FoodHack Berlin x ProteinDistillery: From Lab to Launch: Smart Financing Strategies for Food Innovation
Join us on May 22nd in Berlin for our next meetup hosted in collaboration with ProteinDistillery entitled "From Lab to Launch: Smart Financing Strategies for Food Innovation".
What to expect:
Guests can look forward to an inspiring evening full of insights, connections, and innovation in the food tech space.
Co-Founder Marco Ries will take the stage with an introduction into ProteinDistillery, placing special attention to how they built and financed our 200T/year demo facility, with an evolving strategy from a single-product to a scalable multi-ingredient approach, as well as navigating the challenges of early-stage fundraising in the foodtech space.
Additional keynotes from our speakers will offer fresh perspectives from across the industry before we head over to a dynamic panel discussion exploring different aspects of startup financing in the food tech space under the topic of “From Lab to Launch: Smart Financing Strategies for Food Innovation”.
In particular, we will be deep-diving into:
How to navigate between public and private funding sources
Approaches to financing capital-intensive innovations and FOAK
The challenges of bringing novel ingredients to market
Fundraising strategies for early-stage startups, expectations from investors in Pre-Series A and Series A rounds, and key considerations when building a financially scalable business model in the alternative protein and ingredient sector
The event wraps up with casual networking over food and drinks, creating space for deeper conversations, new connections, and future collaborations.
The event is free but registration is necessary.
Keynote speakers and panel experts tbc
Agenda:
18:00 – Doors open & networking
18:30 – Welcome talk & agenda overview
18:45 – Keynote speeches
19:15 – Panel discussion
19:45 – Q&A
20:00 – 30 second pitches
20:20 – Open networking & drinks
Language: English
Venue: Ahoy Berlin, Wattstraße 11, 13355 Berlin
Your hosts:
Sarah Decoine, FoodHack Berlin
Arianna Spaggiari, FoodHack Berlin
Jana Wemhöner, ProteinDistillery
Julia Schimanietz, ProteinDistillery
About the Organizers:
FoodHack is a community-driven platform that inspires, highlights and connects food entrepreneurs and innovators. With meetups across the globe, a weekly food industry newsletter, a membership program and an annual summit.
ProteinDistillery transforms industrial sidestreams into clean-label, multifunctional ingredients enabling a more sustainable and scalable future for the food industry and beyond.
Must RESERVE in advance and please do let us know for cancellation
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