EIT Food Venture Summit 2020

Virtual event
17-18 November 2020

Welcome to EIT Food's Venture Summit 2020

Europe’s leading food entrepreneurship event bringing together top agrifood entrepreneurs with investors and corporate partners – and this year we are going digital. We're looking forward to meeting you!

Explore opportunities

From the comfort of your own home you can explore commercial partnerships and investment opportunities with 130+ high-impact startups through our online platform, and hear pitches from a select group of some of EIT Food’s leading entrepreneurs.

This is also a chance to learn about our flagship entrepreneurship programmes and meet other agritech leaders.

Meet our corporate network

Meet agrifood leaders from EIT Food’s rich network of 100+ corporate partners who are working to solve the biggest challenges in our food system and looking to build relationships with entrepreneurs for their innovation efforts. 

Immersive marketplace

In our 3-D expo space, you’ll be immersed in a walkthrough marketplace which will capture the feel of a real event, allowing you to visit virtual startup stands and arrange individual meetings with founders to explore opportunities in:
    Alternative Proteins
    Digitalized traceability
    Sustainable agriculture
    Circular food systems
    Sustainable aquaculture
    Targeted nutrition
500
agrifood industry leaders
130
startups
35
pitches
60
virtual market stalls
1
big digital convention

Agenda

Please note, this is subject to change, and speakers will be confirmed shortly. Sessions will be a mixture of live studio streaming and pre-recorded content. Feel free to dip in and out of sessions depending on your specific interests; however we recommend attending the welcome session if possible so that you can get the most out of the day.

Please note that our virtual expo space will be open throughout the two days, and you are welcome to explore this and set up meetings with our startups at any time.
  • EIT Food CEO Andy Zynga will share what’s in store for the next two days. You will also get a brief summary of EIT Food’s entrepreneurship programmes’ 2020 achievements, and be introduced to our virtual event platform so you can make the most of it.
  • After a short live Q&A with Roberta Iley, an expert in Sustainable Agriculture and Aquaculture, we’ll enjoy a series of quickfire pitches from some of our most high-performing startups in this area.

    We are excited to hear 3-minute pitches from: Safetynet Technologies, Deep Planet, Antofénol, Agritask, Crover, Enifer Bio and Trellis.
  • After a short live Q&A with Paul Shapiro, an expert in Alternative Proteins, we’ll enjoy a series of quickfire pitches from some of our most high-performing startups in this area.

    We are excited to hear 3-minute pitches from: Napiferyn, Innovopro, Peace of Meat, Nova Meat, Solar Foods, MyCorena and Ospin.

  • After a short, inspiring introduction from Rudolf Sollacher, an expert in digitalized traceability, enjoy a series of quickfire pitches from some of our most high-performing startups in this area.

    We are excited to hear 3-minute pitches from: SwissDeCode, Scantrust, Agri Marketplace, Pielers, Consentio and Total Ctrl.

  • After a short, inspiring introduction from Rob Beudeker, an expert in targeted nutrition, enjoy a series of quickfire pitches from some of our most high-performing startups in this area.

    We are excited to hear 3-minute pitches from: loewi, Eagle Genomics, Durrow Mills, Epinutra, Probitat, FeJuice and Menu Tech.
  • After a short live Q&A with Philippe Mengal, an expert in Circular Food Systems, we’ll enjoy a series of quickfire pitches from some of our most high-performing startups in this area.

    We are excited to hear 3-minute pitches from: Wasteless, Feltwood, Spoontainable, EntoCube, 3FBio and Vytal.

  • Join us for a recap of highlights from throughout the day, plus hear what’s in store for day 2.
  • With breakout rooms for each of our six focus areas, grab a drink and go and meet some of the other Venture Summit in an informal session designed to replicate a real-life drinks mixer!
  • EIT Food'sDirector of Business Creation Benoit Buntinx will share what’s in store for day two, and take you on a tour of the virtual 3D marketplace to ensure you get the most out of day 2 of the Venture Summit

  • Meet the EIT Food Business Creation team, introduced by Director Benoit Buntinx. Find out more about our entrepreneurship programmes and how you can get involved.

  • Just like previous year’s Venture Summits, we’ll be presenting the winners of our EIT Food Accelerator Network programme in a virtual prize-giving ceremony.

  • We’ve kept some time aside for you to explore our 3D, walkthrough virtual marketplace where you’ll meet our brightest startups and the Business Creation team. Find out more about EIT Food’s flagship entrepreneurship programmes – Seedbed, EIT Fan and RisingFoodStars – and make connections with leading agrifood startups, investors and corporates.

    Please note that you can access the virtual expo at any time over the two days of the Venture Summit, but we have kept some time free specifically for this purpose.

     

  • Hear about the highlights of the past two days and find out how you can get involved with EIT Food’s Business Creation programmes and startups.

Speakers

Andy Zynga

CEO
EIT Food

Roberta Iley

Principal Change Designer
Forum for the Future

Rudolf Sollacher

Senior Research Scientist
Siemens

Rob Beudeker

Investment Director
DSM Venturing

Paul Shapiro

CEO
The Better Meat Co.

Philippe Mengal

Executive Director
BBI JU

Benoit Buntinx

Director of Business Creation
EIT Food

Christoph Mandl

Programme Manager
EIT Food

Hanne Decoutere

Moderator

Startups

Alternative Proteins

Sustainable Agriculture and Aquaculture

Targeted nutrition

Digitalised traceability

Circular Food Systems

Resources

Blog post

Why agrifood entrepreneurs are attending the EIT Food Venture Summit 2020

The EIT Food Venture Summit brings together the changemakers that are futureproofing our food system. Find out why entrepreneurs are attending the 2020 virtual event.
Blog post

The journey of an agrifood entrepreneur

The journey of an agrifood entrepreneur can take many routes. In the lead up to the EIT Food Venture Summit, we take a look at the different obstacles, lessons and successes on their pathways to impact.

Gallery

About EIT Food

EIT Food is Europe’s leading food innovation initiative, working to make the food system more sustainable, healthy and trusted. We believe that we are all responsible for and connected to the food that we eat, so we all need to work together to improve it. We are building a unique network of diverse partners that provide a holistic view of the food value chain, including key industry partners, agrifood startups, research centres and universities from across Europe, all working together to deliver an innovative and entrepreneurial food sector.
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