EIT Food: Up to €100k for Agrifood Startups

Are you an impactful agrifood startup? Do you want to collaborate with industry?
De-risk your proof-of-concept or small-scale pilot project with EIT Food Proof-of-Concept Co-Financing Instrument. Get up to €100k for collaboration with corporate. 

EIT Food facilitates corporate innovation by connecting world-leading industry with impactful agrifood startups. The purpose of the PoC co-financing instrument is to financially de-risk the commercial activities of agrifood startups that will ultimately result in impactful technologies, products, and services reaching the market and scaling further in the food sector. Example projects include but are not limited to: sample creation, field trials, functionality and property tests, and efficiency assessments. 

Co-financing (60% of project costs) is expected to be provided by the corporate client. 

Monthly submission cut-off dates until November 2025 - check call website for details.