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.
Latest news
Planet B.io is a busy community, we are constantly developing and so are our collaborators, residents and members. To keep everyone updated we write articles and organise events. Take a look!
PRESS RELEASE: National investment agenda aims to position the Netherlands as a global leader in industrial biotechnology
Seven organisations from the Delft biotech ecosystem have presented the national investment agenda 'Biotech op Schaal' to the Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs. The €335 million investment programme aims to strengthen the Netherlands' industrial biotechnology ecosystem by expanding scale-up infrastructure, accelerating commercialisation and reinforcing the country's international competitiveness.
Fermentify joins Planet B.io to make plant-based food taste as good as the original
Fermentify has joined Planet B.io's Flexible Bio Lab to develop precision-fermented ingredients that make plant-based foods taste and feel just as good as their animal-based counterparts.
VACANCY | Community & Event Lead Protein Port
Planet B.io is looking for a Community & Event Lead for the Protein Port program who will connect stakeholders across the alternative protein ecosystem and drive meaningful collaboration.