The team of PEF Technologies B.V. successfully graduated in StartLife Accelerate Program – the first program in the Netherlands entirely dedicated to supporting young food & agtech entrepreneurs in validating their businesses and raising funding. The startups were chosen from over 30 candidates, at the selection day organized by StartLife, March 12 in Wageningen.
“The selected startups have developed groundbreaking products and technologies that could have an enormous impact on industry and society – but only with an effective market strategy”, says Thomas van den Boezem, Program Director at StartLife. “That’s why we specifically chose them to participate in the StartLife program.”
The eight selected start-ups include:
- FUMI Ingredients (sustainable proteins from micro-organisms),
- PreMal (a high-performance mosquito trap),
- SAIA Agrobotics (harvest and crop handling for greenhouses),
- Wageningen Agricultural Monitoring (advanced monitoring of crop yields),
- PEF Technologies (non-thermal food processing and preservation technology),
- Clevabit (a smart decision-support system for cattle breeders),
- Thelial (a nutraceutical that improves barrier function in the oesophagus),
- TasteIndex (digitalization of taste to facilitate matching of food products),
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