We are over the moon to unveil to the world the official 2022 FoodTech 500 winners with the full-ranked list of companies that made it!

Download the white paper here and discover the entrepreneurial talent behind this year’s FoodTech 500.

Learn out more about the 2022 FoodTech 500 and its methodology HERE

Introducing the official 2022 FoodTech 500

When we first set out to create the FoodTech 500, we wanted to develop the definitive list of the top 500 companies shaping the future of food. Thanks to an overwhelming amount of support, the FoodTech 500 was born with its first edition in 2019. Showcasing innovations from AgriFoodTech companies across the globe, it set the bar incredibly high for this year’s list.

Download the official FoodTech 500 white paper HERE

It is our ambition that the FoodTech 500 becomes the Fortune 500 of AgriFoodTech, a list of top innovators and disruptors in the industry and also the go-to leaders of this emergent and ever-evolving sector. 

Now in its fourth edition, the FoodTech 500 has gathered more than 7500+ applications from AgriFoodTech startup & scaleup companies globally, onboarded 50+ Media Partners and reached 180+ countries in terms of applications received. Since 2019 it continues to raise awareness about the AgriFoodTech sector, the key challenges that our Global Food System is facing and the entrepreneurs who work hard to improve it every day.

The methodology and the scoring mechanism behind the FoodTech 500 blends human vetting with tech-powered data crunching, resulting in the full-ranked FoodTech 500 list. To learn more about the methodology, visit this page.

The 2022 FoodTech 500 Top 10 companies

The 2022 edition has gone above and beyond what we had anticipated. With 2000+ applicants from 67 countries, this year has revealed the incredible diversity of the entrepreneurs who are tackling the food crisis one venture at the time.

Download the full-ranked list HERE

The Top 10 startup and scaleup companies of this year’s FoodTech 500 are among the most promising and influential global companies working across the whole supply chain from Agtech, Kitchen & Restaurant Tech, to Alternative proteins and Food Delivery among other sectors.

These 10 companies alone have cumulatively raised funding in excess of €4B and served more than 48 markets since their founding date. Additionally, these companies have created over 3,200 jobs and filed over 300 patents to date (Source: FoodTech Data Navigator) 

Introducing The FoodTech $100M Club

Learn more about The FoodTech $100M Club HERE

Over the last decade, AgriFoodTech companies have been receiving increasingly large amounts of money from investors worldwide. To stay true to our mission of showcasing the ‘FoodTech underdogs’  and with a growing number of companies surpassing $100 million in funding raised to date which get featured on the 2022 FoodTech 500 list we felt we needed to create a way to help users to identify them. With a significant amount of funding at their disposal, these companies can afford to spend more on research and development, expand their workforce, and even acquire other companies to accelerate their path to success. To acknowledges these companies’ achievements and separate them from the more early-stage players, we created ‘The FoodTech $100 Million Club’. As the name suggests, this new category comprises startup and scaleup companies that surpassed the $100 Million mark in funding to date and are making big waves in the industry. On the 2022 FoodTech 500 list, these outliers will be identified by a distinctive C-shaped mark, and in future iterations, they will have their very own ranking.

To learn more about these companies and their impact on the FoodTech industry, visit our dedicated blogpost here.

The official Unveiling event of the 2022 FoodTech 500

Check out the pictures of the event here.

On March 1st, 2023 at our FoodTech Innovation Hub in Barcelona, we officially unveiled the 2022 FoodTech 500 finalists list, during a ‘phygital’ event.

To celebrate the global FoodTech entrepreneurial talent in fully style, we hosted international speakers representing some of the top-ranked companies that made this year’s list.
The speakers joined us to share their entrepreneurial journey, their companies vision and objectives for the future and we topped that up with a deep dive session on the trends we see in global AgriFoodTech ecosystem. To lear more about it, you can re-watch the entire event on our Youtube Channel!

The 2022 FoodTech 500 unveiling was a really exciting moment,  we kicked off with a keynote speech from our CEO, Alessio D’Antino, who introduced the FoodTech 500, gave a quick overview of the 2022 edition, and announced the Official ranking.

Download HERE the Official 2022 FoodTech 500 white-paper

Our CEO also introduced NEOM, the main sponsor of the 2022 FoodTech 500, which have been supporting the listing for the past three editions.
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Then we went on to welcome on the stage Zhilin Sim, Vice President at EDB, the sponsor of the 2022 FoodTech 500 Unveiling events in London and Barcelona. 

In order to support Singapore with becoming one of the leading global hubs for sustainable Agri-Food technology solutions, EDB  supports and partners with innovative Agri-Food technology companies from around the world to accelerate R&D and commercialization and access Asia’s US$8 trillion opportunity in food spending.

Zhilin shared valuable insights on what makes Singapore a vibrant hub for FoodTech, and revealed their ‘secret sauce’. Watch the video below to learn more about it

As the evening progressed, we welcomed on stage representatives from the the top-ranked 5 FoodTech companies based in Spain to share with our audience their journeys and the impact they have created with their solutions to date. These companies presented their latest innovations and shared more insights about their unique approaches to transforming the industry, providing a fascinating glimpse into the future of FoodTech.

 

Finally, we topped up the pitching session with a panel conversation, which was moderated by our Co-founder & COO Max Leveau, with selected FoodTech companies: Luz Sanz, Co-founder at Vacka; Juan Pablo de Giacomi, Co-founder & CEO at Innomy; Kyle Sherril, Expansion Lead at Libre Foods, Mariano Oto, General Director at Nucaps. The discussion was centered on the future of the AgriFoodTech industry and the potential tech developments that we can expect to see in the next few years. The speakers shared their personal stories, visions for the future, and insights about their respective industry.

 

Watch the full replay of the event HERE

To access the full-ranked list visit the 2022 FoodTech 500 page and download the white-paper.

Additionally, mark your calendars and join us for the European 2022 Unveiling FoodTech 500 tour:
London 22nd March, Berlin 20th April and Stockholm 31st May.  – we look forward to welcoming you to our global FoodTech community and giving you a first-hand taste of the future of food. 

Register to our upcoming events HERE

 

Congratulations to all FoodTech 500 heroes

On behalf of the whole Forward Fooding’s team, we want to thank all the innovators, inventors, founders and all the people that are working hard to tackle the current food crisis and the challenges of the modern world head-on. While sitting at the intersection of food, technology and sustainability, these entrepreneurs are powered by focusing their attention and efforts on a better future. All of the companies that have made it as 2022 FoodTech 500 finalists are, in our opinion, entrepreneurial success stories worth keeping an eye on. That is why we have made it our mission to share them with you.

Forward Fooding is the world’s first collaborative platform for FoodTech Data Intelligence and Corporate Startup Collaboration.