At the biannual graduation day of StartLife, it was announced that the agrifoodtech start-up accelerator teams up with Royal Agrifirm Group. The Wageningen University & Research (WUR) affiliated start-up accelerator will support Agrifirm to engage with its European startup ecosystem. The strategic and corporate partnership aims to further expand their networks and innovative solutions for a responsible and sustainable food chain for next generations.
“As Agrifirm, we have a longstanding intensive collaboration with WUR. In many domains of our R&D portfolio, the WUR centers of excellence are key in our progress. But also in our Research Farm Laverdonk in Heeswijk-Dinther, we team up with WUR,” says Johan De Schepper, CIO at Royal Agrifirm Group and adds: “Participating actively in the StartLife start-up community is a logical and valuable next step in our relationship. Together with StartLife, and purpose driven,- we will explore collaboration opportunities with innovative start-ups within the agrofood business that can accelerate our sustainable developments, such as biotechnology powered new applications in farms and fields. By combining the years of expertise of StartLife, its large ecosystem and our networks, we look forward in achieving high impact solutions.”
To StartLife, Agrifirm is a valuable addition to its pool of strategic partnerships with industry leaders. “Their strong presence and specific know-how in the arable and livestock feed and their worldwide network offers start-ups great opportunities to test, enhance and scale their solutions,” says Caroline Bijkerk, Corporate Partnerships Manager of StartLife and she continues: “And, being a cooperative that combines the strength of thousands of farmers and growers, Agrifirm understands the synergy of collaboration like no other. We are confident that they will embrace the innovative solutions that European food & agri start-ups have to offer to its members. After all, we are all better together.”
