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By Crowdfooding
The Crowdfoding Hub is the space where food entrepreneurs, food corporates and consumers meet to make food innovation happen and build a more sustainable food system together.
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The objectives of our 'Food Innovation Hub' are: - to help food startups develop their business through mentoring and workshops, and by providing them with the right infrastructure and network - to encourage food innovation by connecting entrepreneurs and makers with key industry stakeholders to conceive new solutions - to allow consumers and local communities to discover and interact with the latest food tech innovations (vertical farming, 3D printing for food, etc..) and learn about the challenges facing the future of food What's in there ? - A coworking space, media studio & kitchen incubator for startups - A 'Showcasing' space open to the public to feature startups products and food tech innovations - An events space to host activities such as workshops for entrepreneurs, food tech conferences, food hackathons, dining experiences & kids labs
What we'll deliver:
Why it's a great idea:
Because it will: - Help local startups develop their activity and scale up - Accelerate food innovation, to aim for a more sustainable food ecosystem - Raise awareness with the public around the current challenges facing the global food system
Steps to get it done:
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How will the money be spent?Total £136,117
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VolunteerCrowdfooding is the world's first collaborative platform for the food and drink industry. Our mission is to bring together food entrepreneurs, passionate foodies and established food organisations to create meaningful relationships and foster food innovation.
Our current services include crowdfunding & mentoring for startups, startups scouting & open innovation for corporates.
Since we launched the crowdfunding platform a little over a year ago, we realised that the London food startup scene is geographically very fragmented. There is no space identified as 'the place to be' for food entrepreneurs, food corporations and other food organisations to meet & interact through events, collaborate, or even create together.
Which is why we came up with the project of launching our own Food Innovation Hub and are now looking for a space.
More details in this presentation:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1cJyG10DRHLsSmOQ-rzlLJsikzihLT6iIUWeSaV_Wuzk/edit?usp=sharing
Back in November, we started pitching the idea to food corporations such as Danone, Barilla, Mondelez, Heineken, and many others. Not only the idea was well received, but it validated the point that not only startups need corporates to scale up, but food corporates have a real need for startup collaboration in order to innovate.
By facilitating food innovation through our Hub, the ultimate goal is to go towards a more sustainable food ecosystem.
The objectives of the Hub are the following:
=> Help F&B entrepreneurs scale up their business via mentoring, programs & events
=> Help F&B corporations interact and collaborate with startups, in order to innovate in a sustainable way
=> Raise awareness around Food Tech with the general public and more broadly around the challenges facing the Future of Food (through 'Future Food Showcase')
What we need to start with:
=> a coworking space (15-20 seats) to host the first few 'resident startups'
=> a space to organise events & workshops
=> a kitchen that startups could use to create products and make experiments (second stage)
Project Owner: Crowdfooding The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.
