Dealflow.eu’s Multicorporate Matchmaking activities, organised with EurA AG, are bringing together EU-funded innovators and innovations with investment- and innovation-driven Corporates headquartered in the EU to foster collaboration on different levels, namely:  

  • Further technological development (open innovation),  
  • Piloting of products/solutions,  
  • Purchase of solutions by corporate (commercial relation),  
  • Investment relation. 

The pitching innovators will: 

  • Get privileged access to European leading companies – a straightforward way to reach larger deals; 
  • Meet strategic partners and customers to validate disruptive solutions and accelerate market penetration;  
  • Collaborate with business-relevant counterparts on solutions that can best fit the market. 

 

Foodtech Matchmaking Event 2024 

 

Together with the European Commission, Dealflow.eu will welcome a Multicorporate Matchmaking event on 27 November 2024. This event will join innovators with EU corporates dedicated to the FoodTech sector and will be hosted by EurA AG. 

Are you an EU-funded innovator in the Foodtech sector? Apply here. 

Are you an EU Corporate and are you interested in meeting the most promising EU-funded innovators at the next event? Express your interest here.

 

Meet the Corporates 

 

Sparkfood – Portugal  

Sparkfood is a subsidiary of Sonae, a multinational holding managing a diversified portfolio of leading businesses including food retail. Backed by a long-term value-driven family, Sparkfood funds & fuels the next-generation of Food- & Ag-Tech companies towards a sustainable and healthier future. From acquiring and operating small to mid-cap companies within the food industry to investing and accelerating startups through early-stage, minority, hands-on investments, Sparkfood is sparking innovation to nourish the world. 

  

Super Bock – Portugal 

Super Bock – the largest Portuguese beverage company. The Super Bock Group is Beer, bottled mineral Water, Soft Drinks, Wine, and the production of Malt. With a Portuguese majority, 56% of the Super Bock Group’s capital is owned by the VIACER Group and 44% by the Carlsberg Group. 

 

Challenges for innovators

 

  • Gas fermentation 
  • Pet nutrition 
  • Biomass fermentation 
  • Senior nutrition 
  • AI formulations 
  • Personalized supplements 
  • Alternatives to coffee 
  • Sportive nutrition 
  • Molecular farming 
  • Food waste solutions 
  • New beverages 
  • Enabling local sourcing of ingredients to be incorporated into beverage formulations
  • Innovative bioactive processes as substitutes of traditional fermentation
  • Innovative packaging technology for the beverage industry
  • Non-intrusive monitoring blood alcohol level and other physiological effects resulting from the ingestion of alcoholic beverages

More about the Innovation Radar 

 The Innovation Radar is a European Commission initiative to identify high potential innovations and innovators in EU-funded research and innovation projects. Its goal is to allow every citizen, public official, professional, and businessperson to discover the outputs of EU innovation funding and give them a chance to seek out innovators who could follow in the footsteps of companies such as Skype, TomTom, ARM Holdings, all of whom received EU funding in their early days. 

To learn more about the Innovation Radar, visit https://www.innoradar.eu/  

 

More about Dealflow.eu 

Supported by the European Commission, Dealflow.eu discovers and supports the most promising EU-funded innovators and connects them with relevant investors and corporates. The initiative was launched to help ground-breaking innovations secure the funding needed for their future commercialisation by offering them tailored support and matchmaking services. 

 

To learn more about Dealflow.eu, visit https://dealflow.eu/    

 

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