What we do

Open Innovation

Our mission is to launch, develop and grow research and innovation in products and services harnessing the power of shared knowledge across EIT Food's innovation ecosystem.

Education

We are attracting, developing and empowering bright minds to lead the transformation of the food system into an innovative sector that produces healthy and sustainable food, and is trusted by society.

Entrepreneurship

Startups play a fundamental role in transforming the food system. EIT Food supports innovative impactful agrifood entrepreneurs and startups to deliver new food innovations and businesses across Europe.

Public Insights and Engagement

Here at EIT Food, we define Public Engagement as “a set of diverse activities that foster a two-way dialogue between specialists and the public”. As an organisation, we have always prioritised the active and important role consumers play…
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September 17, 2024

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Spanish schools, get ready! Los Salvacomidas by Food Educators returns with its 4th edition, offering exciting new features, innovative challenges, and a redesigned, more intuitive website to enhance student engagement.

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Corporate Venturing

We facilitate corporate innovation by connecting world-leading industry with impactful agrifood startups. Through tailored matchmaking we can help you solve immediate challenges, lower costs, identify new product lines, and drive value creation for corporates sharing our mission to transform the global food system.

Connect and collaborate with Europe’s best agrifood startups

As a corporate partner, you’ll have access to our pipeline of startups. You tell us which key food system challenges you’re tackling, and we introduce you to selected startups that offer relevant solutions.

Join a community with more than 5,000+ startups working on agrifood innovation
Gain access to a curated pool of startups that meet your specific tech interests
Collaborate on an equal footing
Facilitate collaboration - either through one-to-one meetings or demo days

Partner with us

Our excellence is in building strong alliances between our world-class industry partners and our startup community to accelerate the growth of a circular agrifood economy.

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Corporate Venturing Partners

Sudzucker

Südzucker Group

Ingredion

Ingredion

Bayer

Bayer

Kerry Group

Cbc

CBC Group

Paulig

Paulig Group

Primus

Primus Qualitätsgarantie

General mills

General Mills

Lantmanner

Lantmanner

John deere

John Deere

Netzsch

Netzsch

Valio

Valio

Friesland

Friesland

Danone

Sodexo

Sodexo

Icl

ICL Planet

Iff

IFF

Partnership success stories

Paltech Robotics

Paltech have found a solution to the labour intensive process of fighting taproot weeds for organic farmers. They received a Star Alumni award for the progress they made during our Seedbed Incubator.

FortiFruits

FortiFruits produces natural dry fruit extracts to improve the taste of natural food. The products are chemical and sugar free, with a 50 to 100% stronger taste profile than other standard fruits extracts. They also have a much longer…

PlattenBaum

PlattenBaum operates in the Urban Agriculture sector to offer housing companies and municipalities healthy and well designed environments to grow and consume their own fresh fruit and vegetables.

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If your business is looking for access to the latest innovation in FoodTech, get in touch with us to find out more about our corporate partnerships.

Contact our Head of Corporate Venturing