StartLife
Growing Food & Agri Startups into Leading Enterprises
StartLife is Europe's longest running and leading Food and Agri Tech startup accelerator, whose mission is to shape a sustainable food system.
StartLife strongly believes that startups hold the key to the big changes needed in our food system. In order for promising early-stage startups to succeed, we help them find their way to success and build an impactful company.
Disruptive innovation in itself is not enough; it also needs to be implemented and transformed into tangible applications. At StartLife we strongly believe that entrepreneurs are needed for their drive, investors for their belief and corporates for their mass impact. Hence, StartLife builds bridges between these groups to jointly accelerate to a sustainable food system. We do this is on a individual basis, but also through our internationally renowned F&A Next summit.
StartLife was founded in 2010, among other by Wageningen University & Research, to support agrifood startups shaping a sustainable food system with breakthrough technologies. Today, StartLife is Europe's longest-running and leading agrifoodtech accelerator. To date we have built, funded and supported 400+ innovative foodtech and agtech startups.
Each year, StartLife accepts up to 40 new startups into its startups support program. Up to 20 startups enter our 12-week full service acceleration program, with starting dates in spring and fall. In addition, we provide tailored support to about 10 to 20 individual startups throughout the year.
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Join Planet B.io at Bio Innovations Europe 2026 – Exclusive 25% discount
We’re happy to be part of the Dutch Biotech Cluster at Bio Innovations Europe 2026, alongside Biotech Booster and hollandbio! Taking place in The Hague on 10-11 June and focused on driving the commercialisation of industrial biomanufacturing in Europe, Bio Innovations Europe will connect over 400 bio-pioneers from across the region for two days of pre-arranged, commercially focused 1-2-1 meetings, knowledge exchange and networking.
Horizon: building the next wave of biotech growth at the Biotech Campus Delft
A new development is on the horizon for the Biotech Campus Delft. With the working title Horizon, ASR Dutch Science Park Fund, together with dsm-firmenich and Planet B.io, is taking the next step in further strengthening the campus as a leading European hub where biotech innovation, collaboration, and scale come together.
High-level Government visit highlights Delft's strategic role in future industrial biotech growth
On 11 March, Erwin Nijsse, Director-General at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate, visited Planet B.io. The visit aligns well with the Netherlands’ evolving political and economic direction and therefore he was joined by a broad delegation of colleagues from several ministries.