Designed for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs
Are you a startup from Europe developing tech solutions in the Food or Bioeconomy fields?
Secure growth, investment and exchange international contacts by working together with peers and active investors in our online collaborative programme. The programme includes online academy sessions on the 7 -8th October 2020, keynote and discussion session on 19th October 2020 (online) and a one-day event that would take place on 20th October 2020 online.
Are you ready to show up and make a difference?
Admission
How can I join?
You need to register, submit your online application and an up-to-date presentation, and be chosen by a Selection Committee of active investors.
Registration is open until the 07 September!
Is this for me?
Are you an early stage startup looking for companies in development stage in one of the following subsectors:
- Agri & Biotech
- Food products and Nutrition
- Ingredients & Proteins
- Bioenergy
- Biopharma & Biochemistry
- Waste Management & Circular Economy
This programme is for companies that want to refine their strategies, secure investment, ones that have liquidity problems as well as those looking for new opportunities and approaches. It will challenge you to transform your technology into solutions that will make our society healthier, happier, and more sustainable.
Please contact Daniela Krasteva at dkrasteva@techtour.com for more information.
You need to be
- A company in development stage
- Close to market introduction
- Ready for market introduction
- Ready for scaling
- Eager to commit to learning, improving and collaborating with your peers and investors
Timeline
The programme consists of online academy sessions two weeks prior to the event, Networking Evening and Discussion on 19 October 2020 and 1-day event on 20 October 2020.
The programme and all sessions are divided into 4 main areas of focus. Below is an indicative table to show what we are going to address in each area.
Bear in mind that these are the main areas of focus but during each there will be a mixture of the types of sessions and the areas they address.
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Selection
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Strategies
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Relationships
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Recognition
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Focuses on self-assessment done by you, and selection, and reviews by the investors. Only the top startups are approved.
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Helps face your trials and tribulations through a series of collaboration and challenge sessions, a dry run, and a pitching session.
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Concentrated on building the right strategic partnerships in and outside Europe as well as includes a live event
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The last area is about sharing your story and impact with the world.
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Investors
Torsten Arendrup
Startup Mentor
Coop Garage amba
(Denmark)
Hector Barbarin
CNTA
(Spain)
Gyda Bay
COO
Food Innovation House
(Denmark)
Faouzi Bekkaoui
INRA Morocco
(Morocco)
Alexandre Biau
UNIGRAINS
(France)
Christian Brink
CEO & Private Investor
Brink
(Denmark)
Jens Busse
Investment Manager
Evonik Venture Capital
(Germany)
Roop Chandwani
CEO
Mazards
(United Kingdom)
Pedro de Álava Horcajo
Managing director (Valencia Office) & Fund Manager
CLAVE CAPITAL
(Spain)
Mark Durno
Managing Partner AgriFood
Rockstart
(Netherlands)
Jakob Fuhr Hansen
Partner
Nordic Alpha Partners
(Denmark)
Gitte Graverholt
Founder
GitteG StartUp
(Denmark)
Otto Bjerg Hausgaard
Investment Manager, Early Engagement
Vaekstfonden
(Denmark)
Lars Horsholt Jensen
Head of Projects and Innovation
Food and Bio Cluster Denmark
(Denmark)
Petri Laine
Managing Partner
Innovestor Ventures
(Finland)
Francesco Leone
Coach, Copilot and Fundraiser
Start up Business Copilot
(Italy)
Jacob Mogensen
Innovation Manager
Food and Bio Cluster Denmark
(Denmark)
Michael Jean Nettersheim
General Partner
European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF)
(Germany)
Klaus Astrup Nielsen
Director of Strategy and Innovation, with focus on Bio Economy
Hedeselskabet
(Denmark)
Steen Palle
Investment Manager
Borean Innovation A/S
(Denmark)
Irene Paredes Diaz
Innovarum
(Spain)
Adriana Piccitto
Senior Investment Analyst at Indaco Venture Partners SGR
Indaco Venture Partners SGR S.p.A.
(Italy)
Mikkel Ploug
Greenwise Invest
(Greenland)
Eric-Alan Rapp
Partner
Vaekstfonden
(Denmark)
Mark Redshaw
Investment Director
Evonik Venture Capital
(Germany)
Lauri Reuter
Partner
Nordic FoodTech VC
(Finland)
Louise Rørbæk Heiberg
Senior Investment Manager
PINC
(Sweden)
Christian Brix Tillegreen
Senior Officer, Business Development
BioInnovation Institute
(Denmark)
Ole Trudslev
CEO
Investor Hub Viborg
(Denmark)
Mikkel Trym
Expert
Climate-KIC Nordic
(Denmark)
Kostis Tselenis
Managing Partner
swiss impact office
(Switzerland)
Kathrine Vejgaard Stage
Site Manager at Agro Food Park Incubator & Enterprise Europe Network Project Manager
Food and Bio Cluster Denmark
(Denmark)
Lars Visbech Sørensen
CEO
Food and Bio Cluster Denmark
(Denmark)
Joost Waeterloos
European Technology Scouting Leader
Dow
(Belgium)
Aleksey Yerpylov
Project Manager
United Metallurgical Company (AO OMK)
(Russian Federation)
Co-Hosts
Sponsors
Supporting partners
Ready to start?
Apply now.
