12 agrifood startups selected for the new business engagement programme Bilbao Campus Experience
Organised by the European organisation EIT Food, the programme is designed as a gateway to the Basque entrepreneurial ecosystem, and extends the reach of participants into the national and international market.
The Bilbao Campus Experience is an innovative entrepreneurship programme, which offers to the startups an immersive post-accelerator experience designed to integrate them into the dynamic Basque Entrepreneurship Ecosystem. This initiative is going to provide the selected participants with a transformative three-week journey at the BAT (B Accelerator Tower) in Bilbao, Spain.
Targeted at agrifood entrepreneurs, the Bilbao Campus Experience will facilitate access to key markets in Spain and Europe. With a highly personalise approach, only 20% of the programme will focus on group sessions, while the rest will center on individualise journeys customised to each startup's specific needs, enabling direct interactions with providers, customers, investors, and industry leaders.
Meet the 11 selected startups
For the selection of participants, rigorous criteria were applied to ensure the quality of the candidates. Their ability to engage with the local ecosystem was evaluated, as well as the alignment of their development phase with the programme, ensuring they could fully leverage the opportunities.
The quality of the pitch was a key factor, analysing the problem being addressed, the innovation of the solution, the potential impact, and the strength of the team. Additional feedback was also taken into account to provide a comprehensive view of each participant's potential.
- Atfield Technologies is new generation vineyard intelligence and management tool built on dense canopy climate sensing (Serbia).
- Bee-Sweet produces a raw, natural nectar crafted through artisanal processes that preserve its 100% natural qualities. Their exclusive "Drop" packaging has been acclaimed as one of the world’s most beautiful by Packaging of the World (Portugal).
- Bluana is a foodtech startup with a mission to create a plant-based seafood alternative to tuna and salmon sashimi (Italy).
- Circular Powder adopts circular practices in its production processes, giving new life to surplus production and recycling by-products into versatile powders and healthy, innovative products (Spain).
- FarmLabs (Agro4) offers a mobile app-based field monitoring system that provides farmers with reports to help reduce fertilizer use and enhance soil fertility.
- MEGencymes company is engaged in the production of health-promoting preparations used as powder additives to valorize foods of various types, promoting the absorption of proteins from the diet (Poland).
- nFresh - Nanobubbles Europe uses NBO3 ozone nanobubbles to kill the microbes that cause food spoilage, extending the shelf life of fresh food (Hungary).
- PreservaCoat is a solution to extend the shelf life of fruits and vegetables. Uses patented bacterial metabolites to extend the freshness of soft fruits and vegetables at pre- and post-harvest stages (Poland).
- Proofminder is a crop platform, which provides actionable information on every leaf and plant to enable growers to save on inputs, increase yields and meet production targets in a sustainable way (Hungary).
- SpaceCrop helps farms manage irrigation and provides detailed weather forecast data and crop health information using satellite data and artificial intelligence (Hungary).
- TropicStream develops functional flour from spent beer grains through innovative biotechnological processing to create healthy and sustainable food experiences (Czech Republic).
- Zero Wave turns waste into a resource. They produce biscuits made from a material that has been treated as waste and disposed of using technology based on a circular economy (Bulgaria).
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