Start-ups, take part in the "What's for lunch tomorrow?

Foodtech® Dijon Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, supported by Vitagora, is organizing, in partnership with Terres Univia, a competition for innovative start-ups and SMEs building the food of tomorrow

The aim of the What's for lunch tomorrow? "The aim is to identify start-ups and SMEs offering innovative food products for B2C markets that meet the food challenges of tomorrow, as well as new consumer expectations.

• Reducing the environmental impact of food production


• Reducing food waste and promoting the circular economy


• Meet consumer expectations in terms of transparency, use, taste, nutrition, clean label...

Who can apply?
This competition is open to companies meeting the following conditions:

• Be a start-up or SME (with 1 to 250 employees), regardless of geographical location


• Commercialize an innovative finished food product for B2C markets that meets consumers' new expectations in terms of nutrition, usage, taste, sustainability, etc.


• Be looking for support to accelerate the time-to-market and/or industrialization of your project.


• Be registered as a company with a unique registration number in the country of origin


• Be in a sound financial position, and not subject to legal proceedings


• Have read and approved the terms and conditions of the competition


• Your product can be sold on the French market or adapted for this purpose.

Why participate ?

• Pitches to food industry professionals (manufacturers, distributors and investors)


• Exhibit free of charge for 2 days at one of France's most important trade fairs


• Sell your products direct


• Win one of the prizes on offer: cash prize, market access support, acceleration...

Awards

🥇1st Prize :

Cash prize: €1,000
Vitagora membership for 2025 (worth €945 excluding VAT)
Visibility pack including :
- A filmed interview with the winner, relayed on the Vitagora and Foodtech® Dijon Bourgogne-Franche-Comté social networks.
- Participation in the 2025 edition of Vita'Connect, Vitagora's Grand Convention

🥈2nd Prize:

Vitagora membership for 2025 (worth €945 excluding VAT)
Visibility pack including :
- A filmed interview with the winner, relayed on the Vitagora and Foodtech® Dijon Bourgogne-Franche-Comté social networks.
- Participation in the 2025 edition of Vita'Connect, Vitagora's Grand Convention

🥉3rd prize (Special Terres Univia*) :

Strategic deployment support via the ToasterLAB acceleration program, with a focus on market access "hosted by Eric Lebrette from Exprico.
Vitagora membership for 2025
*The winner of this prize must propose a product that enhances the value of plants rich in oil and French plant proteins (oilseeds): peas, field beans, lupins, lentils, chickpeas, soybeans, rapeseed, sunflower, flaxseed, etc.
oilseeds, olives.

Competition calendar:

• Application deadline: September 20


• Finalists announced: September 30


• Final jury in Dijon: October 31 (afternoon). Pitches will be in French.


• Announcement of winners: October 31, after jury deliberation.


• All finalists must be present at the dedicated exhibition area on October 31 and November 1.

Closing date for applications is midnight September 20, 2024.

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