2023 Winners
For each category, one startup has been selected to access the program and receive 10.000€
An eight-week program in collaboration with Barilla managers to build a better food system together.
An initiative to help impactful food startups accelerate their growth.
Barilla supports innovators in creating the future of joyful and sustainable food. The mission is to collaborate with makers in the food industry to catalyze the development of new sustainable food solutions.
Startups and top Barilla managers will co-develop an innovative plan to solve a challenge, helping participants grow their businesses in real-time. Each selected team will receive €10,000 to use during the program and may establish a long-lasting relationship with Barilla.
For each category, one startup has been selected to access the program and receive 10.000€
Unique Tech to ease Re-Use model vs. single use packaging: top notch customer experience in store to return packs, solution easy to operate for Retailers and FMCG.
Dori AI enables enterprises with AI-powered video analytics to significantly increase human productivity and improve process compliance.
Nosh is developing an innovative bioprocess capable of producing high-quality techno-functional ingredients as well as a high-quality, nutritive food protein for the food industry from the same stream of non-GMO fungal biomass.
WayBetter motivates people to make healthy lifestyle changes in a new way -- a mix of gamification, social support, and financial incentives.
For each category, one startup will be selected to access the program.
Once selected for Good Food Makers, startups will meet a designated Barilla team to identify main challenges and the areas that are most ripe for collaboration
Together the startup and Barilla will set goals for the upcoming eight weeks, brainstorm solutions, and make an action plan to execute together, including the use of the € 10,000 grant
The startup will have Barilla’s pilot plant at their disposal to experiment and prototype on a large scale supply chain and in industrial conditions, and iterate with the Barilla team, based on desired outcomes.
Ongoing technical support, co-branded products, first corporate customers, and investment are all opportunities for the selected startup for future collaboration. At the end of the program, both parties will decide if they want to continue working together.
Startups will be mentored by a group of selected top-notch experts from Agronomy, Procurement, R&D, and Quality & Food safety teams to grow their business even further with the right technical skills needed
The eight-week program is just a starting point to keep on developing a widely marketable solution coherent with future strategies.