Event
F&A Next 2020: Impact of Innovation in the Food & AG Value Chain
F&A Next, in cooperation with Foodbytes! by Rabobank, proudly presents the eight most promising startups that have been selected as this year’s ‘Next Heroes of Food- & AgTech’. On May 13, four FoodTech and four AgTech startups will pitch their innovations during a (free) live webinar of F&A Next to an international audience of agrifood investors, corporates, media and fellow entrepreneurs.
The eight startups were selected from a record number of applications for this international agrifood event. The applications came from 29 countries, from Sweden to Australia and from Hong Kong to the United States. Most solutions were in machine learning (28%), artificial intelligence (25%) and digital platforms (23%).
Next Heroes in FoodTech 2020
FUMI Ingredients (The Netherlands) : Develops functional food ingredients from microorganisms. The novel animal-free ingredients work as egg replacers and have no allergens. The production process allows a carbon footprint reduction of over 90% compared to conventional egg-white production.
Connecting Food (France): Tracks and digitally audits food products in real-time from farm to fork. The blockchain solution maps food supply chains and improve internal traceability. They also help brands and retailers improve their external transparency via a QR code & storytelling.
COGZ (UK) : Offers a B2B online marketplace for food & beverage manufacturers and processors to buy surplus produce directly from farmers and growers. COGZ’s technology saves time, increases profitability and prevents food waste in primary production.
Verdify (The Netherlands): Enables companies active in the food domain to personalise their recipes for individual customers, supporting prevention and treatment of chronic diseases. Their digital platform fully personalizes meal recipes according to guideline-based medical diets, biomarkers and individual preferences.
Next Heroes in AgTech 2020
Evologic Technologies (Austria): Produces microbial bioactives (biostimulants and biopesticides) for seed distributors, thanks to its proprietary production platform technology. This allows distributors sell an upgraded product to farmers.
Pebble Labs (USA): Develops solutions to safely and sustainably increase natural crop yield and food security. Its mission is to develop breakthrough disruptive technologies that address the greatest agricultural, aquaculture, and environmental challenges facing the globe.
FarmRaise (USA): Unlocks public and private funding for farmers through cataloguing each grower's unique options and simplifying the funding application process. FarmRaise makes it easy for farmers to invest in their operations today and steward their assets for future generations.
Edete (Israel): Offers a high-efficiency artificial pollination service solution for companies and growers. By reducing the deficiencies of erratic and dwindling insect-based pollination, Edete’s controlled and manageable solution has been proven to increase the yield of almond orchards.
About F&A Next
F&A Next is the first European platform for startups, scale-ups, investors and corporates in the food and agricultural domain to jointly boost disruptive innovations that will help tackle the challenges that the industry faces. Established by leading experts in the Netherlands, the hub of Europe's agri-food sector, the platform organizes an annual recurring two-day event. (With the exception of 2020 edition due to the Coranavirus.) This event is all about sharing insights on innovation in Food & Agri and connecting game changing startups and scale-ups to dedicated investors and innovative corporates.