Business partners & Supporters

The city of Wageningen is an international centre for innovation in food, agriculture, and life sciences. Startups, scale-ups, corporate businesses and knowledge institutions collaborate here to accelerate sustainable solutions and breakthrough technologies. We offer space for entrepreneurs who want to create impact.

Ede is where agrifood innovation meets momentum. In the heart of Foodvalley, we create the conditions for food innovators to grow. Championing StartLife and connecting founders with knowledge institutes, corporates, investors and farmers. We focus on ventures scaling from lab to market: test, learn and launch in Ede, where research becomes product and pilots become contracts. Together we build a smarter, future-proof food system. Join us. Here, your impact grows.

ECBF is the leading specialist VC investing in growth-stage companies transforming food and agriculture through circular bioeconomy solutions. It supports startups scaling sustainable technologies such as regenerative inputs, alternative proteins, and bio-based materials by providing capital, industrial partnerships, and expertise to drive more resilient and resource-efficient food systems.

Invest International supports Dutch and Dutch-linked businesses to expand globally by providing tailored financing, market insight and sector expertise. Focused on solving global challenges, it invests in sustainable projects across sectors including agri-food, helping drive innovation, infrastructure development and long-term economic and environmental impact worldwide.

Synthesis Capital is a global investment manager backing technologies transforming the future of food. Investing from a >$300M fund into Series A and B opportunities at the intersection of food and biotech.

Growing Kent & Medway is a £42.1 million research cluster funded by UK Research and Innovation's Strength in Places fund. It invests in sustainable innovation across the horticultural and plant-based food sectors. Led by Niab, partners include the Universities of Kent, Greenwich, and Canterbury Christ Church. Since 2021, the programme has invested £8.6 million in regional research capabilities, created 262 collaborations, and funded 100+ projects.

Nexture – a global manufacturer of value-added ingredient solutions – partners with startups through its open innovation program Generate to bring ingredient innovation to the next level.

Zaz Ventures is a top-tier pan-European boutique consulting firm, specializing in securing public and private funding for cutting-edge deep tech startups. We are experts in navigating complex funding landscapes, particularly through the European Innovation Council (Accelerator, Transition, Pathfinder). Our firm is part of a larger group that includes a Family Office and Da Vinci Labs, a deep tech incubator.

Edera Lab specializes in providing tailored marketing and public relations services to startups and investors, focusing on enhancing visibility and achieving commercial milestones. The company operates as an extension of its clients' teams, offering expertise in brand narrative, marketing strategy, targeted PR, and LinkedIn management.

The Sunbolah program, an initiative by Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Environment, Water, and Agriculture (MEWA), invites startups to address the Kingdom’s key opportunities in food and agriculture. Through Sunbolah, MEWA supports innovative solutions that promote food security, sustainable farming, and climate resilience, aiming to drive meaningful impact across these vital sectors.