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2019’s FoodTech 500 Winners: Where Are They Now? A 6-Month Review

Earlier this year, on February 4th, 2020, we released the world’s first FoodTech 500 list. That’s 2019’s definitive list of global entrepreneurial talent at the intersection between food, technology and sustainability. We collected over 1.200 applications from 54 different countries, across 8 different categories of AgriFoodTech. A truly global response! But what happened to the winners? Where are they now? In our brand new report, 2019’s FoodTech 500 Winners: Where Are They Now – A 6-month Review, we take a look at their latest updates.
The Report
You can now download our report Where Are They Now?: A 6-month Review, about the latest news and achievements from the winners of 2019’s FoodTech 500.
As the global pandemic has highlighted how fragile our food system can be, we’ve asked each company from the FoodTech 500 to share with us some triple-bottom line metrics of the impact they were able to generate since we launched the official list back in February 2020.
Thus, we have crated this report to showcase the progress made by some of our 500 winners over the last 6 months. When crafting this report, we looked at impact metrics such as jobs creation, funding activities, and strategic partnerships established with industry players.
Creating this report has shown us what we already knew: the world of AgriFoodTech is diverse, impact-driven and future-thinking. And it is shaping our very perception of the food landscape.
Key takeaways from this report:
Download the report
Want to access our report 2019’s FoodTech 500 Winners: Where Are They Now – A 6-month Review for free? Download it now by clicking on the image below.
A final note
We would like to point out that this report is still work in progress, and that we are in the process of updating the information in this report as we go.
For this reason, if you feel that some of the information you read was not entirely correct, of if you are one of 2019’s FoodTech 500 winners and haven’t had the chance to send us your information, or you would like to update your information, please take a moment to contact us.
You can do so by dropping us a line at info@forwardfooding.com, or filling out this form.
Thanks for your support!
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We are over the moon to announce the launch the 2020 edition of FoodTech 500!
If you want your company to be featured, you can pre-apply by filling out our form.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Want to access more Food Tech reports for free? Then visit forwardfooding.com/reports.
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