Europe's top Startup Accelerator in #AgriFoodTech. Boosting sustainable #FoodTech & #AgriTech innovation since 2010.

Joined May 2012
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๐Ÿค” Are you a Content Creator who can help strengthen StartLife's brand? We're looking for you if you can: ๐Ÿ“ฑ Create scroll-stopping social media posts. ๐Ÿ’ป Craft blog posts optimized for search engines. ๐Ÿ“จ Compose engaging newsletters. And much more!
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Check out for the vacancy for the full details and to apply now. ๐Ÿ‘‡ jobs.start-life.nl/job/conteโ€ฆ

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Congratulations to FOTONIQ for closing its investment round to provide high-tech greenhouses the first sustainable horticulture spray coating, PAR .
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FOTONIQ, a spinoff company of PHYSEE (StartLife alumnus), has closed its latest investment round, led by Navus Ventures B.V. and Icos Capital (StartLife Investor Partner), and includes participation from existing shareholders, Phase2.earth and EG Wernink.

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๐Ÿ˜€ We wish the team all the best in rolling out their coating and attracting more customers!
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Great opportunity for AgriFood startups๐Ÿ‘‡
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One of our 'Next Heroes in Food & Agtech 2024' will also go home with the Feike Sijbesma Sustainable Innovation Award - including a โ‚ฌ25,000 grant. Named in honor of sustainability champion and former DSM CEO Feike Sijbesma. fanext.com/startups/ #DSM #FANext2024 #food #agtech
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It was a pleasure to welcome an Indonesian delegation to the Wageningen University campus and StartLife on Tuesday. ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ 1/4
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After a welcome from Wageningen University & Research, delegates met Aria Samimi of InsectSense, StartLife Accelerate Spring 2022 alumnus, who discussed the benefits of being based in Wageningen and the role of the FoodValley ecosytem in the growth of AgriFoodTech startups. 3/4
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StartLife's Program Director Loet Rummenie dove deeper into the role of the ecosystem in stimulating sustainable innovation in the food system and how StartLife plays a role in helping innovative AgriFoodTech startups make meaningful impact on our food system. 4/4
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StartLife alumnus Verdify successfully raises โ‚ฌ2.4 million in funding to scale its personalized nutrition innovation for fostering human and planetary health. We're proud to see Verdify's growth flourish since the start. Keep it up! ๐Ÿ“ฐ Full news ๐Ÿ‘‡ start-life.nl/verdify-raisesโ€ฆ
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๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐…๐จ๐จ๐ & ๐€๐ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก are ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง Is your startup making big changes in food and agriculture? F&A Next is offering 10 amazing AgriFoodTech startups a unique chance to shine on stage at the summit.
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Start your application now ๐Ÿ‘‡ fanext.com/startups/ Please note the application deadline of 29 February 23:59 (CET).
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๐Ÿค”Are you already registered for our first community workshop of the year? Our first workshop is Navigating Cap Tables and Closing Deals with Confidence with Bastiaan de Wit and Ralph Winkelmolen of Zebra Legal B.V. ๐Ÿ“… Wednesday 14 February โŒš 15:30-17:00 Registration link๐Ÿ‘‡
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What business model makes sense for cultivated meat when scaling? Particularly when funding from venture capital isn't guaranteed. The answer lies in collaboration with other stakeholders, particularly larger food companies, according to Mihir Pershad, CEO of Umami Bioworks.
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โ€œOur view is that startups cannot be in the capex business. Instead, we need to figure out where we can tap into expertise, capital and muscle from existing industry and use that to help us scale however we can.โ€
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Dive more into Mihir's views in his interview with Elaine Watson, in @AgFunder News. ๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿ“ฐ agfundernews.com/what-busineโ€ฆ #foodtechnology #cultivatedmeat #innovation #funding #sustainability #scaling #agrifoodtech

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