AG 4 Future Food, the international acceleration program for the agri-food industry
THE PROGRAM
Our new international acceleration program aims to identify the best teams with innovations and technologies that are particularly attentive to environmental impact, which will provide the most appropriate tools to face the challenges that await us in the coming decades: population growth, climate change, diversification in food consumption per capita, food waste, ecological inefficiency, undernourishment and scarcity of natural resources.
The main areas of intervention of the initiative are biotechnologies applied to agriculture, automation and robotics, data management and logistics, innovative foods.
THE CHALLENGE
With AG 4 Future Food we identify and support the growth of startups that offer disruptive solutions in agriculture and food that can, for example, reduce costs, minimize the impact and complexity of the industry and create new market and business rules.
The initiative thus intervenes on the entire food chain of the future, making it more sustainable, accessible, efficient, resilient to change and, in particular, to climate change.
FOR WHOM
AG 4 Future Food is aimed at national and international startups able to implement highly innovative solutions on the agri-food market.
Startup requirements include a defined core team, a clear value proposition, a prototype ready to go to market within 6-10 months, and a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) greater than or equal to 6.
STEPS AND INVESTMENT
The initiative, divided into 4 phases, will be divided into a period of 6 months: a first scouting phase during which a selection of the best startups will be made, followed by a second moment of business acceleration to support the business plan and identify the 10 best realities.
Then there will be the technical validation phase of the products and solutions for the 5 finalist startups – which will receive a total investment of 500K € – before moving on to matchmaking which provides the possibility of integrating the innovations developed within the processes of consolidated companies operating in the sector.
👉 Candidature aperte fino al 28 aprile
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