programmes

EWA | Empowering Women in Agrifood

2020 > 2023
entrepreneurship programme
Training, mentoring, business coaching and networking opportunities for women entrepreneurs in the agrifood sector. Applications are closed.

Challenge Labs

entrepreneurship programme
Creative workshops designed to find solutions to current and future challenges in the food and agriculture system

Test Farms

entrepreneurship programme
Get matched with a farmer and test your solution on the field!
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Latest entrepreneurship news

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Ukraine initiates Agrifood Lab to foster agricultural innovation and start-ups

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EIT Food Accelerator Network Bilbao Hub hosted a three-day Investment Readiness Workshop in Spain

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Great insights from EWA entrepreneurs for the face-to-face masterclass in Italy

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EIT Food hosted for 2 days Novafert's 3rd General Assembly

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A chance to join EIT Food’s entrepreneurship powerhouse

March 20, 2023
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The 2023 Entrepreneurship Programmes provide targeted support to European startups at all stages of the innovation journey

Women leaders are transforming the food system

March 07, 2023
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Everyone stands to benefit from a transformation to a more equitable food system. International Women’s Day is a great opportunity to celebrate women leaders driving positive change.