Global Connections

Foodvalley's Bioeconomy Ventures program connects startups and established businesses in the bioeconomy sector to resources that help accelerate their growth and success, including access to funding, industry networks, expertise, and facilities, in order to drive the development of a sustainable bio-based economy. In addition, Foodvalley organises two Expand & Explore Workshops. These are workshops where a number of startups from Foodvalley’s ecosystem are given the opportunity to pitch their innovation in front of investors.

The main objective is to support all agri-food companies and associated organisations to make the leap to Industry 5.0.

Foodvalley NL participates together with 4 other European partners in the project P2P FINBIO, to improve the access to funding for bio-based SMEs.

GO4EXPORT supports entrepreneurs from Gelderland and Overijssel in taking the right steps to expand their business abroad.

Global Foodture, a Foodvalley program, aims to accelerate the development and adoption of innovative and sustainable food solutions by connecting and facilitating collaborations between companies, startups, and research institutions in the food industry, with a target region of Asia, and providing access to resources such as funding, expertise, and facilities to drive innovation and sustainable growth in the global food system.

Food innovation Hub Europe is a partnership initiated by the World Economic Forum with the aim to connect parties that have a need for innovation with parties that can provide solutions.

Aurora is a project aimed at strengthening cluster management excellence, facilitate exchanges and strategic partnering between clusters and specialised eco-system actors and cities across Europe.

Like a Pro aims at mainstreaming alternative proteins, making them accessible, available, and acceptable to everyone and everywhere.