Seedbed Venture Catalyst Call for Startups

This EIT Food funding call supports founders developing new agrifood ventures through the Seedbed Venture Catalyst programme. This call provides grants of up to €30,000 per venture to support founders who have reached a stage in their venture-building journey where they need external financial support to overcome challenges that are slowing their progress. Projects run for six months.

The funding can be used for activities such as producing a test batch of a novel ingredient, negotiating contracts, securing intellectual property (IP), hiring or paying a co-founder to enable them to remain in the programme, or purchasing equipment for a testing laboratory.

Important: Only founders or projects currently enrolled in one of the seven participating Venture Builder programmes are eligible. Applicants must not yet have incorporated their ventures as legal entities. The participating organisations are Carbon13, Enviu, Food Founders Studio, Fresh Ventures Studio, Ivoro Ventures, Kost Studio and Zinc.

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