EIT Food Fast Track to Market 2024 is now open!

Total funding of up to EUR 250 000 per company via a revenue-based financing mechanism.

With the launch of the next window of the Fast Track to Market programme, EIT Food is looking to fund mature start-ups and SMEs whose products or services directly contribute to one of EIT Food’s three missions:

• Healthier Lives Through Food
• A Net Zero Food System
• A Fully Transparent, Fair and Resilient Food System

EIT Food is looking for fast-moving, mature companies with an existing business case that has high potential to generate B2B/B2C sales for new or improved food innovation products or services. Through the Fast Track To Market funding programme, you can boost your market readiness to bring your service to new or expanded markets.

Whether expanding to new markets, or growing new products in existing markets, the support of EIT Food can help your company speed up your marketability and potential commercial success.

Your company is eligible to apply if you:

• Are a legally incorporated entity in one of the EU or Horizon Europe eligible country, and have been for at least 12 months;
• Have a technological product, service, solution that fits within one of the three EIT Food Missions;

• Are classed as small sized company, as defined in the EU recommendation 2003/361 (between 3 and 49 employees and less than 10 million turnover or balance sheet);

• Have at least 3 full time employees;

• You are past the ideation phase; you are generating revenues from paying customers and not only from pilots.

EIT Food asks that applicants have a clear case for a project lasting no longer than 12 months that can significantly accelerate their start-up/SME’s commercial success, and that the proposed project must be able to have an immediate impact by bringing their products or services to the market.

Applicants already affiliated with EIT Food (FAN and Rising Food Stars) are also welcome to apply, provided they fulfil the eligibility criteria.

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