THRIVE Global Initiative
Europe Challenge
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Congratulations to our EUROPE Challenge Winners
THRIVE Europe Challenge Award
People’s Choice Award
Female Founder Award
WHAT IS IT?
The THRIVE Europe Challenge solves problems of the European agrifood industry, accelerates the development of the ecosystem, and selects the best startups and scaleups for investment and global recognition.
The Challenge is closely aligned with the Farm to Fork Strategy within the European Green Deal—which seeks to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050 while doubling down on achieving the UN SDG’s—and brings innovators to the forefront to help lead the way.
Selection Criteria
Startups should be Seed to Series A with technologies focused in the following areas
Meet our Finalists
Agro Sustain
A one-stop-shop solution for biological plant protection. They aim to reduce food waste and support organic food production by developing farm to fork solutions, like biological fungicides and coatings.
AGXEDD
Provides autonomy as a system: a ready to use autonomous platform with virtual planning tools and valuable data models.
Carbon Harvesters
Helps dairy groups achieve their climate goals by facilitating the implementation of techno-economical climate mitigation strategies on their farms.
Spherag
Is the first autonomous bidirectional gatewayless platform which combines cloud based SW and 5G/LTE solar powered IoT, connecting “live” cloud management with farms and integrating soil sensors, crop sensors, weather models and remote sensing through satellite images.
GreenEye Technology
Utilizes Artificial Intelligence to disrupt the agricultural pest control process, transitioning from the current practice of broadcast and wasteful spraying to precise and selective spraying of chemicals.
Lupinta
Produces a plant-based protein using Lupin beans to meet the accelerating demand for sustainable and tasty plant-based foods. They utilize a crop that is suitable and regenerative for European farming while providing a high protein, high fiber, low fat crop to produce protein plant alternatives.
Eniferbio
Enables a greener future for fish farming by producing a sustainable, scalable and cost-competitive alternative to soy – the main component of fish feed today. Their production process runs on side streams from biorefineries, such as corn ethanol mills, providing them with clean water and a valuable new source of revenue.
Gardin
Is developing optical sensors and analytics to measure crop physiology so farmers can grow better food at lower costs & reduce waste
CBN Agro.Tech
Helps the post harvest niche to maximize grain value across the entire supply chain by maintaining quality, eliminating waste and optimizing operational costs with smart algorithms.
Micron Agritech
Have developed a kit to help farmers rapidly test and treat only those animals found to be infected. The Micron Kit allows farmers to test animals for parasites on-site with an app that returns results in 10 minutes.
Supporting Partners
Judging Panel
Richard O’Gorman
Sean Webb
Michael Moskowitz
Adam Murphy
Lisa Dillon
Hadar Sutovsky
John Harnett
Special Guest
Hadar Sutovsky
Kristal Golan
Michael Moskowitz
Adam Murphy
Lisa Dillon
Michael Moskowitz
WINNING COMPANY RECEIVES
The winner will receive the THRIVE Europe Challenge Award and advance to the finals of the global THRIVE Accelerator Program with an opportunity to be selected for the THRIVE VIII Cohort in Silicon Valley, CA.
- Recognition Award: THRIVE Europe Challenge Award
- Invitation to pitch at the THRIVE VIII Accelerator Finals. Selected companies receive investment and the opportunity to pitch at THRIVE | Forbes Demo Day 2022 in Salinas, CA, USA
- Recognition by THRIVE and Forbes Media
- Silicon Valley Startup Bootcamp in the Summer of 2022 for two founders, hosted by THRIVE ($15k USD value)
- Automatic acceptance as a Samsung XTC Finalist
Benefits for Entrepreneurs
- Recognition as one of the most promising agrifood companies in Europe—boosting existing ecosystems and attracting new agrifood innovation to the region
- Exposure to local and international investors and organizations
- THRIVE Accelerator Program qualification for the winning company
- Brand amplification through Forbes Media and THRIVE communication channels
- Access to expert mentors and advisors as well as access to THRIVE's extensive global entrepreneur network
THRIVE Europe Challenge Timeline
Partner Applications Open
Partner Applications Close
Program Kick Off
Workshops/ Programming
Silicon Valler Week & GIS
How to engage
Headline Partner
Headline Partners are looking to be the key sponsors and supporters of the Challenge—spotlighting early-stage startups that solve local or global agrifood tech challenges while getting visibility from the global innovation ecosystem.
Startup Partner
Startup Partners are interested in supporting the challenge winner while getting visibility in the region and globally through our community of over 18k startups, scaleups, corporations, and investors in agrifood tech.
Challenge Partner
Challenge Partners are looking to support the regional challenge, highlight the best startups in the region, and collaborate with key innovation leaders in the agrifood space.
Co-marketing Partner
Co-Marketing Partners have an extensive network of agrifood innovators in the region and are interested in getting visibility within our community of over 18k startups, scaleups, corporations, and investors in agrifood tech, while supporting the communication of the Challenge.