EIT Food Innovation Prizes
Pays early-stage agrifood startups up to €10,000 at pan-European regional pitch finals.
EIT Food Innovation Prizes is an EIT Food pan-European startup competition that pays early-stage agrifood startups up to €10,000 at regional pitch finals, for disruptive products or services that can transform the food system to be healthier, more sustainable and more trusted. Across Europe, 17 separate live finals are held, each with its own EUR 15,000 prize pot split EUR 10,000 for first place a…
Backed by EIT Food, this pan-European startup competition supports disruptive agrifood start-ups whose new products or services can transform the food system to be healthier, more sustainable and more trusted. Entrants are early-stage founders across Europe pitching at one of several regional live finals.
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