MOA Foodtech at the Scale It Up! Innovation Challenge
Congratulations to MOA foodtech for winning the Scale It Up! Innovation Challenge and to Cultivated Biosciences for winning the runner-up prize. We couldn’t be happier that two of our portfolio companies made waves at this prestigious event.
The jury was composed of R&D leaders, including Givaudan, Cargill, Bühler Group, PURIS, DIL Deutsches Institut für Lebensmitteltechnik e. V. and the competition took place during the Bühler Group Networking Days 2022 where startups, industry professionals and partners gather to innovate for a sustainable future in food.
👉MOA foodtech is a Big Idea Ventures portfolio company from #BIVCohort4. They combines biotechnology and artificial intelligence to transform waste and byproducts of the agri-food industry into a ”next generation protein” with high nutritional value that is 100% sustainable.
👉 Cultivated Biosciences is a Big Idea Ventures portfolio company from #BIVCohort5 The Switzerland-based startup has developed a strong technology to create an ingredient that adds creaminess to #plantbased dairy without the need for GMO 🌱.