Food & Beverage

We’re from Silicon Valley, California. We love farm-to-table, we love our avocados, and we hate the drought.

With 33 million people affected by our drought over the last four years, it was only natural that the minds of Silicon Valley took to the task of making things better with technology.

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We run three month accelerator programs twice a year boosting our startups through corporate business development, networking and pitch events, world-class mentorship, and the potential for investment.

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Explore our Food & Beverage videos.

  • Disrupter League Ep. 25: Finless Foods

  • What our Corporate Partners Get From Our Program

  • Disrupter League Ep. 09: Chirps Chips

  • Disrupter League Ep. 22: Crop Enhancement

  • Disrupter League Ep. 11: Rex Animal Health

  • The Winning Startups from Summer Summit 2017

  • Disrupter League Ep. 19: Seva Coffee

  • Corporate Innovation Awards: Summer Summit 2017

Some focus areas include:

  • Personalized Nutrition
  • Food Freshness & Safety
  • Automation
  • Functional Foods
  • Protein & Ingredient Alternatives
  • Asset Tracking
  • Distribution
  • Waste Reduction

Our Food & Beverage corporate innovation partners.

  • Pepsico startup accelerator
  • Tyson Foods Startup Accelerator
  • Tetra Pak Corporate Innovation
  • Smithfield logo
  • ajinomoto
  • DuPont - Plug and Play
  • ezaki glico - plug and play corporate partner
  • Red Bull - Plug and Play
  • Mondelez International - Plug and Play
  • Lavazza
  • Esselunga
  • Hersheys Startup Accelerator
  • Ocean Spray
  • Klabin
  • Suzano
  • Claro logo
  • Ihara
  • Tridon
  • Walmart Food Safety Collaboration Center - Plug and Play
  • Mosaic - Plug and Play

The Future of Agtech

From automation and robotics to connected livestock, discover the next generation of farming

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