FoodTech startup ecosystem
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Innovafeed
Produces sustainable insect-based ingredients from the Black Soldier Fly for aquaculture, pet food and plant nutrition. Founded in 2016, it has produced over 15,000 tonnes of protein and oil and secured €51M to scale commercial growth.
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Innovorder
Profitable French scale-up providing an AI-first digital operating platform for restaurants and contract catering: POS, self-ordering kiosks, kitchen display systems and an Atlas AI agent for back-office automation. Active in France, Spain, Italy and Morocco with ~800 clients including Elior and Sodexo.
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INTERGASTRA 2026
Hospitality and gastronomy trade fair with an innovation area for food tech and digital operations. Price: about EUR 35-50 for trade visitors. Strong for POS, kitchen robotics, and novel food ingredients.
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INTERGASTRA 2028
INTERGASTRA 2028 runs 12-16 February at Messe Stuttgart, the leading European trade fair for the hospitality, gastronomy and out-of-home food market held roughly every two years. Across ten exhibition halls, national and international exhibitors present concepts, technologies and products for hoteliers, restaurateurs and caterers.
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Internorga 2026
Foodservice and hospitality trade fair with a Newcomers Area for gastro startups. Price: about EUR 40-50. Strong for restaurant tech and beverage brands.
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Internorga 2027
Internorga 2027 runs 12-16 March in Hamburg, the international leading trade fair for hospitality and foodservice. The annual event pairs national and international exhibitors with congresses such as the International Foodservice Forum, plus industry competitions including the INTERNORGA Zukunftspreis and the Deutsche Gastro-Gruenderpreis.
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Juicy Marbles
Juicy Marbles was founded in 2019 by Maj Hrovat, Luka Sinček, and Tilen Travnik and produces whole-cut, plant-based meat products including a flagship vegan filet mignon and marbled steaks made primarily from soy protein. The company raised $4.5 million in a seed round in 2021 backed by investors including Y Combinator. Its products are sold in approximately 3,500 stores across Europe and North America through retailers including Tesco, Sainsbury's, Waitrose, Whole Foods, Migros, and Lidl. Production is carried out by BEVO d.o.o. in Slovenia.
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Livin Farms
Livin Farms is a Vienna-based agrifoodtech company that builds ready-to-go industrial insect farming modules called Hive PRO factories, helping customers turn organic waste into insect protein for food and feed. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is led by founder and CEO Katharina Unger, a pioneer in the waste-to-protein industry since 2012. Its team combines expertise in biology, production and technology to shortcut the lengthy and expensive process of setting up an insect farming operation.
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Marc Coloma
Co-founder and CEO of Heura Foods, the Barcelona plant-based food company. An activist-entrepreneur, he co-founded Heura in 2017 to build one of Europe's fastest-growing plant-based meat brands.
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Mewery
Mewery is a food-tech and biotech startup cultivating pork meat using microalgae-based processes. The hybrid approach reduces the cost and complexity of lab-grown meat by combining cell cultivation with plant inputs. This positions the company to deliver cultured meat products faster and at lower price points than traditional cellular agriculture methods. By 2026, Mewery is a notable Central European pioneer in sustainable protein.
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MicroHarvest
MicroHarvest produces microbial protein using agricultural side streams and a rapid fermentation process designed to deliver sustainable protein ingredients in around 24 hours. The company reported over USD 10.2M in venture funding from investors such as Astanor, Happiness Capital, Simon Capital, and FoodLabs, and received a EUR 5.5M German government grant in February 2026 for an industrial-scale Leuna plant expected to produce about 15,000 tonnes of protein annually.
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Mosa Meat
Mosa Meat is a Maastricht-based food-technology company founded in 2016 by the team behind the world's first cultured hamburger, presented in 2013. It develops cultivated (lab-grown) beef produced from animal cells rather than slaughtered livestock, aiming to make real meat with a far smaller environmental footprint as it works toward regulatory approval and scale-up.
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Nice To Fit You
Nice To Fit You is a Warsaw-based foodtech company offering premium boxed diet catering subscriptions with personalized meal plans. Founded in 2014, the company delivers nutritionally balanced, chef-prepared meals daily to health-conscious consumers across Poland. NTFY offers multiple diet programs including low-calorie, keto, vegan, and sports-oriented plans, all designed by dietitians. The company has grown to become one of Poland's leading diet catering brands in a competitive market with dozens of local players, capitalizing on the strong Polish consumer trend toward convenient healthy eating.
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Nicoya
Nicoya is a Stockholm-based venture capital firm investing at the frontier of food innovation as a dedicated 'future foods' investor. It partners with entrepreneurs transforming how food is produced and consumed, backing companies working on healthier, smarter and more resilient food systems with a long-term perspective on value creation.
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Paris&Co Incubateurs
Established 1996. Paris economic development agency running 20+ thematic incubators (sports, foodtech, smart cities, etc.) with coaching, offices, and corporate partners; supports hundreds of startups annually and hosts ecosystem events. Scope: Regional (Paris).
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Pascal Bieri
Co-founder of Planted, the Zurich-based alternative protein company he co-founded in 2019 as an ETH Zurich spin-out. Bieri contributed the food science foundation that underpins Planted's wet extrusion platform. Planted's products — planted.chicken, planted.pulled, planted.kebab — are sold in leading Swiss and German retailers and food service chains.
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Paweł Zylm
Former CEO of BRE Ubezpieczenia (mBank Insurance), Paweł is one of Poland’s most recognized impact-oriented angels and was named Business Angel of the Year 2020. He invests in companies solving social or environmental problems and contributes hands-on strategic support from his corporate leadership background. Notable investments include Noctiluca (successful IPO exit), Simpl.rent, Fresh Inset, Sales Intelligence, TakeDrop, and IMKER.
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Planted
Planted is a Zurich-based food technology company founded in 2019 by Christoph Jenny, Pascal Bieri, Eric Stirnemann, and Judith Wemmer as a spin-out from ETH Zurich. The company produces plant-based meat alternatives using a wet extrusion technology that creates fibrous textures closely mimicking animal proteins. Planted's products — planted.chicken, planted.pulled, and planted.kebab — are sold in supermarkets, restaurants, and food service channels across Switzerland, Germany, and neighbouring European markets. The company raised CHF 70 million in a Series B round in 2021 from investors including Vorwerk Ventures and Movendo Capital. Planted is part of the broader ETH Zurich food-tech cluster and is considered one of Europe's most technically sophisticated alternative protein companies, combining deep food science with aggressive consumer distribution.
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ProWein 2026
World's largest wine and spirits trade fair in Dusseldorf, attracting 40,000+ trade visitors and 5,000+ exhibitors from 60+ countries. Growing focus on WineTech, sustainable packaging, and non-alcoholic innovation. Day tickets cost about EUR 50-80. Relevant for food-tech startups in beverage innovation, packaging, and supply-chain optimization.
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ProWein 2027
ProWein 2027 runs 7-9 March in Dusseldorf, bringing together the international wine and spirits industry alongside the co-located ProSpirits event. The fair covers premium wines, Champagne and spirits as well as no- and low-alcohol wines, hospitality accessories and industry services. It is organised by Messe Dusseldorf.
