Food Tech grants in the United Kingdom

Between cycles

Supports United Kingdom technology scale-up through a hybrid programme for growth firms with either raised capital or active revenue.

Between cycles

Supports Strathclyde community teams building entrepreneurial skills through a practical team challenge program.

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Supports Regional EDGE programmes for early-stage Scottish businesses across four regions via local delivery partners.

Between cycles

Funds UK founders starting or growing a young business with a government-backed personal loan and 12 months of mentoring.

Awards UK tech innovators cash prizes after free workshops and live pitching.

Between cycles

Supports women founders with a focused programme of mentorship and investor readiness for startup growth.

Between cycles

Supports scaling Scottish technology businesses with hybrid grant-loan funding and growth recognition.

Closed

Turn a public sector research asset into something a market will pay for.

Closed

Supports early-stage founders from Commonwealth countries with mentoring, masterclasses, and investor-facing acceleration.

Pays up to £5,000 to teams solving real-world problems with probabilistic computing.

Pays UK university ventures, startups and SMEs a share of £150,000 in equity-free cash prizes through a national pitching competition.

Funds early-stage water-sector innovations with staged seed funding for finalists and winners.

Awards UK-incorporated innovators up to £650,000 in total -- up to £100,000 as a Finalist, then up to £550,000 more as a Winner -- to develop and scale an innovation for the water sector in England and Wales.

Closed

Offers non-dilutive financing for United Kingdom firms to scale late-stage innovation when standard debt is unavailable.

Closed

Funds Northern Ireland businesses accessing knowledge-provider expertise through GBP 5K innovation vouchers.

Funds tech that verifies low-oxygen storage conditions so U.S. tree nut exports clear other countries' pest rules.

Pays early-stage foodtech startups a share of $2 million to scale in the UAE and beyond.

Awards up to AED 500,000 to circular-economy scale-ups through Dubai Holding.

Awards a non-dilutive CHF 100,000 cash prize to a startup driving climate resilience in agriculture.

Pays a non-dilutive CHF 100,000 to the startup with the biggest climate impact on food and ag.

Awards cash prizes, mentoring and scholarships to innovators using or conserving agrobiodiversity.

Pays at least $7,500 to startups making food processing more sustainable and efficient.

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Funds practical technologies that improve humane fish handling and slaughter outcomes.

Pays youth-led agrifood startups at least $7,500 to fight malnutrition and food insecurity.