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Swiss Cell-based Startup Mirai Foods Secures CHF 2.1M for Product Development
Zurich-based clean meat startup, Mirai Foods, gets massive cash injection to accelerate its product development and transform its prototype into a commercial product.Founded in 2019, Mirai Foods is a cultured meat producer that keeps the cells as they naturally occur...
Spanish Food Delivery Service Glovo Signs Million Euro Deal with Swiss Firm Stoneweg for Expansion
Stoneweg plans to build and revamp some of its real estate locations in key Glovo markets to expand the latter's delivery-only convenience stores.Spain-based food delivery service Glovo has signed a deal with Switzerland-based real estate firm Stoneweg. An investment...
Mybacs: Improving Health with Microbiome
Aiming to revolutionize intestinal healthcare, Mybacs focuses on the development of innovative and highly-dosed synbiotic supplements tailored to individual needs.Mybacs, a Swiss biotechnology company, specializes in human microbiome to help people with intestinal and...
NTN Innovation Boosters: New Initiatives Supporting Open Innovation
In a mission to spur innovation activities through concrete idea development and testing, NTN Innovation Booster cultivates a culture of open innovation to build the next generations’ Swiss Food Ecosystems.NTN Innovation Booster – Swiss Food Ecosystems, powered by...
Blue Horizon Ventures to Invest in Startups Focusing on Food Sustainability Following Covid-19
As the pandemic highlights massive problems in the global food system, investors start looking into vegan-focused ventures.Zurich-based VC, Blue Horizon Ventures, has closed a €183 million fund to invest in foodtech startups focusing on sustainability. The fund...
WEBINAR: Introduction to NTN InnoBooster for Swiss Food Ecosystems
The newly launched NTN – Food Ecosystems Innovation Booster provides direct funding to selected innovation teams for the development and testing of innovation ideas. Learn more about the NTN Innovation booster and how you can get involved in one of their upcoming...
Swiss E-commerce Platform Farmy Sees Rapid Growth During Covid-19
Farmy, the largest selection of fresh produce in Switzerland, achieved huge growth of 170 per cent in 2020 amid the pandemic.During the Covid-19 pandemic, Farmy has seen high consumer demand for healthy and local food delivered conveniently to their doorsteps. This...
Pre-registration for the Kickstart Switzerland 2021 Program is Now Open
Kickstart Switzerland is an annual innovation program that partners later-stage startups with corporations, foundations, universities and cities to promote deep tech innovation.Taking place in Zurich from September to November, Kickstart helps Swiss startups...
AgroSustain: Using biological fungicides and coatings to reduce food waste and support organic food production
AgroSustain is a one-stop-shop solution for biological plant protection. Based at the Agroscope Institute of Changins (State of Vaud), the company aims at reducing food waste while ensuring everyone has access to healthy foods.As the world focuses even more on...
Application for MassChallenge Switzerland 2021 Starts 20th January
Accelerate the impact of your business through MassChallenge Switzerland 2021 by sending your applications starting today, January 20.MassChallenge Switzerland is a leader in helping startups across Europe expand their businesses by partnering them with corporations...
Join the upcoming China AgriFood Tech Bootcamp 2021
Join the upcoming intense and tailored startup internationalization bootcamp organized by swissnex China and Innosuisse to take a deep dive into the China market, while leveraging the exciting opportunities within the world’s largest and most dynamic sustainable...
NutriMenu: The app that makes canteen lunch tray healthier
Launched in 2016, Swiss based company nutriMenu facilitates the creation of healthy, seasonal and regional menus in canteens. Too fatty, too salty, too much meat or not enough vegetables? Canteens in Lausanne, Zürich and other cities across Switzerland are now...
2021: A taste of the future
Dear Reader, As we enter a new period and welcome 2021, we're taking a few minutes to reflect back on an unprecedented first year. As for many others, the Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley expected 2020 to go quite differently. Not so long ago, our schedules were...
Aquantis: Developing sensors for inline quality control and process monitoring
Aquantis is a Swiss company specialized in innovative sensors based on electromagnetic wave technologies. Variations in raw materials or external factors may result in unwanted effects on a food product quality. Regular or continuous process monitoring is critical...
ETH Zürich, the leading Swiss university in science, engineering and technology, joins the SFNV.
ETH Zürich, the leading Swiss university in science, engineering and technology, has joined the SFNV. Switzerland, November, 2020 – ETH Zürich, the leading Swiss university, has joined the SFNV. Founded by the Swiss Federal Government in 1854, ETH Zürich focuses...
Givaudan, the world’s largest company in the flavour and fragrance industries, joins the SFNV
Givaudan, the world’s largest company in the flavour and fragrance industries, has joined the SFNV. Switzerland, November, 2020 – Givaudan, the world’s largest company in the flavour and fragrance industries, has joined the SFNV. With its heritage stretching back over...
Bühler, the Swiss multinational plant equipment manufacturer based in Uzwil, joins the SFNV
Bühler, the Swiss multinational plant equipment manufacturer based in Uzwil, has joined the SFNV. Switzerland, November, 2020 – Bühler, the Swiss multinational plant equipment manufacturer based in Uzwil, has joined the SFNV. The organisation holds leading market...
In Molondin, the Agropôle is building an international innovation campus for 2025.
In Molondin (State of Vaud), the Agropôle has been developing its new campus to further innovation in food and agriculture. This week, they unveiled their goals and targets for 2025.Build an internationally renowned innovation campus by 2025 Their objectives are...
Firmenich joins the SFNV to accelerate sustainable food innovation
Firmenich, the world's largest privately owned fragrance and taste company, has joined today the Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley association.Geneva, Switzerland, 23 November, 2020 – Firmenich, the world’s largest privately owned fragrance and taste company, is proud...
PepsiCo, the multinational snack and beverage corporation, joins the SFNV
PepsiCo, the multinational snack and beverage corporation, has joined the SFNV. Switzerland, November, 2020 – PepsiCo, the multinational snack and beverage corporation, has joined the SFNV. In the last five years alone, PepsiCo product developers have created more...
ADM Switzerland wins Fi Europe Innovation Awards for its new alt-protein ingredient made out of peas.
Winning in best Ingredient Innovation this year, ADM’s ProFam Pea provides a cleaner, less bitter taste experience than other pea proteins and reduces the need for masking or top notes.The plant-based boom is one of the top 2021 global industry trends identified by...
Vegan Market Products by DieCuisine & SwissFoodResearch | Zürich | 10.12.2020 to 31.12.2020
As member of the Innovation-Cooperative dieCuisine, Swiss Food Research supports the project "Vegane Markthalle" taking place from 10 - 31 December 2020. In it's unique location on the FOGO-Areal in Zürich-Altstetten, a mix of food-fair, store and bistro offers...
EPFL Spin-off Plastogaz awarded CHF 85K to further its research in sustainable disposal of plastic waste
Plastogaz, a spin-off of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), has developed a technology that uses powerful catalysts to selectively convert mixed plastics that cannot be recycled into methane.Plastogaz is a technology company founded in 2020...
Nestlé to invest billions to reduce its carbon footprint
Focusing on regenerative agriculture and moving to renewable electricity, Nestlé redoubles efforts to combat climate change Vevey, Switzerland As a signatory of the UN 'Business Ambition for 1.5°C' pledge, Nestlé is one of the first companies to share its...
REM Analytics: Uncovering new applications in microbiome, certification and food safety
A science is only as good as its measurement tools. Based in Monthey (Canton of Valais), REM Analytics offers solutions for measuring genetic composition in mixed DNA samples. DNA analysis, particularly when applied in microbiome, has the potential to provide...
5 Strategic Axes to advance scientific innovation in food, agriculture, and nutrition
Lausanne, 24th November 2020 By bringing together key players, including local authorities, companies, universities and associations, the SFNV will cultivate a comprehensive ecosystem to facilitate the exchange of expertise and advance Switzerland’s cutting-edge...
Switzerland Driving the Future of Food @Bangalore Tech Summit | 20.11.2020
Switzerland: Driving the future of food and nutrition WEBINAR: Swiss agri-food experts at Bangalore Tech Summit 2020 | 20.11.2020 at 10.30amDid you know that 2.6 billion francs are invested in food innovation, with F&B exports reaching 8.9 billion per year? A...
Webinar: Latest news on the FoodTech Ecosystem | 23.11.2020 at 9am
Innovaud, the EHL Innovation Village and the Agropole are pleased to invite you to a webinar on Monday 23rd of November 2020, 9am - 10.15am.This is an opportunity to get together the FoodTech community and keep you updated about the latest news and some key players in...
Le Canton de Fribourg joins the SFNV.
The Canton of Fribourg has joined today the Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley association, whose aim is to increase the international visibility and networking of the Swiss agri-food sector.At today's general assembly, the Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley (SFNV)...
Firmenich: To stand for quality, you have to stand for responsibility
To stand for quality, you have to stand for responsibility. You simply cannot have one without the other.A conversation with Firmenich’s Dr Bérangère Magarinos-RuchatFirmenich’s Dr Bérangère Magarinos-Ruchat is a firm believer in the power of collaboration. Chief...
Swiss urban agriculture solution “Légumes Perchés” amongst finalists of the best sustainable startup award organized by “Le Temps”
Among the 87 candidates for the third edition of the sustainable start-up prize, organized by "Le Temps", three finalists were selected by the jury. Readers and Internet users have a week to support one of themAbout Légumes PerchésMore than an innovation, the...
EIT Food launches search for the next 100 high-impact agrifood entrepreneurs
EIT Food, Europe’s leading food innovation initiative supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), today launches a search to find the next 100 agrifood entrepreneurs who can transform the food system to be healthier, innovative and more...
Kickoff Event: NTN Swiss Food Ecosystems
The jointly founded association "Suisse Agro Food Leadinghouse" by Swiss Food Research and the Cluster Food & Nutrition has been chosen by Innosuisse to take the lead of one of its 12 "NTN - Innovation Boosters - Swiss Food Ecosystems”.Its thematic focus lies on...
Agroscope: Switzerland has everything it needs to become a global hub for food, agriculture, and nutrition innovation
Switzerland has everything it needs to become a global hub for food, agriculture and nutrition innovationA conversation with Agroscope’s Dr Fabian WahlFrom where Dr Fabian Wahl is sitting – Agroscope’s Liebefeld research station, for the curious – Switzerland is...
Ecorobotix: simplifying farmers’ lives with smart, solar-powered robots
Ecorobotix is a Swiss startup operating in precision agriculture. Based in Yverdon (Canton of Vaud), the company has developed a weed-killing robot powered by solar energy. The company, which is testing several prototypes, plans to launch its first product on the...
Molke Shake: A high-protein drink made from Swiss whey
Food entrepreneur Doris Erne is fighting for more recognition for Swiss whey. Her startup has taken a big step forward this year as she announced a new partnership with Schwyzer Milchhuus.A tasty solution for mindful sport enthusiasts Avid crossfit and bike...
Switzerland x India Agri-Food Bootcamp 2021: Q&A Webinar
Explore this intense startup program curated by Swissnex India, Swiss Food Research and Innosuisse for exciting opportunities within the fastest-growing space of sustainable Indian Agri-Food. Leverage our network for this sustainable sector that is here to stay, join...
48h to rethink a world with less meat: How I participated in my first Hackathon by Swiss Food Research
Last week I participated in the 48h Makeathon: Meat the Future organized by Swiss Food Research.Following the design-thinking approach combined with expert inputs to foster innovation in one of the most pressing challenges the world food system is facing: our meat...
YASAI and FENACO invest together CHF 1.5Mio to build the first Circular Vertical Farm worldwide
ETH spin-off and vertical farming startup YASAI announced partnership with Switzerland's agricultural cooperative federation FENACO to invest together CHF 1.5Mio to build the first Circular Vertical Farm worldwide.The ETH spin-off YASAI and fenaco join forces to build...
Switzerland’s TOP 3 foodtech startups 2020
Every year, the Swiss Startup Award jury select the 100 most innovative and promising Swiss startups. Today, we're taking a closer look at the top startups featured in the agri-food vertical. This article is inspired by Venture Lab's Switzerland TOP foodtech startups...
Connect with food industry leaders at Food Edge 2020 virtual Summit
On October 21st to 23rd 2020: Join SFNV members Nestlé and Firmenich at FoodEdge 2020 Virtual Summit. Join food industry leaders at FoodEdge third-annual summit exploring the future of food. This year hosted online, the event focuses on the unprecedented changes and...
WWF Switzerland launches a science-based platform to encourage diets that are good for people and planet
In a new report, WWF presents a comprehensive scientific assessment of how dietary shifts in 147 countries can bend the curve on the negative impacts of the food system, moving from exploiting to restoring nature.About the WWF Report In 2021, which is the mid-term of...
Zürich-based fund Blue Horizon joins Investor Group investing at least $180,000 USD through Vevolution’s Pitch & Plant Competition
Vevolution’s Pitch & Plant is the first global pitch competition in the plant-based space. A week since launch and startups from 25 different countries have already applied.Blue Horizon Corp., one of the most successful names in the alternative protein venture...
What if Switzerland became the world leader in food innovation?
What if Switzerland became the world leader in food innovation?"The Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley initiative, launched by Fathi Derder earlier this year at the WEF with the active support of the canton of Vaud, EPFL, EHL and Nestlé, paves the way for this most...
Meat the Future: Join the 48hrs MAKEathon to rethink a world with less meat
The Swiss Food Research and ETH Zürich MAKEit MEAT is a MAKEathon in Zurich following the design-thinking approach combined with expert inputs to foster innovation in one of the most pressing challenges the world food system is facing: our meat consumerism. The...
Nestlé launches R&D Accelerator to drive innovation for dairy products and plant-based dairy alternatives
Nestlé today inaugurated a new R&D Accelerator to drive innovation and speed-to-market of sustainable dairy products, as well as plant-based dairy alternatives.Located at Nestlé's R&D center in Konolfingen, Switzerland, the R&D Accelerator provides a...
The Helbling Group joins the SFNV.
Leader in technological innovation and business consulting, the Helbling Group brings a unique combination of expert skills in innovation and consulting.The Helbling Group supports medium-sized companies and large corporations with product innovation and development,...
The Cluster Food & Nutrition joins the SFNV.
With its professional network combined with food production and processing knowledge, the Cluster Food & Nutrition brings its know-how in nutrition, health and emerging technologies in a logic of sustainable development and respect for local terroirs.The...
The Swiss Food Research joins the SFNV.
As a key innovation promotion platform across the agro-food value chain, the Swiss Food Research network joins the Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley.The Swiss Food Research is an active competence network for the promotion of knowledge and technology transfer for...
The Agroscope joins the SFNV.
The Swiss research center into agriculture, nutrition and the environment joins the Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley.Agroscope is the Swiss Confederation’s centre of excellence for agricultural research, and is affiliated with the Federal Office for Agriculture,...