Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley

Missed our State of Play event on cultured foods earlier this month? Now’s your chance to join the conversation and explore the future of sustainable protein innovation - wherever you are in the world. 🌍 Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley’s Impact Forum is back with a one-hour online session that builds on the discussions from our State of Play 2.0. This time, we’re diving into the critical topic of sustainable protein: a cornerstone of nutrition and a key challenge for sustainable food systems. With the global population projected to reach 10 billion by 2050, scaling innovative protein solutions is essential to meeting both demand and climate targets. Led by our CEO, Christina Senn-Jakobsen, the session will feature insights from Yannick Gächter, CEO, The Cultured Hub and Carlotte Lucas, Head of Industry, The Good Food Institute Europe. Hear about the latest trends, exchange ideas in a quick-fire Q&A, and discover how Swiss and global innovators are shaping the future of protein. Don’t miss this chance to connect, learn, and collaborate - RSVP now to join us for free: https://lnkd.in/eDPqnsWQ #impactforum #culturedfood #Switzerland

Who’s responsible for transforming our food systems? Governments, companies, schools, or citizens? 🤔 In her latest opinion piece, our CEO Christina Senn-Jakobsen explores how empowering citizens is critical to driving food system transformation. While systemic innovation is essential, it’s the everyday decisions we make - driven by taste, price, and convenience - that ultimately shape the future. To make sustainable choices the norm, we need aligned policies, appealing innovations, and accessible options across the food ecosystem. Here are some of Christina’s key insights: 🌱 Policy alignment matters: Government subsidies and policies can directly influence sustainable food production and affordability. 🛒 Retailers hold power: Smart choice architecture - like placing sustainable options front and center - can nudge citizens toward better decisions. 👩🍳 Food service is crucial: Institutions and restaurants can introduce citizens to healthier, sustainable options in familiar settings. 🍴 Focus on the essentials: To empower change, sustainable options must be tasty, affordable, and convenient. Check out her full article here: https://lnkd.in/eHyiycmY It’s time to align incentives, rethink choices, and make sustainability irresistible. What can you - as both an individual and a professional - do in 2025 to bring us closer to where we need to be? #foodsystemtransformation #citizens #Switzerland ALDI SUISSE AG ZFV-Unternehmungen

Change is coming to our food systems. Are you ready for what’s next? 2024 was an exciting year for the Swiss food ecosystem. But we know there's lots more in store... From startup innovations on retail shelves to food service providers showcasing just how delicious healthy and sustainable options can be, the stage is set for a transformative 2025 🤩 Thanks to each and every one of you who teamed up with us this year - from Valley partners who drove forward ecosystem projects to Friends of the Valley who provided inspiration from across the globe 🙏 We look forward to reconnecting in January. Until then, the Valley team wishes you very happy holidays!🎄

The Igeho Rising Star Award is back - and this time it's zooming in on FoodTech innovations 🏆💡 🍽 The hospitality sector plays a vital role in driving food sector transformation. So we're thrilled team up with Igeho - Internationale Plattform für Hotellerie, Gastronomie, Take-away und Care - a leading Swiss platform for hospitality innovation - to power the Igeho Rising Star Award 2025. This year the competition will be inviting applications from start-ups and founders with innovative solutions in: ✅ food science ✅ food service ✅ consumer tech ✅ food delivery ✅ supply chain 15 top startups will have the chance to showcase their solutions in the new Food Tech Area and compete to bag a cash prize and prime media exposure 💰🎤 Read the full story and apply here by 31 January 2025: https://lnkd.in/davCjWjp #Startups #Foodservice #foodtech #innovation #Switzerland Benedikt Nerlich Marinna S. EggField

The Q4 edition of our quarterly newsletter just landed 📩 Check it out to discover... 🏆 highlights from Switzerland’s food innovation ecosystem in 2024 🌱 the big ideas driving small, impactful choices 🚀 key events you won’t want to miss Sign up to receive the latest edition today - and stay ahead of the food innovation curve in 2025: https://lnkd.in/eZ4AmSQA #FoodInnovation #Switzerland #news #events sallea UMAMI B'ZEOS The Cultured Hub Givaudan - Taste & Wellbeing ALDI SUISSE AG Bühler Group New Roots AG FoodYoung Voltiris

How do you shape the future of food? Start by asking Gen Z. 💡 Valley partner Givaudan - Taste & Wellbeing is taking a bold step to engage the next generation in transforming food as we know it. Partnering with Moonshot Pirates, they’ve launched the 'Shape the Future' Challenge. 🤝 This is a global initiative inviting Gen Z innovators to design alternative proteins that go beyond mimicking meat, fish, or dairy with the goal to create affordable, nutritious, and sustainable solutions for the future of food. The response has been huge. Over 1,000 Gen Z participants, aged 15-24, have stepped up to share their vision for revolutionary protein concepts. Givaudan is taking it a step further by providing mentorship and access to its global innovation ecosystem, ensuring their ideas are nurtured and refined into real-world solutions 👏 The finalists will present their innovations to a jury of experts in January 2025, with winners getting the opportunity to visit MISTA in San Francisco. This collaboration highlights the power of bridging generations to build a more sustainable, inclusive food system. Find out more and vote for your favourite solution from 14-18 December: https://lnkd.in/eu_HWEC9 #Sustainability #FoodInnovation #GenZ #AlternativeProteins Flavio Garofalo Aneta Londa Fabio Campanile

Meet 6 Swiss food, beverage and nutrition startups looking for investment to scale 👇💰🚀 Would you like to get to know them a bit better? Sign up to for the SFNV Quarterly Deal Flow to check out their pitch decks: https://lnkd.in/ekcvP_Ad 📩 Would you like to be featured in our next edition? 👉 Valley partners can get in touch with Katarzyna (Kash) Winek, MBA] or sign up here: https://lnkd.in/ez3ATY3z #Switzerland #foodinnovation #funding #investment NeoCarbons FrugalTec LocalFish AG genknowme Sundays Beverage AG Sascha Rohner Jean-Louis Roux dit Buisson Dr. MBA Neena Gupta-Biener Thomas Adler Semira G.Sébastien Nusslé Katy Lee Jennifer Kedinger

What if greenhouses could grow your crops AND generate clean energy? 🌱 🇨🇭Swiss startup Voltiris is making it happen. Using spectral filtering, Voltiris’s tech splits sunlight into what plants need and what they don’t ☀️ The result? Crops soak up the light they need for growth, while the unused wavelengths power high-efficiency solar cells to generate renewable energy right inside the greenhouse. With energy costs spiraling, this tech isn’t just clever, it’s essential. 🎤 CEO Nicolas Weber says Voltiris doesn’t just electrify greenhouses - it boosts plant health by removing light that stresses crops, creating better growing conditions and cutting costs in the process: “By filtering light, we remove specific wavelengths that usually harm or stress crops. This improves the greenhouse climate significantly, getting growers very excited”. From tomatoes in the Netherlands to peppers in Switzerland, Voltiris is scaling up fast. Their mission? Turn every greenhouse into a carbon-free production powerhouse. Less fossil fuel, more food, and smarter tech to bridge the gap 🙌. Dive deeper in this fabulous AgFunder News article by Jennifer Marston here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eRfEZih3 #Swissstartups #Sustainability #CleanEnergy Dominik Blaser Jonas Roch

Yesterday we teamed up with The Cultured Hub to bring together experts and industry to discuss how we can accelerate cultured food to market 🚀 In just six hours, we… 🇨🇭 explored Switzerland’s vision in this space 👩⚖️ got our heads around the latest legal developments 🌍 gained insight into the global trends shaping the industry 🛒 unpicked the role of the consumer 💡 got inspired by Swiss innovators' stories 😋 reminded ourselves that ultimately the success of cultured foods will come down to the taste experience. Couldn't make it this time? Check out this great Cultivated X article 👉 https://lnkd.in/eZnksdK4 (Thank you Emma Clarkson 🌱 and vegconomist - the vegan business magazine 🙏) ...and once again a final big THANK YOU to our amazing speakers: Yannick Gächter, Ralph Langholz, Illtud Llyr Dunsford, Christine Schäfer, Carlotte Lucas, Simona F. and Ira van Eelen and all attendees for joining us! 🙏🙏🙏 Still hungry for more? Sign up to our quarterly newsletter to receive a copy of the full event report in the next two weeks: https://lnkd.in/eZ4AmSQA #Culturedfood #cultivatedfood #scaleup #biotech #Switzerland Marie-France Watson, CED, DES Christina Senn-Jakobsen Maëlle Bydlon Franziska Legoupil Lewys Thomas Katarzyna (Kash) Winek, MBA Laura Robinson

Cultured food innovators: we’re ready for you! 🇨🇭 Today we’re teaming up with The Cultured Hub to co-host an event to explore the state of the cultured foods industry. State of Play: Cultured Foods 2.0 will bring together Swiss and international experts to discuss how to collaborate to capitalise on opportunities for growth. We’re very much looking forward to hearing from Yannick Gächter, Ralph Langholz, Illtud Llyr Dunsford, Christine Schäfer, Carlotte Lucas, Simona F. and Ira van Eelen - as well as chatting and exchanging with all event participants who are arriving...right now! More to follow tomorrow - watch this space! 👀 #Culturedfood #cultivatedfood #scaleup #biotech #Switzerland