UN World Forum (WFF) Startups Innovation Awards 2022

The WFF Startup Innovation Awards, powered by Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) are a global startup competition established to assist and showcase innovators and entrepreneurs who are harnessing the power of technology to drive the sustainable transformation of Agrifood systems in support of ending global hunger and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

Made possible through a strategic partnership with XTC , the world’s largest startup competition for entrepreneurs addressing global challenges, these awards aim to elevate the next generation of entrepreneurs who are creating new technologies and innovations to benefit our planet and the agrifood systems we need to thrive.

Eligibility

• Businesses whose work focuses on element of Agrifood systems: production, aggregation, processing, distribution, consumption and disposal of food products that originate from agriculture, forestry or fisheries, and parts of the broader economic, societal and natural environments in which they are embedded.

Benefits

The Startup Innovation Awards provide finalist and award winners:

• Global visibility
• Ability to raise capital
• Different network with global entities (governments, United Nations agencies, corporations, VCs, partners),
• Mentorship opportunities that will be needed to pioneer technological breakthroughs and help power a sustainable future for our food.

Application

• Phase I: Launch of the WFF Startup Innovation Awards, powered by XTC
• Phase II: The WFF-XTC Startup Cup – July – October, 2022: the WFF selection team will narrow down the list of entrants to an initial group of shortlisted startups to be highlighted on their website and participate in the September semi-finals.
• The eight finalist startups across the four betters will then give their pitches to the panel of judges in a session during the World Food Forum flagship event in October, with the final award for each of the categories of the “four betters” in relation to the 2022 theme: “Healthy Diets. Healthy Planet.”, as well as one overall winner, the WFF Startup Award Innovator of the Year, to be delivered in the WFF Innovation Award Ceremony.

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