GROW Impact Accelerator 2023 for Emerging Foodtech & Agritech Startups ($100K investment)

Application for the GROW Impact Accelerator 2023 is now open (Cohort 4). Many of the largest possibilities and challenges facing us now are directly related to the present food system. It is obvious that we must move quickly to implement a wide range of solutions for the ways in which we produce, prepare, package, transport, eat, and dispose of our food.
The GROW Impact Accelerator, supported by AgFunder, propels this transition by accelerating the development of up-and-coming foodtech and agtech firms addressing the gravest sustainability concerns.

Successful businesses get a US$100K investment from AgFunder as well as in-kind advantages from the program, such as an accelerator program that helps you develop your business model for global expansion and connects you to the AgFunder & GROW network.

Benefits:

• USD$100K investment by the AgFunder GROW Impact Fund through a SAFE, to be converted
  at your next financing round.
• Access to growth partners for product testing, development and scaling.
• Matching with some of the world’s biggest agrifood MNCs to help with customer validation
  and feedback, deploying pilots projects, and securing new sales contracts.
• Curated introductions to AgFunder’s investment network of private and institutional
  investors from across the globe to help you raise your next funding round.
• Experienced team of coaches & mentors offer startups a unique opportunity to learn from
  industry experts.
• Physical workspace in Singapore (or virtual office address, if overseas) through the duration
  of the programme.
• Media exposure and publicity through the AgFunderNews platform with a global reach of
  90,000+ subscribers, plus other PR, events and networking opportunities including a Demo
• Day at the conclusion of the programme.
• Opportunity to receive application support for SG EntrePass visa through GROW’s
  partnership with Enterprise Singapore.

Eligibility:

They are looking for companies operating in new frontiers of agtech and foodtech, tackling
the world’s biggest challenges of sustainability, including (but not limited to) the following
areas:

• Advancing smallholder farmers
• Alt-proteins and novel food and ingredients
• Supply chain rationalisation
• Climate-smart agriculture and aquaculture
• Circular economy
• Food waste valorisation
• Personalised nutrition and health
• Successful applicants for this programme usually have an MVP;
• Be on their way to establishing product-market fit;
• Operate in at least one market

Click here to apply