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6 international startups, inspiring sessions, and countless opportunities to connect — this was RootCamp’s Open Innovation Day! One post is not enough to describe everything, but here are some highlights of the Day: 🎤 For stratups of Batch#6 in-person week is a great chance to pitch and present their ideas. During elevator pitches startups and industry experts shared their vision on the future of AgTech and bioeconomy. Great start, Nium, Veridi Technologies BV, Open Climate Solutions, Plantilizer, VCG.AI and GOENOMICS GmbH! 🎤 Erik Barzagar-nazari from K+S Group explored actionable insights for AI adoption at scale and presented the keynote: “From Idea to Reality - Implementing AI in Large Companies” . 🎤 5 Roundtables enabled deep discussions and exchanges between the respective industry experts. We are super happy with the outcome: at least 3 potential pilot projects were derived from these sessions between our Batch#6 startups and our corporate partners! Here are the main topics which were covered 1. Regenerative agriculture: Unlocking the soil microbiome potential → led by Caspar Olenhusen 2. Circular economy: Transforming secondary raw materials into value → led by Saskia S. 3. Transforming heavy industries: Leveraging existing infrastructure → led by Mario Verbeek 4. Seeds of transformation: Building new value chains with innovative crops → led by Annkathrin Wahbi 5. Open Innovation: Building the right organizational structure in corporates → led by Dr. Philipp Rittershaus This new format was a first for us, and we’re thrilled by the positive feedback from participants. It was a day full of inspiration and practical ideas with the potential to transform agriculture and the bioeconomy. Thanks our partners K+S Group and coaches Simone Poppe and Caspar Olenhusen for support. Learn more about the startups of Batch#6 in our latest article: LINK IN COMMENTS #AgTech

🚀 Let’s Talk Bio-Biotech Scale-Up Event 🚀   Today is a day I really get excited about my job at Planet B.io. Our team has been eagerly anticipating this moment, and it's finally here: the Bio-Biotech Scale-Up Event. Planet B.io is excited to organize a key event focused on one of the biotech ecosystem's most pressing challenges: *scaling up*. As we know from many conferences: the availability of scale-up facilities remains one of the biggest bottlenecks for startups striving to grow and make an impact in the biotech space. But what solutions are out there? At the botanical gardens in Delft, 4 key scale-up facilities will take the stage, sharing insights into their facilities, their processes, and—most importantly—their perspectives on how scaling up in biotech has the best chance of success. 🌍 The ability to scale innovations from the lab to commercial production is what will drive the next wave of breakthroughs, and we are here to help make that journey smoother for everyone. Join us as we dive into tackling these challenges with our biotech community and help biotech startups grow and thrive! 🌱⚙ To top it all off, we will celebrate the 10th anniversary of our partner hollandbio in their Delft edition of Hollandbio komt naar je toer. Robyn Eijlander NIZO, Martijn Bekker Wageningen University & Research, Menno Rus @PlantOneDelft, Hendrik Waegeman Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, Mickel Jansen dsm-firmenich   #Biotech #ScaleUp #Innovation #PlanetBio #Ecosystem #Facilities #Startups #biotechmakeslifebetter

🙏Thank you to anyone who has joined us and our startups at the Slush2024 for the "Futures of Food through #Biotechnology and #Bioprocessing" side event, hosted by EIT Food and VTT! Investors, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders came together to explore the future of food through biotechnology and bioprocessing and engage in discussions about food innovation. Event Highlights: 🥗💊 Marja-Liisa Meurice Pihlstrom set the stage with an inspiring message: "Food is health, and the future of food must be sustainable, resilient, and inclusive. We can’t afford to wait – the time to act is now." 🚀  Future Focus: A panel discussion on how bioprocessing is transforming food sustainability. 👥  Startup Showcase: Ten startups from the EIT Food Accelerator Network 2024 Helsinki cohort pitched their groundbreaking innovations! ✨ Featured Startups: Melt&Marble (Sweden), PFx Biotech, Lda (Portugal), Senara GmbH (Germany), New Wave Biotech (UK), Ironic Biotech (Sweden), Esencia Foods (Germany), KIDEMIS (Switzerland) 🛢🌱 EIT Food Accelerator Network alumna Nemailla Bonturi of ÄIO shared her insight: "Biotechnology gives us the tools to turn side streams into valuable resources. By transforming waste into sustainable fats and oils, we’re rethinking what’s possible in food production." 🎉 Mirva Lampinen from VTT closed the event, inspiring everyone with her call to action: "Collaboration is at the heart of progress. If we want to truly revolutionise food systems, we need to combine science, entrepreneurship, and investment to drive change together." 👏 A massive thank you to Ewa Rzeszowska and the entire EIT Food North-East team and Mirva Lampinen, Aino Piirtola and the VTT team for organising the event, for inspiring us all, and for making it such a great success. Let’s keep the momentum going and continue the conversation and collaborations to overcome challenges like regulation, scaling, and consumer adoption together! #Slush2024 #FoodSystemTransformation #startupacceleration #AgriFoodTechInnovation #ImprovingFoodTogether #EITFoodAcceleratorNetwork Ewa Rzeszowska, Mirva Lampinen, Aino Piirtola, Yulia Bodnar, Anastasia Krivoruchko, Thomas Cresswell, Ali Osman, Svenja Dannewitz Prosseda, Zoe Yu Tung Law, Eskil Åhlin, Hendrik Kaye

💰 A big win for Amsterdam-based Cradle who have have raised $73M – bringing their total funding to over $100 million. 🌱 Cradle are an AI-powered protein engineering company to design proteins for products like medicines, food ingredients, and bioplastics – blending AI, SaaS, and biotech. 🤑 With the funding – Cradle seeks to scale its tech, empower a million scientists, and foster smarter, sustainable solutions. 🌍 With the Netherlands having recently ranked #13 in the world for best-performing startup ecosystems – Cradle joins companies such as Metabolic and Flexidao who are making strides in the cleantech sector. 🔗 Read more about Cradle and their mission here: https://lnkd.in/ehvcZysC 

#FutureOptimists: Meet The Changemaker Behind Europe's Leading Innovation Hub 🚀 Introducing Nikola Baumschlager, whose journey from Silicon Valley to Munich embodies the future of food innovation. Today, she drives transformation at UnternehmerTUM - named Europe's #1 startup hub by the Financial Times - where breakthrough food technologies meet sustainable impact. 🌱 A Vision Taking Root Witnessing Beyond Meat's historic IPO in San Francisco sparked a mission that would reshape food innovation in Europe. Now at UnternehmerTUM, where 50 new ventures bloom annually, Nikola channels this Silicon Valley spirit into tangible impact as Venture Consultant for Food & AgriTech and EIT Food Accelerator Programme Lead. 💡 Catalyzing Change "The food system has only started innovating itself," Nikola shares, focusing on three revolutionary areas: • Reimagining Protein: Creating alternatives that satisfy both taste buds and environmental consciousness • Climate-Smart Solutions: Tackling the 30% of global emissions from our food system • Soil Revolution: Placing earth's foundation at the heart of AgriTech advancement 🔬 Innovation in Numbers The impact speaks volumes: €2B raised across 100 financing rounds last year alone. Behind these numbers are entrepreneurs transforming bold visions into market-ready solutions, guided by Nikola's expertise from lab concept to market launch. How Europe is building tomorrow's leading innovation hub resilient food systems and what breakthrough excites you most? #AnugaHORIZON

🏆 Huge congratulations to our 18 startups that won the 2024 EIT Food Accelerator Network Tech Validation Awards:  €50,000 AgroGrIN Tech, Esencia Foods, Noovi Ag, Pack2Earth, Primogene, €30,000 Clean Food Group, Quest Meat, CinSOIL, Senoptica Technologies, BOB FoodTech, €20,000 Pacifico Biolabs, New Wave Biotech, Elaniti, MarinaTex, Kokomodo as well as our Brazilian Tech Validation Award winners Typcal, Gran Moar and Vaca Roxa.   These brilliant startups will use the funding to run their projects to further test and accelerate their technology, thanks to access to EIT Food's dynamic network of partners, universities, research centres, facilities and equipment across Europe.    The EIT Food Accelerator Network links those who need technology and innovation, those who develop it, those who provide facilities and those who might finance and scale it. Thanks to the programme, impactful agritech and food tech startups can validate their technology, and accelerate their investment and commercial readiness to achieve the ultimate goal - successful market adoption.    As we close the 2024 programme, we also look forward to opening the 2025 call for startups in mid-November.     To join the EIT Food Accelerator Network and get notified about our next call, mark your interest today: https://lnkd.in/ddX_3fP2 #AgriFoodTechInnovation #FoodSystemTransformation #StartupAcceleration

Protiberia is proud to be part of the Hungry EcoCities initiative, alongside 10 other innovative startups! Together, we are committed to building a more sustainable and resilient food system. As part of this project, we will collaborate to develop AI-driven, creative solutions for the agri-food sector. This EU-funded initiative aims to transform the future of food production and consumption by merging technology, art, and sustainability. We are excited to contribute our expertise and work towards a greener and smarter food chain. MORE ABOUT HUNGRY ECOCITIES: Starts.eu/hungryecocities STARTS This project is developed as part of the Hungry EcoCities S+T+ARTS Residency which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101069990. #startseu #hungryecocities #healthyfood #artandscience #foodsystem #arttech #creativetechnology #foodconsumption #ai #artificialintelligence #healthyfood

Carbon Capture & utilization FOR FOOD Today is the meetup day where together with Lesaffre we invited 50 experts from all over the world to co-construct projects and imagine new sustainable innovations to invent new food for tomorrow. Researchers, startups, industrial companies, and other types of innovation actors, public, private and non profit discuss the entire technical value chain as well as economic, social and environmental aspects. To solve complex problems with intricate issues on all these subjects, diversity of skills is key. #CCU #Sustainable #SDGs #TFOCCUFF #OpenInnovation

Sharing and discussing successful #decarbonization experiences was the goal of a workshop held in São Paulo on September 18 by Bayer, a major global healthcare and agriculture organization. And CINE was one of the guests! The director of our center, Professor Ana Flavia Nogueira (Unicamp), participated in a panel at the event dedicated to discussing partnerships between companies and academia, startups, and associations. She shared CINE's experience as a driver of innovation in decarbonization. Among the participants were representatives from several companies and startups, Unicamp, and the American Chamber of Commerce for Brazil (Amcham), among other entities. Starting with the presentation of success stories, the discussion involved the role of #OpenInnovation as a key to accelerating decarbonization in companies, with partnerships with startups and academic institutions being essential in the process. As we already know, collaboration between all sectors is essential to build a more sustainable world! #renewableenergy #energytransition #brazilianscience

Meet the strength of INRAE's labs in #biotechnology, precision #fermentation, #food innovation and support to #startups at New Food Paradigm. Carnot 3BCAR, Carnot Qualiment, INRAE Département TRANSFORM, INRAE Innovation, Le Réseau des Carnot