case study
Innovation Tour to Berlin
task
Kicking-off a 5-week project phase for students within a 3 days on-site program to develop venture-backed businesses in the foodtech industry. Giving them the right tools and methodology for ideation, research and pitching. Bringing them closer to the entrepreneurial scene in Berlin and introducing them to the Berlin startup ecosystem, including facilitators, industries and the VC landscape. Aiming to foster entrepreneurship and innovation while promoting a deeper understanding of the foodtech industry.
Startup Colors’ Brush Print
Curating, organizing and executing a 3-day offline program with invited speakers, experts, and relevant startups from the foodtech industry. The program includes team-building activities , presentations, interactive discussion rounds with networking possibilities, workshops and pitching formats for better insights into the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities in the foodtech industry.
EDHEC Business School
EDHEC Business School is a leading business school located in Lille, France. It offers undergraduate, graduate, and executive education programs in finance, management, and business. With a strong focus on innovation, EDHEC provides a global, hands-on learning experience to students from around the world.
#business #entrepreneurship #foodtech
Results
Expert presentations
- Berlin Startup Ecosystem
- Berlin vs. Europe
- Berlin VC Landscape
- Scoping and ideation methodology
Startup pitches across 3 different foodtech solution-areas
- Value Chain
- Protein Transition
- Nutrition & Health
Special meetup
- Special meetup in the evening at Rohrbeck Heger GmbH and 1 result presentation by the client in form of a pitching event
Startups
SirPlus offers food subscription boxes with high quality fresh produce which are sourced from farmers or producers because of size, colour or overproduction or expiration date. Customers save time, carbon emissions, explore new products and enjoy great food with delicious recipes. Each box is delivered biweekly to monthly and includes a variety of different saved products and food at a discount.
Agrivero develops solutions for the quality control and traceability of agricultural products. The combination of technologies such as Computer Vision, Hyperspectral Imaging, and AI enables Agrivero to scan and analyze the products non-invasively, allowing their customers to analyze samples 3x faster with increased accuracy and reliability. These insights are shared along the entire supply chain with producers and buyers, ensuring complete traceability and reducing information silos.
ClearCO2 offers a simple software platform to certify and sell carbon credits to save 1 Gigaton of carbon emissions in the food supply chain before 2030. Compensating carbon emissions is already common for flights, they want to bring that to the food industry!
Nosh.bio is developing superior technical functional ingredients from microbial biomass for the food industry. Non-GMO, sustainable, at price parity to revolutionize the food industry, for the better.
biotikur helps people to balance and maintain their gut. A healthy gut supports digestion, mood, skin, metabolism, and immunity. biotikur’s products are:
- Vegan
- Free from eggs, dairy and soy*
- No added sugars, flavors or artificial sweeteners
“Gaining access to, and immersing ourselves into the bustling Berlin startup ecosystem proved to be of enormous value to the EDHEC students. Engaging with the people in those startups proved an inspirational catalyst that pushed our students to be more creative and ambitious, and helped them to create impactful results.”
Remco Lenstra
Adjunct Professor, EDHEC Business School
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