Food Tech grants
Explore grants for food tech companies. This directory brings together funding for alternative proteins, fermentation, food safety and traceability, nutrition science and sustainable processing, from agriculture and health agencies, innovation programs and food-industry challenges.
Showing 265-288 of 1,011 grants
Product Commercialization Program Fund
🇮🇳BIRAC · India
Funds Indian biotech startups commercializing validated products through PCP Fund grants.
Raising citizen awareness on alternative proteins derived from biotechnology
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays one consortium to run a public-education and communication campaign on biotech-derived alternative proteins such as precision-fermentation foods.
Reducing pollution from the food and drink industries
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds R&D that helps food and drink manufacturers measure and cut the pollution their processes release into air, water and soil.
Research and innovation for food waste prevention and reduction at household level through measurement, monitoring and new technologies
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds R&D of new tools and methods to measure and cut food waste inside EU households.
Ripple Effects and Value Creation Analysis
FHF · Norway
Supports seafood value analysis by evaluating how fisheries and aquaculture investments shape regional economic outcomes.
Robotic By-product Sorting from White Fish
FHF · Norway
Supports seafood processors with robotic sorting solutions that automate white fish by-product handling and improve processing efficiency.
Scaling-up nutritional proteins from alternative sources
🇪🇺CBE JU · European Union
Funds scale-up of protein extraction or production processes from alternative sources like plants, fungi, microorganisms or fermentation, aimed at food use.
Semilla Expande para Empresas Lideradas por Mujeres
🇨🇱CORFO · Chile
Supports women-led Chilean companies with staged expansion financing to strengthen market-ready products after first sales.
Semilla Inicia para Empresas Lideradas por Mujeres
🇨🇱CORFO · Chile
Provides Semilla Inicia para Empresas Lideradas por Mujeres for practical innovation and measurable results.
Space for a Wasteless Food Supply Chain
🇧🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Pays 75% (up to €60K) for satellite-based food-waste-reduction services.
Startup Agri-Business Incubation Program (SABIP)
🇮🇳IEF of CCS NIAM · India
Offers agribusiness startups up to INR 25 lakh in grant-in-aid through incubation.
Startup India Seed Fund Scheme
🇮🇳GoI · India
Funds DPIIT-recognized Indian startups developing technology products through incubator-disbursed seed support.
Startup Innovation Awards
WFF · Global / Multinational
Awards at least $7,500 per category, plus a $10,000 bonus for the top agrifood startup.
Strengthening the Canadian Supply Chain Program
🇨🇦PIC · Canada
Funds Canadian food manufacturers and processors through Protein Industries Canada co-investment to reformulate or scale up products using domestic plant-protein ingredients.
Sustainable and healthy diets based on health status and socio-economic risk factors of ageing population
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds one consortium to build dietary guidance and easy-to-chew, nutrient-enriched food recommendations for older Europeans at risk of malnutrition.
Sustainable Antioxidants for Seafood By-product Silage
FHF · Norway
Supports sustainable seafood by-product valorisation through research into antioxidant formulations for silage production and product stability.
Sustainable macroalgae systems for innovative, added-value applications: cultivation and optimised production systems
🇪🇺CBE JU · European Union
Funds companies scaling up sustainable macroalgae cultivation and turning the harvest into new bio-based food, feed or industrial products.
TAQADAM Accelerator — Cohort 10
🇸🇦KAUST · Saudi Arabia
Supports Saudi Arabia startups in a structured accelerator pathway with mentoring, networking, and market-readiness development.
TIQ Market Accelerator Program
🇦🇺QLD Government · Australia
Supports Queensland small businesses entering export markets through matched assistance for trade missions and international promotion.
World Agri-Foodtech Startup Challenge
🇦🇪Gulfood · United Arab Emirates
Awards a share of a $135,000 prize pool to agri-foodtech startups pitching at Gulfood.
Zepto Nova - Food Safety Innovation Challenge
🇮🇳Zepto · India
Pays Indian DPIIT-recognized startups and MSMEs up to ₹3 lakh, plus pilot access to Zepto's dark stores, for AI-driven food safety solutions in the quick commerce supply chain.
Agricultural Science and Technology Achievement Demonstration Projects
🇨🇳GDSTC · China
Funds Guangdong agricultural innovators demonstrating applied farming technologies through provincial project grants.
Alternative Protein R&D RFP
Coefficient · United States
Funds global R&D teams developing alternative protein ingredients and food-science methods through Coefficient Giving grant awards.
Foundational Economy Innovation Fund Scale Up Phase
GMCA · United Kingdom
Funds FEIF testing grantees scaling everyday-economy innovation projects through follow-on grants.