1) Berkeley SkyDeck
UC is the official startup accelerator for Berkeley.
Details of the startup:
- Country: United States
- City: Berkeley
- Started in: 2012
- Founders: Abhra Banerjee, Caroline Winnett
- Number of investments: 463
- Number of exits: 14
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 24
You can find their website here.
2) Wilco
WILCO is an innovation program that helps startups make their first €1 million in sales in three years.
Details of the startup:
- Country: France
- City: Paris
- Started in: 2001
- Number of investments: 200
- Number of exits: 30
You can find their website here.
3) Oasis500
Based in Amman, Jordan, Oasis500 is the top seed investment company and business accelerator in the tech and creative industries.
Details of the startup:
- Country: Jordan
- City: Amman
- Started in: 2010
- Number of investments: 148
You can find their website here.
4) Starta VC
Starta is a venture ecosystem that helps find, train, and fund tech talent in its early stages.
Details of the startup:
- Country: United States
- City: New York
- Started in: 2011
- Founders: Alexey Girin, Ekaterina Dorozhkina, Serge Milman, Sergey Vasilev
- Number of investments: 133
- Number of exits: 3
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 12
You can find their website here.
5) Brinc
Brinc is a venture capital and accelerator firm that is not like the others.
Details of the startup:
- Country: Hong Kong
- City: Central
- Started in: 2014
- Founders: Bashar Aboudaoud, Bay McLaughlin, Manav Gupta
- Number of investments: 127
- Number of exits: 1
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 10
You can find their website here.
6) Union Kitchen
Union Kitchen is a place that helps food businesses grow.
Details of the startup:
- Country: United States
- City: Washington
- Started in: 2012
- Founders: Cullen Gilchrist
- Number of investments: 98
You can find their website here.
7) METRO Xcel
METRO Xcel is looking for new ways to improve hospitality technology, and they want to work with innovators in the field.
Details of the startup:
- Country: Germany
- City: Berlin
- Started in: 2015
- Number of investments: 62
- Number of exits: 5
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 14
You can find their website here.
8) Big Idea Ventures
Big Idea Ventures is the most active FoodTech investor in the world. They want to put our money into the best FoodTech and AgriTech companies around the world.
Details of the startup:
- Country: United States
- City: New York
- Started in: 2018
- Founders: Andrew D. Ive
- Number of investments: 59
- Number of exits: 2
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 20
You can find their website here.
9) Accelerace
Accelerace's accelerator programs have helped more than 800 Danish and international startups since 2008. These startups include Trustpilot, Templafy, and others.
Details of the startup:
- Country: Denmark
- City: Copenhagen
- Started in: 2008
- Founders: Peter Torstensen
- Number of investments: 48
- Number of exits: 7
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 12
You can find their website here.
10) TheVentureCity
TheVentureCity is a worldwide early stage venture fund that invests in product-centric startups in the United States, Europe, and Latin America.
Details of the startup:
- Country: United States
- City: Miami
- Started in: 2017
- Founders: Clara Bullrich, Laura Gonzalez-Estefani
- Number of investments: 43
- Number of exits: 2
You can find their website here.
11) Techstars Farm to Fork Accelerator
Techstars has a huge worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed.
Details of the startup:
- Country: United States
- City: Saint Paul
- Started in: 2018
- Founders: Brett Brohl, Jessica Stalbaum
- Number of investments: 43
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 13
You can find their website here.
12) FoodFutureCo
FoodFutureCo is the scale-up accelerator for food businesses that are already up and running and have a clear goal.
Details of the startup:
- Country: United States
- City: New York
- Started in: 2015
- Founders: Shen Tong
- Number of investments: 37
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 20
You can find their website here.
13) Food Labs
FoodLabs is a VC investor and venture studio for food, sustainability, and health that works across Europe.
Details of the startup:
- Country: Germany
- City: Berlin
- Started in: 2016
- Founders: Christophe Maire
- Number of investments: 30
You can find their website here.
14) Cleveland Avenue
Cleveland Avenue is a venture fund and accelerator in Chicago that invests in businesses that make food, drinks, and tech products.
Details of the startup:
- Country: United States
- City: Chicago
- Started in: 2015
- Founders: Don Thompson, J. Skyler Fernandes
- Number of investments: 22
- Number of exits: 1
You can find their website here.
15) Sparklabs Cultiv8
SparkLabs Cultiv8 gives Founders and Startups in the Agriculture and Food Technology sectors a valuable business development and growth experience.
Details of the startup:
- Country: Australia
- City: Orange
- Started in: 2017
- Number of investments: 22
You can find their website here.
16) Startupbootcamp Digital Health Berlin
Startupbootcamp is a global network of industry-focused accelerators that are backed by the most important parts of the healthcare industry.
Details of the startup:
- Country: Germany
- City: Berlin
- Started in: 2016
- Number of investments: 21
You can find their website here.
17) StartLife
StartLife helps promising early-stage startups find their way to success and build companies that make a difference.
Details of the startup:
- Country: The Netherlands
- City: Wageningen
- Started in: 2010
- Number of investments: 20
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 12
You can find their website here.
18) Startupbootcamp Australia
Startupbootcamp Australia works with startups, corporations, and investors to make innovation programs that help solve the world's biggest problems.
Details of the startup:
- Country: Australia
- City: Melbourne
- Started in: 2018
- Number of investments: 13
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 13
You can find their website here.
19) Lumos Accelerator
Lumos is a place where technology, entrepreneurship, corporate innovation, and involvement in the community all meet.
Details of the startup:
- Country: United States
- City: Columbus
- Started in: 2016
- Founders: Alex Picazo, Alex Purtell, Lacey Picazo, Matt Armstead, Maxwell Lipnick, Nick Davis, Todd Whittington
- Number of investments: 13
You can find their website here.
20) Sproutx
In 2016, Findex and the National Farmers Federation came up with the idea to work together on SproutX. The goal was to help the people behind food and agtech by giving them world-class commercialisation support.
Details of the startup:
- Country: Australia
- City: Melbourne
- Started in: 2016
- Founders: Sam Trethewey
- Number of investments: 12
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 24
You can find their website here.
21) Highline Beta
Highline Beta is a hybrid corporate venture studio and VC firm that evolves the traditional management consulting model to put things into action, not just strategize in the clouds.
Details of the startup:
- Country: Canada
- City: Toronto
- Started in: 2016
- Founders: Benjamin Yoskovitz, Marcus Daniels
- Number of investments: 11
You can find their website here.
22) MashUp Angels
Mashup Angels is an investment firm that has been around since 2013 and focuses on early-stage tech startups.
Details of the startup:
- Country: South Korea
- City: Seoul
- Started in: 2013
- Founders: Taekkyung Lee
- Number of investments: 07
You can find their website here.
23) Relish Works
Relish Works is an innovation hub focused on challenging the status quo and pioneering the next evolution of the food industry.
Details of the startup:
- Country: United States
- City: Chicago
- Started in: 2017
- Number of investments: 06
You can find their website here.
24) Foodland Ventures
Foodland Ventures is the VC & accelerator investing in the new generation of food tech founders changing the global food industry with technology
Details of the startup:
- Country: Taiwan
- City: Taipei
- Started in: 2020
- Founders: Victor Chen
- Number of investments: 05
You can find their website here.
25) Cites
CITES is a Venture Builder that works with founders to create scientific-based startups. It is backed by a 24MU$S VC fund.
Details of the startup:
- Country: Argentina
- City: Sunchales
- Started in: 2014
- Founders: Nicolas Tognalli
- Number of investments: 05
You can find their website here.
26) Sprout
Sprout backs brave agritech businesses and entrepreneurs who move quickly and are committed to building solutions for problems that affect everything from the farm to the table.
Details of the startup:
- Country: New Zealand
- City: Palmerston North
- Started in: 2015
- Number of investments: 05
You can find their website here.
27) 2b AHEAD Ventures
2b AHEAD Ventures is an accelerator/incubator that has been around since 2017 and is based in Leipzig, Germany.
Details of the startup:
- Country: Germany
- City: Leipzig
- Started in: 2017
- Founders: Sven Gabor Janszky
- Number of investments: 03
You can find their website here.
28) GROW Agrifoodtech Accelerator
GROW is an ecosystem catalyst that was set up to help the agrifood system become more innovative, sustainable, and resilient.
Details of the startup:
- Country: Singapore
- City: Singapore
- Started in: 2019
- Number of investments: 02
You can find their website here.
29) La Javaness
Javaness helps big companies change faster by scaling AI in a responsible and effective way.
Details of the startup:
- Country: France
- City: Paris
- Started in: 2015
- Founders: Romain Grosjean
- Number of investments: 02
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 24
You can find their website here.
30) B612 Participations
B612 Participations is a venture capital firm focused on technology.
Details of the startup:
- Country: France
- City: Lyon
- Number of investments: 02
You can find their website here.
31) InNegev
InNegev is a high-tech incubator whose goal is to encourage top-level innovation in Israel and create a strong new model for growth in the Negev region.
Details of the startup:
- Country: Israel
- City: Rahat
- Started in: 2020
- Number of investments: 01
You can find their website here.
32) Xpreneurs
XPRENEURS is a three-month full-time incubation program.
Details of the startup:
- Country: Germany
- City: München
- Started in: 2017
- Number of investments: 01
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 12
You can find their website here.
33) ShakeUpFactory
ShakeUpFactory is an investor and accelerator for FoodTech and AgTech startups and entrepreneurs.
Details of the startup:
- Country: France
- City: Paris
- Started in: 2015
- Founders: Kevin CAMPHUIS, Nicolas RAFFARD
- Number of investments: 01
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 12
You can find their website here.
34) Rocket Seeder
Rocket Seeder speeds up the pace of innovation in food and agriculture by helping entrepreneurs and innovators start up and grow.
Details of the startup:
- Country: Australia
- City: South Melbourne
- Started in: 2017
- Founders: Andrew Gregor, David Bray, Jeffrey Bourne, Matthew Pryor
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 9
You can find their website here.
35) BIND 4.0 Open Innovation and Acceleration Program
BIND 4.0 is an Open Innovation Platform that has won awards. It connects early-stage startups with leading companies in the fields of Intelligent Industry, Smart Energy and Sustainability, Health Tech, and Food Tech that have paid contracts to offer.
Details of the startup:
- Country: Spain
- City: San Sebastian
- Started in: 2016
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 24
You can find their website here.
36) OBRATORI, L'OCCITANE Innovation Lab
Obratori is the Corporate Venture Capital arm of L'Occitane Group. It was started in 2019.
Details of the startup:
- Country: France
- City: Marseille
- Started in: 2017
You can find their website here.
37) Bcombinator
Bcombinator is a hub for startups near the beach in Barcelona. It offers incubation, investment, acceleration, mentoring, and a place to work together.
Details of the startup:
- Country: Spain
- City: Barcelona
- Started in: 2017
You can find their website here.
38) StartupGym Studio
StartupGym builds, launches, and grows digital businesses of the next generation by providing a variety of services in one place, such as product creation, marketing, finance, capital raising, and talent development.
Details of the startup:
- Country: Italy
- City: Milan
- Started in: 2021
You can find their website here.
39) Propeller
Propeller is a non-profit organisation that helps entrepreneurs grow and take on problems in society and the environment.
Details of the startup:
- Country: United States
- City: New Orleans
- Started in: 2009
- Founders: Andrea Chen, Thomas Rush
You can find their website here.
40) The Food Foundry
The Food Foundry works to create a food system that is profitable, fair, and long-lasting.
Details of the startup:
- Country: United Kingdom
- City: London
- Started in: 2015
You can find their website here.
41) Xandance & Partners GmbH
Xandance & Partners GmbH is a Swiss family office that helps a number of direct investments that are good for the future and the environment.
Details of the startup:
- Country: Switzerland
- City: Stäfa
- Started in: 2018
- Founders: Werner Schünemann
You can find their website here.
42) FoodTech Accelerator
FoodTech Accelerator is a global Open Innovation Program that brings together the best companies from Made in Italy and the best startups from around the world to boost the agrifood and retail sectors.
Details of the startup:
- Country: Italy
- City: Milan
- Started in: 2018
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 15
You can find their website here.
43) C4DI
C4DI is bringing together the best creative and technical minds and helping them grow.
Details of the startup:
- Country: United Kingdom
- City: Hull
- Started in: 2013
- Founders: John Connolly
You can find their website here.
44) ToasterLAB
ToasterLAB is a program that helps Agri-Food businesses grow. It was started by Vitagora, which is one of the most important food business clusters in Europe.
Details of the startup:
- Country: France
- City: Dijon
- Started in: 2016
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 12
You can find their website here.
45) Krinova
Krinova has a mission to increase the attractiveness and growth of entrepreneurship Kristianstad and north-eastern Scania.
Details of the startup:
- Country: Sweden
- City: Kristianstad
- Started in: 1998
You can find their website here.
46) Gold Ark
Gold Ark is a global scale-up accelerator that invests in companies that are just getting started.
Details of the startup:
- Country: South Korea
- City: Seoul
You can find their website here.
47) Relatively Fund
RelativelyFund is a pure tech accelerator that builds, runs, and invests in the MENA region's most ambitious entrepreneurs and inventors.
Details of the startup:
- Country: Jordan
- City: Amman
- Started in: 2017
- Founders: Mohd Santarissy
You can find their website here.
48) The Field Academy
The Field Academy provides a structured program, training, and financing to Food and Ag Tech startups at scale.
Details of the startup:
- Country: United States
- City: New York
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 11
You can find their website here.
49) Startup Growth Advisors
Startup Growth Advisors is a business that assists international startups grow. It is a venture builder, an incubator, a growth accelerator, and a corporate innovation ecosystem.
Details of the startup:
- Country: United States
- City: Carefree
- Started in: 2016
- Founders: Andrew Bart
You can find their website here.
50) The Culinary Accelerator
The Culinary Accelerator gives its members the chance to get startup money and help with their businesses.
Details of the startup:
- Country: United States
- City: Immokalee
- Started in: 2017
You can find their website here.