Food Accelerator Network (FAN)
Offers EIT Food's Food Accelerator Network for agrifood startups across Europe to validate and prepare market-ready products.
The Food Accelerator Network (FAN) is EIT Food's flagship pre-Series A accelerator, running September to November 2026 across six European university hubs. Each hub focuses on a distinct agrifood innovation theme: water-smart agrifood at ISOLA (Catania), circular food systems at the University of Helsinki, smart supply chains at Technical University of Munich, biotech ingredients at ShakeUp Factor…
Agrifood startups at TRL 4–8 working on water-smart agriculture, circular food systems, smart supply chains, biotech ingredients, digital farming, or resilient agriculture across six European university hubs.
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