Scale your start-up

Food Tech Matters brings together active international investors and industry innovation leaders looking for opportunities to connect and do business with enterprising tech start-ups.

At the next Food Tech Matters event on 29-30 November, start-ups looking to take the next step in their journey will have the opportunity to pitch, connect and meet with this engaged global community through a series of investor pitch sessions and 1-2-1 online meetings.
Deadline for start-ups to sign up is 20 November.

Pitch. Connect. Meet

Food Tech Matters is an important highlight in my calendar each year.
Nick Horsthuis, Mariana Investment Partners

Meet some of the investor community

Nicky Deasy

Managing Parnter, The Yield Lab Europe

Ivan Farneti

Managnig Partner, Five Seasons Ventures

Jonathan Lander

CEO, Volvere plc

Adriana Freitas

Partner, Muster.vc

Nick Horsthuis

–, Mariana Capital

Loet Rammelsberg

Program Director, StartLife

Leah von Siemens

Partner, Manta Ray

Neeraj Berry

General Partner, Tet Ventures

How do the pitches work?

There are four themed sessions each day. Start-ups will have three minutes each to pitch to a panel of international investors. Pitches are fast-paced, focussed live presentations and will allow for questions from the panel.

All pitches can be viewed live and on-demand by all attendees.

Start-up resources

Woman smiling whilst holding two tubs of ice cream

02-11-21 / 3 min read

Start-up in focus: Mama Dolce

02-11-21 / Inspiring stories

From start-up to award winning non-alcoholic spirit makers

illustration of people climbing up the ladder

20-10-21 / 6 min read

10 most successful food start-ups

24-08-21 / 5 min read

Pitch panel: meet 8 investors to impress at Food Tech Matters

07-07-21 / 1 min read

Food Industry Investors: 10 best investors’ questions

Make connections that matter

The Food Tech Matters partnerships team works closely with start-ups to fully understand your business objectives. Get connected with companies and investors that fit your criteria via a dedicated 1-2-1 video meetings

At Food Tech Matters we explored the opportunities food waste prevention offers, with retailers, food producers and stakeholders alike. Within months, these meetings are turning into actual business.
David Kat, Wasteless

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