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Foodtech challenge

About the FoodTech Challenge

The FoodTech Challenge is a global competition that identifies and supports leading early-stage, tech-driven solutions poised to transform food systems in arid, hot, and increasingly challenging environments.

It has garnered over 1,100 applications from start-ups across 98 countries in just two editions.

Now in its third edition, the FoodTech Challenge is offering its largest prize yet – $2m in cash – to help winners make tangible progress in scaling their start-ups.

In addition to an emphasis on the UAE market, the competition includes explicit pathways for impact in underserved markets in the Global South.

 

Foodtech challenge
Foodtech challenge

Organizers

Our Partners

The FoodTech Challenge has partnered with leading entities, both in the region and beyond, that are driving forward the global food security agenda through advanced R&D, start-up support, investment, policy, education, and more.

The FoodTech Challenge 3.0

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