EIT Food announces new cohort of novel innovations for its Seedbed Incubator programme
- 50 novel innovations from across Europe chosen for prestigious programme to validate the commercial potential of promising tech-based ventures
- The chosen innovations include fermented foods to promote gut health in babies and toddlers, AI guidance for farmers and edible packaging
- The chosen entrepreneurs will receive support and training to test and validate the commercial potential of their innovations
"EIT Food’s Seedbed Incubator cohort for 2024 includes some of Europe’s most exciting innovations – with brilliant new ideas and approaches that are addressing the wide range of issues facing the food system today. From boosting the health of consumers and improving crop yields, to finding sustainable packaging solutions and diversifying plant-based protein sources, innovation has a critical role to play in our efforts to transform the food system towards a future which is fit for people and planet.”
For more information about EIT Food’s entrepreneurship programmes, please visit: https://entrepreneurship.eitfood.eu. Applications for the 2025 Seedbed Incubator Cohort will open in November 2024.
For more information and interview enquiries, 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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