Acceptance of Applications for the World Food Forum Startup Innovation Awards

Name of the Event: World Food Forum Startup Innovation Awards

Date: 16 October 2024

Place: Rome

Last Date of Application: 8 June 2024

Link to Apply:

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The WFF Startup Innovation Awards, powered by Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) are a global startup competition established to support and showcase innovators and entrepreneurs who are harnessing the power of technology to drive the sustainable transformation of agrifood systems in support of ending global hunger and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

WFF Startup Innovation Awards seeks to identify, elevate and accelerate the growth of startups who show the greatest potential for a positive impact in transforming agrifood systems, aligned to one of four categories:

• Digital Innovation in Food Processing Award

• Empowering Women in Agrifood Systems Award

• Food Loss Award

• Good Food for All, for Today and Tomorrow Award
  

Agrifood systems specialists, innovators and entrepreneurs from around the globe have volunteered to become experts and judges for the WFF Startup Innovation Awards.

Why Apply?

The WFF Startup Innovation Awards will provide the finalists with a travel allowance to the finals during the flagship event in Rome, global visibility, the chance to raise capital, network with global entities (governments, United Nations agencies, corporations, investors, partners), the chance to join WFF startup accelerator programmes to scale up their innovative solutions and technological breakthroughs, and a total of USD 30 000 in prizes.

Timeline

• 8 May 2024: Launch of the WFF Startup Innovation Awards, powered by XTC, during UN STI Forum via our website and social media.
  

• 8 June 2024: Deadline for new applications.
  

• June – October 2024: The WFF-XTC selection team will narrow down the list of entrants to an initial group of shortlisted startups to be highlighted on our website and participate in the September semi-finals.

The eight finalist startups across the four categories will then give their pitches to the panel of judges in the Startup Innovation Awards Finals during the World Food Forum flagship event on World Food Day, 16 October, with the final award for each of the categories, as well as one overall winner, the WFF Startup Innovation of the Year Award.

We are not the official organisers of the program. If you have any queries regarding it, kindly contact the organisers at - https://www.facebook.com/TheWorldFoodForum