EIT Food announces three new investments into high-performing agrifood startups
Three top performing startups selected from EIT Food’s existing entrepreneurship programmes will receive up to €500K in financial support. With 28 investments in total, EIT Food has one of the world’s largest investor portfolios specialising in agrifood early-stage ventures.
“We are delighted to announce new investments in three of the most promising startups in our entrepreneurship programmes. EIT Food’s Startup Impact Fund acts as a bridge for high-performing agrifood startups to transition from a regional to a European and global investment scope, increasing their visibility to attract interest from other investors.
“We are grateful to our wider investor community, including our core partner FoodSparks (by PeakBridge), which plays a vital role in opening up further investment opportunities for these companies. EIT Food continues to search for high-impact startups with an outstanding definition of their value proposition and proprietary technologies that can increase the sustainability, health and integrity of our food value chain.”
For more information, please contact: communication@eitfood.eu
About EIT Food
EIT Food is the world’s largest and most dynamic food innovation community. We accelerate innovation to build a future-fit food system that produces healthy and sustainable food for all.
Supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union, we invest in projects, organisations and individuals that share our goals for a healthy and sustainable food system. We unlock innovation potential in businesses and universities and create and scale agrifood startups to bring new technologies and products to market. We equip entrepreneurs and professionals with the skills needed to transform the food system and put consumers at the heart of our work, helping build trust by reconnecting them to the origins of their food.
We are one of nine innovation communities established by the European Institute for Innovation & Technology (EIT), an independent EU body set up in 2008 to drive innovation and entrepreneurship across Europe.
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