In the food industry, valuable byproducts often go to waste. But we want to change that! Introducing the 'Sidestream Innovation Challenge', where food companies are seeking your solution to transform these byproducts into profitable, sustainable products. Seize this opportunity, showcase your ideas, and let's collectively make the food industry more sustainable! Join us now and make a difference!
In the food industry, valuable byproducts often go to waste. But we want to change that! Introducing the 'Sidestream Innovation Challenge', where food companies are seeking your solution to transform these byproducts into profitable, sustainable products. Seize this opportunity, showcase your ideas, and let's collectively make the food industry more sustainable! Join us now and make a difference!
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Does your organization have a solution for any of the above challenges? If so, submit your solution before the deadline (December 7 at 17.00 CET)!
The challenge owner, along with one or more experts, will review and evaluate your solution. If they see a potential match, you will be personally invited by them for a follow-up meeting to discuss a potential collaboration.
Does your organization have a solution for any of the above challenges? If so, submit your solution before the deadline (December 7 at 17.00 CET)!
The challenge owner, along with one or more experts, will review and evaluate your solution. If they see a potential match, you will be personally invited by them for a follow-up meeting to discuss a potential collaboration.
After the deadline, the company representatives will review all uploaded pitches. The companies with the most interesting solutions will be invited for 1:1 matchmaking conversations. If you are one of them, you will get a personal invitation.
During the matchmaking conversations you will get to know each other, look for opportunities to collaborate and discover if there is a potential partnership. If you both see potential in a collaboration, you will make agreements for the follow-up to collectively make the food industry more sustainable!
After the deadline, the company representatives will review all uploaded pitches. The companies with the most interesting solutions will be invited for 1:1 matchmaking conversations. If you are one of them, you will get a personal invitation.
During the matchmaking conversations you will get to know each other, look for opportunities to collaborate and discover if there is a potential partnership. If you both see potential in a collaboration, you will make agreements for the follow-up to collectively make the food industry more sustainable!
Join the Upcycling Community of Foodvalley NL! This is an international and closed group of partners collaborating on pre-competitive challenges around upcycling of food losses towards food and feed.
Join the Upcycling Community of Foodvalley NL! This is an international and closed group of partners collaborating on pre-competitive challenges around upcycling of food losses towards food and feed.
Scroll down to read the most Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). If you still have questions, suggestions, or you want to publish your own challenge, feel free to contact Simone Holleman via: simone.holleman@bravenewfood.com.
Scroll down to read the most Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). If you still have questions, suggestions, or you want to publish your own challenge, feel free to contact Simone Holleman via: simone.holleman@bravenewfood.com.
This challenge is open for startups, scale-ups, SME's, corporates and other innovators who use sidestreams, have sidestreams or want to pitch a sidestream solution. As a startup you already have a proof of concept and traction. However, your concept may also be pre-revenue.
To pitch your solution to one or more of the challenges, is free. If you want to publish your own challenge so you can find new solutions or partners to collaborate on sidestream issues, there are costs involved. Just reach out to Emilie Funken to learn more about the possibilities at emilie.funken@bravenewfood.com.
If your company/solution fits in multiple challenges, it is allowed to participate in multiple challenges.
As soon as you have uploaded your pitch, you will receive a confirmation so that you know that we have received your pitch. It is up to the company representative to follow-up on your pitch by reaching out to you personally. If you both see potential in a collaboration, you can make agreements about a meeting!
All our partners have signed a contract with us stating that they are not allowed to share the pitches to anyone outside the company. However we advise everybody not to share trade secrets or IP sensitive information in their pitch.