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Fair & Resilient Food System
Location: Netherlands
Entrepreneurial academics
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
We offer a modular, zero-waste aquaponic system that recovers nutrients and energy while eliminating agricultural waste—enabling resilient food production for fish farmers, NGOs in disaster zones, and premium farm-to-table hospitality.
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Location: Germany
Technical University of Munich
ARPOSO provides edible, additive-free, water-soluble, sustainable packaging to extend the freshness of fruits and vegetables for over 30 days, addressing the food waste problem worth EUR 132 billion annually in the EU.
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Location: Spain
Newly formed company
We address the unsustainable reliance on fishmeal and unsuitable plant proteins in shrimp starter feeds by offering a fungal biomass rich in beta-carotene, benefiting hatcheries, feed producers, and sustainable aquaculture.
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Location: United Kingdom
ARU Cambridge, UK
By automating data capture, BrewAI™ enables SME in the Food Sector to capture, analyse, and reduce their energy usage and carbon footprint, providing real-time insights and actionable recommendations.
Location: Italy
University of Rome Tor Vergata
We have developed an innovative, sustainable, "no-kill" sea urchin aquaculture method called "raking". Unlike the traditional method in which the entire gonad is harvested (which involves killing the sea urchin), in the raking process it is only the eggs that are harvested, meaning the sea urchins survive and are able to spawn over several production cycles, enabling sustainable echinoculture.
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Location: Ireland
South East Technological University
We aim to reduce food waste across the supply chain using a digital freshness app.
Location: Serbia
BioSense Inistitute, University of Novi Sad
The Flag-Sense aims to advance a unique market product, a portable biosensor test suitable for the detection of low concentrations of toxic heavy metals present in different samples such as water, soil, or food.
Aspiring entrepreneurs
TU Darmstadt/Hessian.AI
GEDYTE delivers a solar-powered sensor kit and AI twin that predicts harvest, optimises irrigation, alerts diseases, automates compliance, enabling hobby and small commercial greenhouses to grow sustainably with less effort.
Location: Denmark
Our AI copilot helps agronomists and progressive farmers implement sustainable crop practices by connecting research with local conditions, balancing quality, profitability and environment.
Location: Israel
Sustainable solution for replacement of nitrogen fertilizers, crop improvement and soil bioremediation with advanced protobioreactor process-derived Nostoc commune cyanobacteria.
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Opterra.ai simplifies co-financing for resilient, future-proof agriculture. We help banks and food companies to invest together in flexible, farmer-friendly loans. This allows farmers to experiment with new practices that restore soil health and ultimately cut Scope 3 emissions, strengthen supply chains, and de-risk loan portfolios.
Dublin City University
PATHFINDER improves the efficiency of regulated food testing by providing a portable testing system.
Strathclyde University Glasgow
A rapid Listeria mono detection test providing accurate results within 4 minutes of taking an environmental swab delivering trust to the chilled food supply chain.
Enacatus Münster e.V, Reach – Euregio Start-Up Center, University Münster
Seads is developing a sustainable, seagrass seeds based food alternative that offers consumers a nutrient-rich, eco-friendly grain substitute by supporting marine biodiversity, accelerating carbon capture and reducing coastal erosion through climate-resilient farming.
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Location: Poland
We believe that we can replace ineffective tank cleaning methods in land-based aquaculture using our automated, scalable and stress-free for animals technology.
