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Disrupting the agri-food sector
Even if you are a later stage startup or established company, tell us about your solution – we will help you to implement it within the European markets. Our program grants you 24/7/365 access to our lofty innovation hub in the heart of Hannover. Hannover is the Capital of the State Lower Saxony – the biggest AgriFood center in Germany. Moreover K+S offers lab space in Wunstorf at the Innopark Sigmundshall.
We offer an intense program that is customizable according to your needs. We are specifically interested in the following 9 verticals but feel free to apply if your startup operates in a related field for example Ag-biotechnology, agribusiness market places, bioenergy and biomaterials, farming management-software, sensing and IoT, Farm-robotics, mechanization and equipment, innovative food, supply chain and packaging solutions, novel farming systems.
The program entails a 3-months acceleration phase including access to the ecosystem, all learning resources, and funding to make you investor-ready.
After that, you will have the possibility to get additional 9 months to further define, develop and pilot your product/technology in cooperation with our corporate partners.
You will get a 3 to 12 months period to get real market validation. The goal is to have your solution implemented within the corporate real-world environment through pilot projects and accelerate your growth. You profit either from a new variant of your product/technology or from new customers to enter the European market. Pilot outcomes include: product co-development, commercial partnership, licensing agreements, extension of customers base and additional investments.
Our mission: you share our mission to disrupt the AgriFood value chain.