100+ Accelerator Program for Health and Wellness

The 100+ Accelerator was launched by AB InBev to help the company reach its ambitious sustainability goals faster by finding startups that could deliver breakthrough advancements across key sustainability pillars.

Subchallenges

• Personal Care and Hygiene
• Balanced Nutrition

Top Priorities

• Personal Care and Hygiene:
  • Scalp health solutions for improving and maintaining scalp wellness.
  • Microbiome-friendly ingredients and formulations, along with tools to measure and monitor skin microbiome balance.
  • Preservatives and antibacterial agents suitable for personal care applications.
• Balanced Nutrition:
  • Solutions to improve efficacy of health-beneficial fractions from botanicals, including delivery systems for antioxidants, immune support, and anti-inflammatory compounds.
  • Clean and sustainable technologies for ensuring microbiological safety in plant-based ingredients/products while preserving functionality and managing process sterility requirements with lower Capex costs.
  • Tools for personalizing/customizing Ready-to-Drink/Eat (RTD/RTE) products to individual nutritional needs.

Areas of Interest

• Personal Care and Hygiene:
  • Aluminum alternatives for sweat protection.
  • Diagnostics and monitoring solutions for skin and hair health, including predictive and quantified health tools.
  • Technologies and initiatives that promote personal hygiene and care, particularly in underserved communities.
  • Oral care solutions tailored for underserved populations, including diabetics, rural communities, elderly, low-literacy, and low-income groups.
  • Consumer and professional solutions for prevention, treatment, and monitoring of dental caries and periodontitis — both at-home and in-office (excluding restorative or surgical procedures).
  • At-home tooth whitening technologies to prevent and reduce staining and extend treatment results.
  • Professional whitening solutions that go beyond traditional tray and pen formats.
  • Non-invasive skin meso-therapy innovations.
  • Alternatives to Kojic acid and TCA for skin peels.
  • Technologies or initiatives that can promote mental health and vitality.
  • Multi-omics data analysis for use cases relevant for skin, hair, body applications.
  • Pre/post-biotic technologies for skin and scalp.
• Balanced Nutrition:
  • Sugar Replacement Bulking Agents from Agricultural Waste Valorization (providing similar texture and functionality to sugar in various snack applications) [cost parity with sugar]
  • Natural Flavor and Color Modulation Technologies (using natural or bio-based approaches, reducing reliance on synthetic flavorings)
  • Technologies or initiatives that promote affordable macronutrient delivery in plant-based beverages.
  • Natural ingredients which allow flavor/taste enhancement whilst reducing sugar and sweetness in beverages.

Benefits

• The 100+ Accelerator will provide support, guidance and access to potential funding through:
  • Pilot customer opportunities with the six corporate partners:
    • AB InBev, The Coca-Cola Company, Colgate-Palmolive, Danone, Mondelez International, and Unilever (including the potential to scale company-wide)
  • Active mentorship, training, and programming in product development, go-to-market, operations, sales, and more
  • Top mentor network of scientists, academics, domain experts, venture capitalists, corporate sustainability leaders, etc.
  • Potential funding from Partner Companies and their networks

Eligibility Criteria

• Open to all. Challenges were developed with input from subject matter experts from their partner companies around the world to make sure they are focused on local issues that need to be addressed. They are seeking startups from around the world to answer the challenges and are eager to identify technologies and best practices that can be shared across their businesses and beyond.

For more information, visit Anheuser-Busch InBev.