The FoodTech program

Mission and Vision

A tailored and personalized program that provides FoodTech entrepreneurs with both technological know-how and industry expertise.

The program aims to:

  • Create innovative FoodTech companies
  • Strengthen and sustain the FoodTech ecosystem in Tunisia
  • Develop synergies between startups, SMEs, and large companies
  • Facilitate access to financing
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Partners

Connect startups to our network of FoodTech partners.

With a large network of partners involved in technical support, media, agri-food industries, restaurant chains, hotel chains, on-site test kitchens, culinary labs - you name it, WE HAVE IT!-

FoodStart offers everything entrepreneurs need to launch and develop their projects.

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Sectors

Selection Criteria

  • The Food Tech dimension of the project
  • An innovative project idea
  • An idea with high potential
  • A business model relevant to the market
  • A team capable of realizing the project
  • Availability of at least one team member to attend all sessions of the pre-incubation program and to dedicate at least 50% of their time to project development

Program Phases

  1. Sourcing

    May

    01
  2. Preselection

    June

    02
  3. Accompaniment

    July

    03
  4. Demo Day

    December

    04

Advantages

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Test Kitchen Platforms

Access to culinary test labs, a restaurant, and over 350 clients

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Market Access

Startups will be connected with companies to implement their solutions

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Prototyping Support

Startups will be assisted in creating their prototypes

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Expertise

Specific FoodTech commercialization, branding, product development, marketing, product implementation, testing, legal, quality, preparation for financing, preparation for Pitch

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Mentoring Program

Each startup will benefit from 10 hours of 1-to-1 mentoring per month throughout the program

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Free Access to Startup Village

2500m² dedicated to innovation and creationn

Key Figures

35

Experts

10

Hours of 1-to-1 per month

20

Training Sessions

5

Accompanied Startups

Selection Process

  1. PHASE 01

    Call for applications

    01
  2. PHASE 02

    Preselection of 30 dossiers

    02
  3. PHASE 03

    Selection of 15 relevant dossiers

    03
  4. PHASE 04

    Pitch training day / online coaching

    04
  5. PHASE 05

    Pitch day

    05

5 Laureates (Free Incubation)

STARTUP Village

The space of the FoodStart program

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