🇧🇪 Belgium.
12 companies · 5 programs
Ajinomatrix
BE · 2020
Food safety & Quality
Alberts
BE · 2015
Catering/Office services & Vending machines
Biotalys
BE · 2013
Ag Biotech
Fishway
BE · 2022
Cellular agriculture
Inbiose
BE · 2013
Biotech/Synthetisation
Koppie
BE · 2022
Plant-based
MAASH
BE · 2021
Protein fermentation
Naplasol
BE · 2020
Biotech/Synthetisation
Naplasol (Veos Group), Promyc / ex-Mycorena IP
BE · 2024
Promyc (Mycorena IP). Belgium. Acquired/Strategic.
Shelfion
BE · 2023
Food safety & Quality
Those Vegan Cowboys
BE · 2020
Plant-based
Urban Crop Solutions
BE · 2014
Vertical & Indoor farming
CBE JU Innovation Action projects
BE·Belgium
EU public-private partnership funding bio-based and agrifood side-stream innovations at pilot and flagship scale. Not a classical accelerator but the primary non-dilutive EU source for bioeconomy scale-ups, including many food-ingredient deeptechs.
imec.istart (food/agri vertical)
BE·Belgium
Belgian deeptech accelerator by imec and KU Leuven. Ranked among the top European accelerators by UBI Global. Regularly accepts food/agri-tech teams with a digital or hardware angle.
KU Leuven Research & Development (LRD) / Smart Agri-Food
BE·Belgium
KU Leuven's tech-transfer office spins out food- and agri-biotech companies using the university's food science, bioengineering and fermentation research. Operates seed-capital vehicles (Gemma Frisius) and supports spinoffs such as Paratus and AgomAb.
Orizon / Bridgestone Agri-Food Accelerator
BE·Belgium
Bridgestone EMEA's innovation program for agritech partners working on precision-farming, IoT and tire-based agricultural data services. Operates from the Brussels regional HQ.
Flanders' FOOD Cluster / Food Pilot
BE·Belgium
Flanders' strategic research cluster and spearhead organization for the food industry. Operates Food Pilot (with ILVO) for startup pilot-scale trials and co-funds innovation projects across the Flemish food-industry ecosystem.