Dijon Agrifood Challenge aimed at Start-ups and SMEs

Focus Areas 

• Innovative start-ups and SMEs on the theme of decarbonization of agricultural and agri-food sectors.
• Innovation must correspond to one of the 6 axes:
  • Management and optimization of energy resources
  • Ingredients, ferments, proteins
  • Valorization of food co-products and fight against waste
  • Upcycling and recycling
  • Packaging and conditioning
  • Digital transformation, data management, AI, robotics

Benefits 

• A welcome package offering all the advantages of an attractive metropolis and the support of specialists to accelerate your development.
  • One-year membership to Vitagora (international innovation ecosystem serving the agri-food sector with 670 members, with more than 70 start-ups supported by its ToasterLAB acceleration program)
  • One-year membership to the Village by CA network (800 partners from the 44 villages and 1,400 start-ups supported by the network)
  • 7-month accommodation in the Village by CA Champagne Bourgogne (private office in an environment dedicated to entrepreneurship)
  • Free access to Chouette Move, the professional mobility system of Dijon Bourgogne Invest
• The 10 finalists will participate in a networking cocktail in Dijon at the end of the final, in the presence of companies and clients from a dynamic ecosystem.
• Travel and hotel expenses covered.

Why Participate?

• Meet stakeholders from the agricultural and agri-food sectors who are interested in your solution and can support you in the development of your project.
• Benefit from working conditions conducive to innovation.
• Have easier access to an ecosystem of agri-agro innovation of excellence (UMR Agroécologie, UMR CSGA, Satt Sayens, Eurogerm, Agronov, Dijon Céréales, Engie, Schiever, etc.) thanks to the competition partners.

Who can apply?

• Be a start-up or SME registered in France and/or Europe with 0 to 8 years of existence.
• Offer new products, services or process responding to the themes cited opposite.
• Be in a solid financial situation, and not be the subject of legal proceedings.

For more information, visit Vitagora.