Curious what the future of food looks like? This is your fast-forward button. From a large pool of ambitious start-ups that applied to our Start-up Program, we’ve selected the ten most promising brands to take the stage. Bold ideas. Fresh business models. Serious transition potential. And you? You’re the audience that matters — investors, retailers, partners, decision-makers. Meet the frontrunners shaping what’s next in plant-forward innovation:

• Happy Plant Protein (FI) – Develops extrusion technology that converts local crops into scalable plant-protein ingredients.
• AgroSustain (CH) – Builds natural biological coatings that extend produce shelf life and reduce food waste in food systems.
• Favamole (NL) – Turns fava beans into creamy plant-based spreads as a sustainable avocado alternative.
• Tiba Tempeh (UK) – Produces fresh fermented tempeh foods bringing traditional fermentation to modern plant-based diets.
• Sea Sense (BE) – Transforms seaweed into nutritious and sustainable alternative-protein ingredients.

We will kick off this session with a short interview "How to fall in love with your investor" together with Grassa and their investor OostNL.

‍Please note that this session is hosted in collaboration with our partner OostNL

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