= Is AgriFoodTech your game and building a better world your aim? Come and join StartLife’s mission to accelerate the transition to a sustainable food system. Share the stories of the world’s most promising startups with game-changing technologies and unite the ambitions of startups, corporates and investors around the globe. Become Content Marketeer at StartLife. … Continue reading Vacancy: Jr. Content Marketeer at StartLife
The Dutch investment cooperative Horticoop has partnered up with StartLife to step up its investments in startups and scale-ups with emerging technologies for the horticulture sector. Together we want to give a significant push towards sustainability in horticulture. With a rapidly growing world population and increasing concerns for the health of our planet, horticulture is … Continue reading Horticoop And StartLife Invest In Emerging Horticulture Technologies
StartLife proudly support startups from all over the world that aim to solve pertinent issues in food and agriculture. We present you four promising agrifoodtech startups that are working hard to make a difference: Solmeyea, Trabotyx, Allozymes and Feltwood Ecomaterials. Solmeyea (Greece) – Producing Carbon Neutral Microalgae Ingredients Biotech company Solmeyea is using patented hybrid … Continue reading Four Startups Driving Change In Food and Agriculture
Dutch impact investor Invest-NL and StartLife announced today a strategic partnership that will facilitate the development and high growth of startups and scale-ups that focus on the transition towards a sustainable, climate-neutral food system. Together we will co-develop new initiatives that will support and enhance a flourishing entrepreneurial climate for impact-driven entrepreneurs. According to … Continue reading Invest-NL and StartLife Spur Growth Of Impact-driven Agrifoodtech Startups
StartLife welcomes NoMilk2Day Headhunters to its pool of program partners. NoMilk2Day is specialized in recruitment, executive search en interim management services in agrifoodtech. Together, we will connect startups, scale-ups and professionals active in agribusiness, food and industry to help realize shared ambitions. Hiring the right people is critical for any business, but even more so … Continue reading StartLife and NoMilk2Day Connect Talents To Purpose-driven Agrifoodtech Startups
Today, we welcome The Kraft Heinz Company as the latest strategic partner of StartLife. StartLife will help Kraft Heinz connect with startups and drive innovation to meet consumer expectations for taste, nutrition and the planet. The partnership was announced today at the Future Food Tech event in London. Although Kraft Heinz already works with startups … Continue reading Kraft Heinz Partners With StartLife To Tap Into Startup Innovation
We proudly announce the nine early-stage startups selected for our Fall 2022 accelerate program. The startups, from 8 different countries spread over 3 continents, introduce new technologies tackling big challenges in our current food system. The solutions include alternatives for fish and cheese, and technologies that improve of crop productivity and soil health and reduce … Continue reading StartLife Selects 9 Early-stage Startups To Revolutionize Global Food Systems
Today, we proudly announce that the Martin Braun-Gruppe, the food division of the Geschwister Oetker Beteiligungen KG, has partnered up with StartLife for an injection of innovation from foodtech startups. As one of the leading European bakery, confectionery and frozen bakery suppliers, the company is particularly targeting alternative ingredients and ideas that address a host … Continue reading Martin Braun-Gruppe and StartLife Call On Startups To Disrupt The Baking Industry
Agtech startup Muddy Machines, a StartLife alumn, today announced a new round of series seed funding of 1.8M euro. The new funding will allow the company to enhance the development of its harvesting robots that support zero emissions and solve labor issues in the agriculture industry. The funding round was led by Regenerate Ventures with … Continue reading Agtech startup Muddy Machines Secures €1.8M Seed Funding
Is AgriFoodTech your game and building a better world your aim? Do you want to drive tomorrow’s collaborations between startups and leading Food & Agriculture (F&A) corporates around the world? Do you love working with energetic founders and corporate innovation leaders? Become Innovation & Partnership manager at StartLife! StartLife is the top AgriFoodTech startup accelerator … Continue reading Vacancy: Innovation & Partnership Manager at StartLife
For the third time, Lidl and StartLife have collaborated on the Lidl Future Goods. From June 30th, ten sustainable food products from mission-driven startups can be found in Lidl stores across the Netherlands. Lidl provides startups with their first retail experience while striving to make their product selection more sustainable, affordable, and available to all. … Continue reading Lidl and StartLife Introduce 10 Future Goods by Sustainable Startups
Dutch foodtech company Verdify, a StartLife alumnus, has raised €800,000 on top of the €1.3 million seed funding the company obtained last December. Verdify will use the additional funding to accelerate the market introduction of its platform for recipe personalisation and roll out an entirely new business model for nudging people towards healthy and sustainable … Continue reading Verdify Bags Another €800K To Scale Up Personalised Recipe Platform
On 23 June, a cohort of nine early-stage startups graduated from StartLife’s latest acceleration program and are now raring up to tackle global issues across the agrifood domain. StartLife also announced the launch of a new program: StartLife à la Carte. On the graduation day, StartLife’s managing director Jan Meiling spotlighted the urgency of innovation … Continue reading StartLife Arms Next Generation of Agrifoodtech Startups with Crucial Insights
Astanor Ventures, a venture capital fund uniquely focused on supporting and scaling disruptive solutions to some of the most urgent global needs in food and agriculture, has joined the StartLife partner community. Together we will maximize impact by helping startups grow internationally. The partnership connects StartLife’s large network of startups with Europe’s largest impact investor … Continue reading Astanor Ventures Partners With StartLife To Help Scale Up Disruptive Agrifoodtech
We proudly announce our strategic partnership with Blue Ocean Xlerator (BOX). As two startup builders from the Food Valley we aim to accelerate the growth of startups that are developing sustainable innovations for the food supply chain. We also want to increase the international profile of the Food Valley region and draw more domestic and … Continue reading StartLife and Box Enter Partnership To Accelerate Transformation To A Sustainable Food System
ICL, a leading global specialty minerals company, has partnered up with StartLife in its quest to invest in startups focused on new ways to address global challenges in food and agricultural production. These challenges range from increasing yields and tackling food insecurity, to cutting greenhouse gas emissions. With both organizations being fully geared toward accelerating … Continue reading ICL Planet Joins With StartLife For Next Generation Crop and Food Innovation
On 18-19 May, StartLife will welcome, once again, hundreds of the world’s leading tech startups, scale-ups, investors and corporates in food & agriculture at the annual F&A Next summit at Wageningen Campus, and online. As co-founder of this summit, StartLife looks forward bringing the agrifoodtech community together to connect, share insights and explore partnership opportunities … Continue reading StartLife Welcomes Agrifoodtech Community at F&A Next 2022
StartLife has selected nine new (very) early-stage startups to join its eighth acceleration program this spring. The startups have been selected for their promising technological solutions to tackling global agrifood challenges, including sustainable farming, food waste prevention and the protein transition. REGISTER FOR GRADUATION DAY, 23 JUNE The startups selected will enter StartLife’s 3-month acceleration … Continue reading StartLife Selects 9 Early-stage Startups Targeting Global Agrifood Challenges
Investment management company Signature has partnered with StartLife to tap into European agricultural innovation, as it aims to optimize natural resources and improve food security in Africa and other regions where the company will expand in the coming years. For impact-driven tech startups, the partnership could provide a route to on-farm validation of novel technologies. … Continue reading Signature Partners With StartLife To Advance Precision Farming Tech
Korea’s No.1 food and bio company CJ CheilJedang has partnered with StartLife to benefit from European innovations for the global market, while also expanding the worldwide presence of Korean cuisine and ingredients. For European startups the partnership provides a gateway to Asian markets for their novel food technologies. Founded in 1953, CJ CheilJedang offers a … Continue reading CJ CheilJedang and StartLife Unite Korean Nutrition and European Foodtech
Looking for a co-founder to build and grow a startup that contributes to our transition to a circular economy? Join the first joined Co-lab by StartLife and YES!Delft on Wednesday, 23 March. The program includes a specialized workshop aimed at helping you find your co-founder to co-build a startup with. Find your co-founder! There is … Continue reading Co-Lab: Build A Circular Tech Startup
In the next few years, innovative tech startups working to make our food chain more sustainable can request subordinated loans from StartLife. The loans will vary from €75,000 to €250,000. Financing is from a new fund, Startup Fund Gelderland (SFG). Our current food supply is under pressure and traditional production systems have a very negative … Continue reading StartLife Will Again Invest Millions In Agrifoodtech Startups
One in ten adults lives with diabetes and the number is rising fast. With diabetes being the world’s fastest growing chronic condition, we need to lower our sugar consumption. Jan Mousing, CEO of the agbiotech company Plantcarb, believes to have found a solution with a unique proprietary starch, which can be used as a health … Continue reading Plantcarb Introduces Starch with Superpowers
PeakBridge VC is strengthening its European presence by extending its partnership with StartLife, which includes the opening of a Peakbridge office at StartLife on Wageningen Campus. StartLife will assist PeakBridge in building a strong local community while better serving European startups in the Agrifoodtech space. PeakBridge is a highly networked investment platform dedicated to managing … Continue reading PeakBridge VC Opens Dutch Office At StartLife
Ben jij de enthousiaste en proactieve secretaresse die zorgt dat alles op rolletjes loopt? StartLife is de top agrifoodtech startup accelerator in Nederland en Europa, opgericht door Wageningen University & Research. Wij ondersteunen startups in ons acceleration program, verbinden ze met business mentoren, non-equity financiering en een wereldwijd netwerk van startups, investeerders, bedrijven en tech … Continue reading Vacature: Secretaresse bij StartLife
Startups paving the way for carbon farming Food production can go hand in hand with removing CO2 from the atmosphere and fixing it in the soil, and if financial incentives are in place farmers can be encouraged to perform this carbon sequestration. It’s known as “carbon farming” and it has the potential to deliver a … Continue reading Carbon Farming: A Green Revolution Driven By Satellites?
StartLife warmly welcomes B-Mex, a StartLife startup and WUR spin-off, into the startup offices at Plus Ultra II. The company is specialized in making crop models that provide growers and farmers with valuable insights and help optimize their crop yield. The company moved to Wageningen Campus to be closely to connected to its ecosystem and … Continue reading B-Mex New Startup Tenant at Plus Ultra II
Startlife alumnus Verdify has raised €1.3 million financing from Brightlands Venture Partners, Joles and the company’s founders. The investment will be used by Verdify to scale up its Swapmeals recipe platform that enables consumers to get tailored meal inspiration based on personal nutrition profiles. This round follows last year’s capital injection of €750,000 for developing and … Continue reading Verdify Raises €1.3M To Scale Its Swapmeals Platform For Personalized Recipes
At StartLife, we continuously explore new opportunities that will help our agrifoodtech startups accelerate their business. To help our growing startups attract new talents, StartLife has launched a job portal for all our portfolio companies! “Our startups can post any type of job vacancy here: full-time, part-time, internship, student jobs, co-founder or advisory board members”, … Continue reading StartLife Launches Job Portal for Agrifoodtech Startups
Hudson River Biotechnology (HRB), a Wageningen-based agricultural biotechnology company, and Computomics, a Tübingen-based bioinformatics company, announced to start offering an end-to-end solution using CRISPR-based gene editing for novel plant trait development. This partnership combines Computomics’ expertise in accurate and precise machine learning-based identification of novel gene editing targets without off-target effects, and Hudson River Biotechnology’s … Continue reading Hudson River Biotechnology Partners Up To Optimize Plant Breeding With CRISPR
On December 9th, nine early-stage agrifoodtech startups will conclude the StartLife Accelerate Fall 2021 program with an online presentation to a wide and global audience of investors, corporates, partners and other agrifood enthusiasts. It is an open event. Sign up to get a glimpse, and possibly even become involved, in the future of food! A … Continue reading Online Graduation of StartLife’s Fall 2021 Cohort
Sundew, a Dutch-Danish biotech startup focused on combating aquatic pests, diseases and invasive species, announced today the acquisition of MicroSynbiotiX in an all-share transaction. The addition of the algal RNA platform and pipeline accelerates Sundew’s commercialization. In parallel, Sundew raised 1.4 million euro in equity and convertible loan funding from The Yield Lab Europe and … Continue reading Bioventure Sundew Acquires MicroSynbiotiX And Completes €1.4M Funding
Scope Biosciences, a Wageningen University & Research spin-off and a StartLife portfolio company, announced to have raised an investment of €1M. The funding is provided by GenDx, a global leader in molecular diagnostic laboratory solutions. The proceeds will be used to speed up the development of its proprietary ScopeDx CRISPR-diagnostic platform and expand its partnerships. … Continue reading Biotech startup Scope Biosciences Attracts €1M Funding For CRISPR-diagnostic Platform
It’s widely known that startups benefit from advice and guidance by experienced entrepreneurs and professionals. Sometimes the spark between a mentor and his mentee light up to such extent that the mentor ends up being recruited by the startup. It happened to foodtech startups Cano-ela and Greencovery. When interviewing them about the change of roles, … Continue reading These Foodtech Startups Successfully Recruited Their Seasoned Mentors
Singapore-based Sophie’s Bionutrients introduced the world’s first milk alternative made from protein-rich microalgae earlier this year. With the support of StartLife, CEO and co-founder Eugene Wang now aims to shift the business to the Netherlands to tap into its plant-based protein ecosystem. Algae-based ingredients have piqued food industry interest in recent years as a sustainable, … Continue reading Microalgae Milk Pioneer Sophie’s Bionutrients Sets Ground in Wageningen
You may have developed a new harvesting technology, or an improved production method. Or maybe a synergistic combination of ingredients, or a better packaging. Filing a patent application appears the way to go, in order to add value to your company and to attract investors. But some startups first need the investors to be able … Continue reading 4 Tips To Obtain A Patent For Your Agrifood Startup At Minimum Cost
Today, Muddy Machines, a UK agtech startup, announced that they have successfully developed a prototype robotic harvester for green asparagus, which they’ve named “Sprout”. Working closely with Cobrey Farms, the largest asparagus grower in the UK, Muddy Machines company has spent the last year developing and testing their machine on-farm. Farms require a high volume … Continue reading Muddy Machines Demonstrates Green Asparagus Harvesting Robot
Wageningen-based company Plant-e was awarded a €2.5 million grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC). The grant was awarded for the further development of sensor applications that are powered by living plants. The EIC grant is the last push towards commercialization and scalability of its sensor applications. The Plant-e team reacts enthusiastically. Marjolein Helder, CEO … Continue reading Plant-E Receives €2.5M EU Grant for Development of Plant-powered Sensors
Today, food waste fighter Orbisk announced to be have received €2.4 million from the European Commission’s European Innovation Council (EIC). The company will use the funding for scaling up their business internationally and further enhancing the technology. Orbisk is one of 65 companies that have been awarded a grant from the EIC Accelerator today. The … Continue reading Orbisk Secures €2.4M In European Grant Funding
StartLife welcomes Fuji Oil Global Innovation Center Europe to Plus Ultra II, the multi-tenant complex and incubator on Wageningen Campus. It’s Fuji Oil’s first research center to open in Europe and will promote open innovation. The Fuji Oil’s Global Innovation Center Europe (GICE) will support and enhance innovation within Fuji Oil Group, with a focus … Continue reading StartLife’s New Neighbors: Fuji Oil Global Innovation Center Europe
Last week, Aria Samimi and his InsectSense team won the Topsector Horticulture Innovation Prize 2021. InsectSense received the award for its biosensor that integrates the smelling abilities of bees to detect plant diseases. The jury said: “InsectSense harnesses the incredible sense of smell by real bees for the early detection of plant diseases. The method … Continue reading InsectSense Wins Topsector Horticulture Innovation Prize 2021
StartLife proudly supports the 2021 edition of FoodTech 500, the ‘Fortune 500’ of the FoodTech sector, an initiative by Forward Fooding. Together we will uncover the most promising and positive FoodTech disruptors of 2021. AgriFoodtech companies around the world can apply till 15 November to be considered for the coveted ranking. CEO of Forward Fooding, … Continue reading StartLife Joins FoodTech 500 By Forward Fooding
Today, NIZO, a Contract Research Organization in Food and Health, and StartLife announced that they have entered into a strategic and operational partnership to support food and agtech startups shaping a sustainable food system. Thanks to a blend of accelerator expertise and facilities, the strategic partnership can help startups with both individual challenges and longer-term … Continue reading NIZO And StartLife Join Forces: Innovating Together For Better Food And Health
StartLife has selected nine new early-stage startups to join its seventh acceleration program this fall. The startups have been selected for their promising technological solutions that are designed to fix issues like food waste, pollution and decarbonization, and support sustainable food production. Almost half of the tech startups selected are co-founded by women. Globally, we … Continue reading StartLife Picks 9 Startups Building Toward Sustainable Agriculture
StartLife, Kadans Science Partner and Wageningen Campus are excited to welcome FUMI Ingredients to the startup community located in Plus Ultra II, the newest multi-tenant building on Wageningen Campus. FUMI Ingredient is moving into one of the office spaces dedicated to agrifoodtech startups. Established in 2019, with the support of StartLife, FUMI Ingredients is an … Continue reading StartLife Welcomes FUMI Ingredients To Startup Office
Future Food Fund, a Dutch seed capital fund with a focus on innovative agricultural and food technologies, announced today that they have joined forces with StartLife. The partners will utilize each other’s expertise and global network to provide innovative startups in the food and agricultural domains with the best possible growth support. The human race … Continue reading Future Food Fund and StartLife: Elevating Game-changing Agrifood Startups
StartLife alumnus Orbisk has successfully raised €1.05M seed funding for its fully automated food waste monitor for hospitality organizations. Orbisk will use the funding to further its R&D and go-to-market efforts and advance towards scale. Using artificial intelligence, Orbisk’s waste monitors automatically identify what food and how much of it is thrown away by food … Continue reading Food Waste Monitor Orbisk Raises €1.05M Seed Funding
For the fifth time in a row, Wageningen University & Research (WUR) is ranked as the best agricultural university worldwide, according to the 2021 edition of the Shanghai Ranking. In addition to the number one position in agricultural science, the WUR is ranked 2nd in geography, 3nd in food science & technology and 4nd in … Continue reading WUR Remains Best Agricultural University Worldwide
The Dutch agricultural biotech company Hudson River Biotechnology (HRB), a StartLife alumnus, has raised 5 million euro in Series A funding. The company focuses on CRISPR-based genome editing in plants. The raised investment – which consists 50% of non-dilutive funding- will be used to further develop HBR’s nanotech offering and explore market opportunities, as well … Continue reading Crop CRISPR Startup Hudson River Biotechnology Raises €5M Series A Funding
Time-travelling Milkman (TTM), a spin-off of Wageningen University & Research (WUR) and StartLife alumnus, develops creamy, healthy and sustainable fat ingredients for improving the texture and acceptability of dairy alternatives. With its technology, TTM extracts fat droplets from seeds (e.g. sunflower) to make creamy unsaturated fat ingredients. With an investment of €555.000 by Oost NL … Continue reading Time-travelling Milkman Receives €550K Investment For Plant-based Dairy Fat