Have an agrifood Startup dream? Few days left to find your Co-founder through EIT Food TeamUp

What if your next business venture started by teaming up with innovators already developing breakthrough agrifood technologies?

The EIT Food Seedbed TeamUp programme is currently looking for Business & Commercial Co-founders ready to join forces with researchers, technical founders, and innovators to create the next generation of agrifood startups.

With only a few days left to apply, this is a unique opportunity for entrepreneurial minds who want to build a startup but may not yet have the technology, research background, or technical team in place.

The programme helps connect business-driven professionals with promising agrifood innovations and supports them in transforming ideas into real ventures with market potential.

Participants will have the opportunity to:

• Team up with agrifood researchers and innovators;

• Co-create startups focused on sustainability and food system challenges;

• Receive mentorship and venture-building support;

• Access networking, training, and validation activities;

• Explore future funding and growth opportunities.

Whether your expertise is in entrepreneurship, business development, commercialisation, marketing, strategy, or innovation management, the programme is designed to bring together complementary skills to build impactful companies.

📅 Application deadline: 1 June 2026

If you are looking for the right opportunity to launch a meaningful agrifood business and collaborate with innovators across Europe, this could be the perfect moment to get involved.

Learn more and apply through the official EIT Food open call:

https://www.eitfood.eu/open-calls/expressions-of-interest-for-business-com

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For partnership opportunities, consortium support, and Horizon Europe collaboration inquiries: start@agriventures.co

Explore more:

• Agriventures Official Website

• Agriventures Connect Platform

The role of Agriventures in supporting agrifood innovation

As the agritech startup ecosystem grows across Europe, initiatives such as Agriventures are helping connect entrepreneurs, researchers, investors, and policymakers working in agriculture and food innovation.

Agriventures focuses on supporting agrifood startups, biotechnology innovation, and access to European funding for agriculture, while also helping entrepreneurs navigate the complex landscape of startup financing, venture capital, and research commercialization.

By strengthening connections between startups, research institutions, investors, and farmers, Agriventures contributes to building a stronger agricultural innovation ecosystem that can accelerate the transition toward sustainable agriculture and resilient food systems.

Through knowledge sharing, events, and ecosystem building, Agriventures helps ensure that promising agritech innovations can scale and reach farmers, food producers, and global markets.