What we do
Catalysing Food Innovation in the Heart of Europe.
Our regional office based in Bavaria, Germany operates as an innovation hub for our partners from Germany, the Netherlands and Austria. We offer opportunities to arrange events, meetings, seminars, and outreach activities and take a leading role in the regional development of the Food sector.
We are your Partner in Co-Creating the Future of Healthy Food.
We have a regional newsletter! The Local Startup Feed provides updates about meetups, news & success stories from the Bavarian startup scene, as well as EIT Food programmes with relevance for food & agtech startup founders.
Our Team

Georg Schirrmacher
Director

Kerstin Burseg
Programme Manager Innovation

Christoph Mandl
Programme Manager Business Creation

Cornelia Schwenk
Programme Manager Education

Yu-Mi Lee
Project Manager Cross-KIC

Carolin Schwarz
Office Manager

Frank Horlbeck
Senior Communications Manager

Marie Ammann
Innovation Manager ACTinEITFood

Agnes Hoffmann
Business Creation Manager ACTinEITFood

Tetyana Dashivets
Project Manager ACTinEITFood

Mira Schütze
Entrepreneurship Facilitator

Omer Khan
Financial Officer

Gabriela Dimitrova
Working Student