Program of Investors
Committing to R+D+I in the food and agriculture industry is fundamental to thesustainable development of this sector.
The application of new agricultural technologies and developments is a sourcefor innovative entrepreneurial opportunities. Such activities serve to furtherthe economic growth of the Agrifood sector and its auxiliary industries.
Intelligent applications and developments improve the Agrifood value chain, aswell as strengthen emerging activities in the sector. Fundamentally, they arecontributing to the agricultural industry of digital transformation.
Our project: Startup Europe #SmartAgriFood Summit
Welcome to the second edition of Startup Europe#SmartAgriFood Summit, an industry leading exhibition increating innovative ecosystems in the European Agrifoodsector.
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Create a meeting point between innovative ideas and funding access.
Get to know the latest technologies in the Agrifood value chain presented byrapidly growing startups in the new digital economy.
Promote cooperation among institutions in R+D projects.
Act as a meeting point for the best European initiatives in the AgTech field.
Serve as an industry reference and facilitate communication among professionalsin the sector.
Promote innovative entrepreneurship in the Agrifood industry by providingdevelopmental and growth opportunities to TBC’s, startups and spin-offs.
Objectives
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Agricultural entities developing crops and livestock
Industrial sector and food security
Companies in the food and agriculture industry that use technology (land management, live stock, agri-industrial, logistics, water management, etc.)
Agricultural tech companies(remote sensing, Bigdata, IoT, cognitive technologies, agri-industry 4.0, drones, etc.)
Investors
Entrepreneurs: Startups, EBTs, and Spin-offs
Universities and research organizations
Public administrations on an international level
Science and technology parks
Participants
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#Agrifood18 in figures
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Startup Europe Smart Agrifood Summit closed its first edition with apotential business volume of more than 200 million euros
1,200 professionals from 19 countries, linked to the digital transformationof the agri-food sector, met in Malaga
40% of participating startups obtained funding
Why has the first edition been highlighted?
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According to tweet reach and facebook inside there were 23 million impactson the Web
1,500 twetts with more than 5 million impacts
It has created an important map of innovation and of the Europeanecosystem of agrifood startups
We are building a bridge between Silicon Valley and European ecosystems
The event has caused an explosion of startups and investors with a focus onthe emerging smartagrifood ecosystem
Effective public-private partnership for the development of the smartagrifoodecosystem
The celebration of 14 satellite events made with local ecosystems has beenessential to promote the startup ecosystems
Investors Participation
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More than 50 investors from the USA, Israel,United Kingdom, Belgium, France and Spain
More than 12 Venture Capital entities andfunds from all over Europe, the US and Israel
Axon Partners (SP-EU) Atomico (UK-EU) AgriFood Capital (NL-EU) Ourcrowd (Israel)
Faraday Ventures (SP-EU) Univen Capital Naves Ventures (PT-EU) Fellow Funders (SP-EU)
Fundación Innovación Bankinter (SP)World Business Angels SVG PartnersAgFunderSilicon Valley Forum
Name Country
Silicon Valley Forum USA
SGV Partners USA
Ag Funder USA
Agrifood Capital Netherlands
Allied for Startups Belgium
Seeds & Chips Italy
Agrimetrics UK
EYIF Europe
DigiHub Berlin Germany
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Startup Nation Central Israel
Startup Europe Belgium
Wageningen University Netherlands
Naves - IESE Portugal
Sopexa France
Soufflet France
European of Innovation Foundation Spain
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STARTUP ECOSYSTEM
New Challenges:
• Empowering the Emerging Smart Agrifood European Start-up Ecosystem
• Stablish links between companies, universities, startups, investors and NGOs, with the European ecosystems, Silicon Valley and Israel
• Generate business in the area of digital transformation of the agrifoodsector
• Consolidate as a global benchmark in the agrifood sector
Heading to #Agrifood19
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New topics:Heading to #Agrifood19
• Robots Use
• Autonomous Vehicles
• Big Data (Crops, Livestocks, Supplies, Food)
• Enviromental Development and Circular Economy
• Food Security
• Blockchain Agrifood
• Logistic Chain
• New Business in Food Agrifood and Poverty: Africa, LatinAmerica, Southeast Asia
• Agrifood and Poverty: Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia
• Women and Agrifood ecosystem
• Cybersecurity in the agrifood chain
• Open Data
• Artificial intelligence and predictive systems in Agrifood
• Young Farmers
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Schedule for Investor June 20th 2019 #Agrifood19
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9,00 . Work on Breakfast: Meeting of investors with the European, National and Local authorities
(Commissioner of Agriculture, DG Connect, Ministry of Agriculture of Spain, Ministry of Regional
Government, Mayor of Malaga Council, President of INTEC Foundation, and President of Malaga
Valley)
10,00 . Elevator Pitch (Pararell session)
11,00 . B2B Startups- Investors (Programmed schedule matchmaking)
12,00 Open Ceremony
13,00 . Networking Lunch Startups- Investor .
14,30 . Visit to the Startups Area in the "Tabacalera Hub” (Space for Startups of the Malaga City).
17,00 B2B Startups- Investors (Programmed schedule matchmaking)
19,00 Sunset Summit (Area reserved for entrepreneur / investor networking on Beach of Malaga) .
We are counting on you to…
Generate more than 30 million interactions on social media for each edition
Stimulate press coverage in well known publications related to the European Agrifood sector
Create funding opportunities for participating entities by attracting investors
Stimulate entrepreneurship in the Agrifood sector
Work in the long term to create a Smart Agrifood ecosystem on an international level
Assure the participation of the best projects in the Startup Europe SmartAgriFood Summit
Assure the success of a high level business initiative in terms of entrepreneurship, innovation, and technology
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Contact:
Juan Francisco DelgadoVicepresidentEuropean Foundation for Innovation – INTEC+34 [email protected]