Programs.
across EU · GCC · North Africa. Every entry validated against at least one public source.
ZICER Startup Programs (AgriTech, Food & Bioeconomics track)
🇭🇷Croatia
Zagreb Innovation Centre combines incubator, accelerator, coworking space and hardware lab under one roof. Declares AgriTech and Food & Bioeconomics as one of its 10 focus verticals alongside cybersecurity, urban mobility, blue economy and others.
StartHub Wageningen
🇳🇱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.
Wa'ed Ventures, Sustainability / AgriFood investment track
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia
Aramco's entrepreneurship arm (established 2011; rebranded to Wa'ed Ventures in 2023) supports Saudi tech startups with VC investment and post-investment services. Has invested in agritech leaders such as Red Sea Farms (saltwater-tolerant farming). Focus sectors include sustainability, industrial and digital.
VTT-led Agritech & Foodtech Accelerator (EIT FAN Nordic Hub, legacy)
🇫🇮Finland
VTT led the EIT FAN Nordic Hub accelerator for agritech and foodtech startups prior to the 2025 shift of the Helsinki Hub to Viikki Food Design Factory. Two teams each year continued to compete for a €100,000 prize at the Food Venture Summit.
Flanders' FOOD Cluster / Food Pilot
🇧🇪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.
Toster / Vitagora ToasterLAB
🇫🇷France
ToasterLAB is the foodtech accelerator of Vitagora, the French Taste-Food-Health cluster in Burgundy. Runs 9-month programs connecting foodtech startups with corporate partners (Seb, Bonduelle, Nestlé).
Le Village by CA (agrifood verticals in Paris, Toulouse, Rennes, Lyon)
🇫🇷France
Crédit Agricole's network of 40+ innovation villages across France. Multiple campuses (Toulouse, Rennes, Dijon) have dedicated agri/food verticals linking startups with agricultural cooperatives and food-industry partners.
Germinator Programme
🇫🇮Finland
Pre-incubation program for pre-startup teams and early-stage founders developing innovations for food-system transformation. Run 2021-2024 and helped create 5 startups from 16 teams. Today, Viikki Food Design Factory focuses primarily on the EIT FAN Helsinki Hub.
IMPULSE, UM6P / MassChallenge / OCP
🇲🇦Morocco
A 12-week accelerator run by Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) in partnership with MassChallenge and supported by OCP Group and OCP Africa. Targets startups in Agritech, BioTech, mining tech and materials science. Winners share $250K equity-free prize and access UM6P's Fablab, experimental labs and OCP's corporate network.
TUM Venture Lab Food/Agro/Biotech
🇩🇪Germany
TUM Venture Labs Food/Agro/Biotech at the Weihenstephan campus supports early-stage food and agri deep-tech spin-offs with lab infrastructure, pilot-scale food pilot plant (ZIEL), and German EXIST founder grants.
Techstars Farm to Fork (with Cargill / Ecolab)
🇩🇪Germany
Techstars' dedicated agrifood accelerator run with Cargill and Ecolab. While nominally US-based, it accepts and has backed many European startups; Techstars Berlin and Paris programs also take foodtech entries.
Technopark Maroc, Incubation & Acceleration
🇲🇦Morocco
Public-private partnership hub with campuses in Casablanca, Rabat, Tangier and Agadir. Supports digital, green and industrial startups - including agri/foodtech ventures - through an equity-free model backed by national development funds, offering incubation from 6 months to 2 years.
Teagasc Food Innovation Gateway / Rising Food Stars Ireland
🇮🇪Ireland
Ireland's state agriculture and food research authority, runs Moorepark food-research centre, provides pilot-scale dairy/meat facilities and partners with startups via the Food Innovation Gateway.
Tatweer Entrepreneurship Campus Plus (tec+)
🇱🇾Libya
Four-month accelerator launched 2023 by Tatweer Research in partnership with UNDP Libya and EU funding. Based in Tripoli with presence in Benghazi and Sebha. Supports startups across tech, digital solutions, agribusiness, education and fashion with eight weeks of intensive training followed by funding applications.
Tamkeen Business Development / Riyada Accelerator
🇧🇭Bahrain
Bahrain's Labour Fund established 2006 as part of Economic Vision 2030. Invests BHD 2B+ in private sector development including training, grants and enterprise finance. Supports food and agri SMEs through Riyada Business Accelerator, Mashroo3i youth program, and partnerships (notably powering Flat6Labs Bahrain and StartUp Bahrain).
Sweden Foodtech Innovation Programs
🇸🇪Sweden
Stockholm-based foodtech platform running multiple innovation programs, Big Meet conference and industry initiatives to grow the Swedish foodtech ecosystem. Acts as a community builder, program runner and international connector for food-system startups.
Station F food cohorts (LVMH La Maison des Startups, Vivatech, Ventech Food)
🇫🇷France
The world's largest startup campus. Multiple resident programs host foodtech cohorts, including LVMH (food & beverage sustainability), HEC Incubator, Founders Program, and thematic open-innovation tracks with Danone, Pernod Ricard and Carrefour.
Startup Wise Guys Sustainability Accelerator
🇪🇪Estonia
Tallinn-based B2B accelerator (est. 2012) that has accelerated 300+ startups across Europe. Its Sustainability Accelerator is a 4-month hybrid program for B2B climate and sustainability startups, delivered 80% online and 20% in Bilbao. Dedicated AgriFood focus areas covered via Sustainability vertical.
Startup Wise Guys AgriFood
🇮🇹Italy
Dedicated AgriFood vertical of Startup Wise Guys (Estonia/Italy) running out of Rome and Sofia. 3-month B2B-focused program with 150+ mentors, followed by access to follow-on funding.
Startup Tunisia ecosystem (ANAVA Fund of Funds)
🇹🇳Tunisia
Government framework established under the 2018 Startup Act. Coordinates 53 SSOs, 9 business angels and co-investment mechanisms, underpinned by the $113.6M ANAVA Fund of Funds managed by Smart Capital. Supports startups across sectors including agritech.
Startup Campus Incubator
🇭🇺Hungary
Budapest-based incubator supporting Hungarian and European early-stage innovative startups. Offers comprehensive business consultation, mentoring, training and financial assistance. Runs vertical programs including agrifood cohorts and collaborates with international partners.
StartLife Accelerate
🇳🇱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.
IndieBio (EU track)
🇮🇪Ireland
SOSV's biotech accelerator IndieBio funds early-stage deeptech startups including alternative proteins, cultivated meat, precision fermentation and sustainable inputs. SOSV is HQ'd in Cork, Ireland, and many EU founders participate in IndieBio NYC/SF cohorts.
SmartAgriHubs Network (EU-wide Digital Innovation Hubs)
🇳🇱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.