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⌛️ Last chance to take part in the FoodTech World Cup Here at FoodHack we're teaming up with Givaudan and Nestlé Research & Development Lausanne to spotlight the brightest startups in Food for Health. We're hosting regional demo days with investors for startups based in: Europe / MENA / Sub-Saharan Africa / APAC / Latin America / North America With the grand final taking place in Lausanne at a HackSummit Side Event. Put your startup on the global stage if you're working on 💪 Strengthening Immunity 🧠 Targeting Gut and Well-Being ⚖️ Helping with Weight Management ⚡️ Enhancing Physical and Mental Energy 🍭 Improving Balanced Blood Sugar Levels 👵 Supporting Healthier Ageing Through Nutrition Applications close Monday. Enter today: https://lnkd.in/dYQPYSqR

Final Call: Enter the FoodTech World Cup Today is the last day to enter your startup into the FoodTech World Cup Together with Givaudan - Taste & Wellbeing and Nestlé Research & Development Lausanne, we're hosting the ultimate tournament to showcase the world’s best startups in nutrition. And have enlisted a stellar jury from their teams as well as renowned investors from around the world. Next up: We'll be shortlisting 40 startups to pitch in a regional Demo Day to these investors and innovation leaders, let's make sure you're in the mix. Europe 🌍 Andreea Lang, Givaudan Abel ROSSIGNOL, Thia Ventures Manuella Cunha Brito, Mudcake Philipp Kozin, Scientific Foresight Expert Nora Schneider, Nestlé Research & Development North America 🌎 Sarah Al Sayadi, Givaudan Andrew D Ive, Big Idea Ventures Dan Altschuler, Unovis Asset Management Mar Serra, Nestle Research and Development Sub-Saharan Africa 🌍 Andrew Meredith, Givaudan Maxime Bayen, Catalyst Fund María Eugenia Barcos, Nestlé Research & Development APAC 🌏 Ai Mey Chuah, Givaudan Michal Klar, Better Bite Ventures Sonalie Figueiras, Green Queen Media Mar Serra, Nestlé Research & Development MENA 🌍 Hadar Sutovsky, ICL Group Gil Horsky🎗️, FLORA Ventures Olga Bezukladova, Givaudan Taraka Meruva, Nestlé Research & Development LatAm 🌎 Flávia Angella, Givaudan Camila Petignat, The Yield Lab LATAM María Eugenia Barcos, Nestlé Research & Development Apply Today: https://lnkd.in/dYQPYSqR

[PARTNER ANNOUNCEMENT] Last chance to apply to the 2025 FoodTech World Cup  🏆 A global tournament to spotlight the world’s best startups in food for health. Calling early-stage startups who are working on: 💪 Strengthening Immunity ⚖️ Helping with Weight Management 🧠 Targeting Gut and Health Connections ⚡️ Enhancing Physical and Mental Energy 🍭 Improving Balanced Blood Sugar Levels 👵 Supporting Healthier Ageing Through Nutrition Ahead of the HackSummit, 40 shortlisted startups will compete in a virtual regional Demo Day to top-tier investors. The most promising solutions will be invited to pitch in the final at a Side Event of the HackSummit in Lausanne, Switzerland. Where a winner will be crowned. Are you game? Givaudan Nestlé Research & Development and FoodHack are teaming up to put the most impactful startups in food for health in the spotlight… Let's make sure you're in the mix. Apply by March 24: https://lnkd.in/dYQPYSqR 

Alô, alô FoodTechs, Healthtech ad Biotechs LATAM, Você tem até dia 23 de março para se inscrever para participar da FoodTech World Cup 2025 🏆 Um torneio global para destacar as melhores startups do mundo em alimentos para a saúde e bem-estar, promovido pela FoodHack nos unindo à Givaudan - Taste & Wellbeing e à Nestlé Research & Development Lausanne. Se trabalha em uma startup early stage em: 💪 Fortalecimento da imunidade 🧠 Visando o intestino e o bem-estar ⚖️ Gestão e controle de peso ⚡️ Melhorando a energia física e mental 🍭 Melhorando os níveis equilibrados de açúcar no sangue 👵 Apoiando o envelhecimento mais saudável por meio da nutrição Benefícios: 🚀 40 startups selecionadas competirão em um Demo Day virtual regional para investidores de primeira linha. 🚀 As soluções mais promissoras convidadas para a final em um evento paralelo do HackSummit em Lausanne, Suíça. Se inscreva agora 🔗 👇 https://lnkd.in/dJsePW_r #FoodtechWorldCup #FoodHack #LATAM #Foodtech #NutritionHealthWellness

Today's To-do: Enter the FoodTech World Cup ✔️ It's the last day to enter your startup into the FoodTech World Cup Together with Givaudan - Taste & Wellbeing and Nestlé Research & Development Lausanne, we're hosting the ultimate tournament to showcase the world’s best startups in nutrition. And have enlisted a stellar jury from their teams as well as renowned investors from around the world. Next up: We'll be shortlisting 40 startups to pitch in a regional Demo Day to these investors and innovation leaders, let's make sure you're in the mix. Are you a startup working on (or do you know someone who is?) We're looking to hear from early-stage startups working on: 💪 Strengthening Immunity 🧠 Targeting Gut and Well-Being ⚖️ Helping with Weight Management ⚡️ Enhancing Physical and Mental Energy 🍭 Improving Balanced Blood Sugar Levels 👵 Supporting Healthier Ageing Through Nutrition 24 hours to apply: https://lnkd.in/dYQPYSqR

This week in FoodTech... 📈 Chobani is investing $500 million to expand its Idaho facility by 500,000 square feet, 🦄 A map of the 55 FoodTech unicorns in 2025 by DigitalFoodLab 🌾 3Degrees Group, Inc. launched the Low Carbon Fertilizer Alliance, backed by Mars and CF Industries 💵 Bread and Butter Ventures closed its Fund IV at $40 million 🚀 Ignite20 Ventures is launching a $7 million venture fund and accelerator to support 20 early-stage CPG startups annually 🐟️ Hooked Foods raised SEK 8.4 million to support new plant-based product launches 🌱 Elaniti secured funding to advance its AI- and DNA-powered soil microbiome intelligence tool + funding for GrubMarket Inc., GoodSAM, PBC, Catchwise, AuraLIP Low Impact Protein 🌎🍀 Murdoch University 🥔 PoLoPo has successfully completed a field trial yielding five tons of protein-producing potatoes 🧈 Savor launched a butter made from carbon as a sustainable alternative to palm oil and conventional fats ☀️ Solar Foods began commercialising its air-grown Solein protein in the US ⚖️ NotCo unveiled a GLP-1 Booster that uses food as a natural alternative to Ozempic 🤝 Eat Just, Inc. GOOD Meat have settled a legal dispute with bioreactor supplier ABEC, agreeing to pay $4.4 million 🍬 TopGum Industries  launched Gummiotics, a functional gummy supplement 🧫 S. Korea’s Korean Muslim Federation has issued a fatwa recognising that cultivated meat can be Halal if it meets specific requirements, with startup Simple Planet now pursuing certification. 🍖 Proteine Resources has developed the ‘world’s first’ scalable beef analog for pets that matches real beef’s nutritional profile 1:1 🍖 Juicy Marbles debuted "Pork-ish”, the first whole-cut plant-based pork 🍄 The Better Meat Co. secured a deal with a major South American meat company for its Rhiza mycoprotein in blended meat applications 🌱 BENEXIA® launched Seeds of Wellness Chia Milk, which it claims is the first plant-based milk made from whole chia seeds 🤝 Better Nature is launching an enhanced Organic Tempeh with higher protein and gut-friendly benefits at major UK retailers 🚀 McVitie’s owner pladis Global is launching an Accelerator Programme to support food tech, health, and sustainability startups 💰️ Vivera is acquiring The Vegetarian Butcher from Unilever 👋 Join us at a FoodHack Meetup in FoodHack Copenhagen, Amsterdam, FoodHack Berlin, FoodHack Lisbon, New York City, Tel Aviv 🍍 Spot the difference: Wild vs cultivated pineapples - Simon Maechling 🥚 Mapping 23 players on chicken egg replacements - Dennis Favier 📊 The FoodTech 2024 VC Trends Report is now live - Alex L. Frederick 🔝 Apeel, ProducePay, Nature's Fynd, Plantible and Heura Foods come out on top in the Forward Fooding FoodTech 500 🧀 Enter the Lidl x ProVeg Incubator Cheese Alternative Innovation Competition to experience working with a major retailer. ⏰ Applications Close Monday for the FoodTech World Cup to showcase the brightest startups in Food for Health

NYC - here we are again! Come hear the top foodtech investors in NYC. Erel N. Margalit Stu Strumwasser Anna Whiteman + bonus: the FoodHack NYC team. Thanks Eden Margalit for the giving us the most beautiful space within the city. Registration in the 1st comment.

🌎 Are you addressing Food for Health and based in Latin America? Ahead of this year's HackSummit, FoodHack, Givaudan and Nestlé Research & Development Lausanne have launched the FoodTech World Cup uncover the most impactful AgriFoodTech startups in Nutrition. Enter today to pitch to our Regional Jury for Latin America in the Semi Finals: . Flávia Angella at Givaudan . Camila Petignat at The Yield Lab LATAM . María Eugenia Barcos at Nestlé Research & Development We're looking to hear from early-stage startups working on: 💪 Strengthening Immunity 🧠 Targeting Gut and Well-Being ⚖️ Helping with Weight Management ⚡️ Enhancing Physical and Mental Energy 🍭 Improving Balanced Blood Sugar Levels 👵 Supporting Healthier Ageing Through Nutrition Apply today: https://lnkd.in/dYQPYSqR

Just over two weeks to go until FoodHack Berlin's spring meetup at Wholey. In case you missed it, we will be jumping into discussions on how we can "decarbonise the food system" and have invited 9 innovators to pitch their solutions to you. 💡 Two more of these pitchers are: Jessica Böhme, PhD - 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗩𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗛𝗠 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 Jessica Böhme is professor and academic director for Vegan Food Management at the FHM Berlin as well as the founder and director of the Institute for Practical ekoPhilosophy. Her passion is to empower action towards more regenerative futures by living a philosophical life. Dr. Tavseef Mairaj Shah - 𝗖𝗢𝗢 & 𝗖𝗼-𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿, 𝗖𝗶𝗻𝗦𝗢𝗜𝗟 𝗚𝗺𝗯𝗛 Tavseef is one of the three co-founders of CinSOIL. He is an environmental engineer by training and has ten years of experience in environmental and agroecological research. During his research, Tavseef realised that financing and decision support remain the biggest gaps that hinder an equitable transformation of agrifood systems. With the goal of transforming agrifood systems in mind, he co-founded CinSOIL with the aim of harnessing soil carbon sequestration to decarbonise agrifood value chains and incentivising the transition to regenerative agriculture for farmers. Want to spar with Dr. Shah or Jessica? Connect with them in advance and secure your seat here: https://lu.ma/p9s3fm0u #foodtech #foodhack #agtech #sustainability #farming #berlin #networking #startup #climatetech #futureoffood

🌏 Calling Nutrition-Focused Startups in Asia Pacific Ahead of this year's HackSummit, FoodHack, Givaudan and Nestlé Research & Development Lausanne have launched the FoodTech World Cup uncover the most impactful AgriFoodTech startups in Nutrition. Enter today to pitch to our Regional Jury for Asia-Pacific in the Semi Finals: Ai Mey Chuah at Givaudan Michal Klar at Better Bite Ventures Sonalie Figueiras at Green Queen Media Mar Serra, at Nestlé Research & Development We're looking to hear from early-stage startups across Asia-Pacific working on: 💪 Strengthening Immunity 🧠 Targeting Gut and Well-Being ⚖️ Helping with Weight Management ⚡️ Enhancing Physical and Mental Energy 🍭 Improving Balanced Blood Sugar Levels 👵 Supporting Healthier Ageing Through Nutrition Apply today: https://lnkd.in/dYQPYSqR