🇳🇱 Netherlands.
31 companies · 11 programs
1-2-Taste
NL · 2020
B2B marketplaces
Agcurate
NL · 2020
Farm management & Precision farming
Agurotech
NL · 2020
Farm management & Precision farming
AKA Foods
NL · 2021
Novel processing techniques & Equipments
Bionomic
NL · 2021
Ag Biotech
Caffe Inc.
NL · 2021
Upcycled ingredients, Food surplus & Waste efficiency
ChainCraft
NL · 2010
Upcycled ingredients, Food surplus & Waste efficiency
Doktar
NL · 2017
Farm management & Precision farming
dsm-firmenich Van Marken Innovation Center
NL · 2025
Dairy alternatives R&D. Netherlands. Public co..
Farmless
NL · 2022
Protein fermentation
Goodoo
NL · 2023
Plant-based
Growy
NL · 2019
Vertical & Indoor farming
Kiana
NL · 2023
Ag Biotech
Meatable
NL · 2018
Cultivated pork (PSC platform). Netherlands. Defunct (Dec 2025 wind-down).
Meridia
NL · 2015
Farm management & Precision farming
Monkeys by the Sea
NL · 2021
Plant-based
Mosa Meat
NL · 2016
Cellular agriculture
NIZO Food Research / BFF
NL
PF scale-up infrastructure. Netherlands. Public-private.
NoPalm Ingredients
NL · 2021
Protein fermentation
OneThird
NL · 2019
Food Waste Tech & Food sharing platforms
Orbisk
NL · 2019
Food Waste Tech & Food sharing platforms
Phycom
NL · 2008
Chlorella for food/feed (white/yellow/green). Netherlands. Growth.
Proeon
NL · 2020
Plant-based
Protix
NL · 2009
BSF feed. Netherlands. Growth.
RespectFarms
NL · 2022
Decentralised farm-scale cultivated meat. Netherlands. Pre-seed/Project.
SEA Water
NL · 2021
Functional foods & drinks
The Banana Factory
NL · 2022
Functional foods & drinks
The Protein Brewery
NL · 2020
Protein fermentation
Upstream Foods
NL · 2022
Cultivated salmon fat. Netherlands. Defunct mid-2025.
Veridi
NL · 2022
Farm management & Precision farming
Vivici
NL · 2023
Protein fermentation
YES!Delft AgTech/Foodtech track
NL·Netherlands
Leading Dutch deeptech incubator at TU Delft. Regular agri/food-tech cohorts covering greenhouse tech, robotics and sustainable food production. Ranked among top European university incubators by UBI Global.
AgriFood Capital / FoodSquare Boost
NL·Netherlands
Triple-helix public-private partnership in North Brabant running agrifood innovation programs, the FoodSquare community, and co-financing schemes. A core Dutch node in the European protein-transition landscape.
Foodtech Brainport Incubator (Helmond)
NL·Netherlands
Campus and incubator in Helmond providing shared pilot-plant facilities, offices and labs for foodtech startups, with focus on protein transition, processing and packaging. Connected to Brainport Eindhoven's deeptech ecosystem.
Foodvalley Accelerator / Protein Community
NL·Netherlands
Innovation ecosystem organization anchoring the Dutch 'Food Valley' region. Runs the Protein Community, Regenerative Agriculture & Food Community and other open-innovation networks linking startups with Unilever, DSM, FrieslandCampina and Rabobank.
Circl Food / ABN AMRO Sustainable Food Accelerator
NL·Netherlands
ABN AMRO's sustainability accelerator at Circl (the bank's sustainability pavilion) supports food-transition scale-ups with financing structures and open-innovation sprints.
Katapult Ocean / Food System (EU operations)
NL·Netherlands
Impact-focused accelerator/VC running Katapult Ocean (alternative seafood, aquaculture) and other food-system cohorts across Nordic/EU hubs.
Orbia Food & AgTech (via Rockstart / TechEnergy)
NL·Netherlands
Orbia's corporate-venture arm co-invests with Rockstart Agrifood on sustainable agriculture and food-system startups, particularly around precision-farming, irrigation and circular inputs.
Rockstart Agrifood
NL·Netherlands
Dutch accelerator-VC investing globally in seed-stage agrifood startups. Six-month program combining capital, curriculum, corporate-partner access (Rabobank, DSM, InnovationQuarter), and a Demo Day. Strong Dutch/EU deal-flow bridge to LATAM.
SmartAgriHubs Network (EU-wide Digital Innovation Hubs)
NL·Netherlands
EU Horizon 2020 project coordinated by WUR, connecting 140+ Digital Innovation Hubs and 2,000+ competence centers supporting agritech startup experiments across all EU member states.
StartLife Accelerate
NL·Netherlands
Wageningen-based foodtech/agtech incubator supporting 500+ startups since 2009. Offers Launch and Accelerate programs, loans up to €50k, access to WUR labs and a curated investor network. One of the most active agrifood incubators in Europe.
StartHub Wageningen
NL·Netherlands
Official entrepreneurship hub of Wageningen University (Europe's leading agrifood research university). Runs StartLife's pre-incubation tracks and connects student/researcher teams with lab access, mentorship and co-funded grants.