FoodTech
Innovation Lab
1871’s FoodTech Innovation Lab connects growth and late-stage startups with corporate businesses, investors, and experts to solve the biggest challenges in the food sector for future industry transformation.
2024 program in progress!
Current partners: Levy, EX3, and World Business Chicago.
Supported by
Our Innovation Labs Connects
Founders
Corporates
Investors
Innovation Ecosystem
Benefit From Year Round High Impact Experiences
2024 Lab Focus Areas
Innovative Ingredients
AgTech
Manufacturing & Packaging Innovation
2024 Lab Focus Areas
Smart Manufacturing
Automation, digitization, flexibility, and scalability
Supply Chain Responsibility
Sustainability by design, circular supply chain, scope 3 transparency, and n-tier visibility
Global Resiliency
Decentralization, agility, reconfigurable networks, and solving for supply chain disruption
AI in Supply Chain
Smart decision making and augmented insights
Visibility and Planning
Control tower and digital twin
“It’s been an awesome experience, we’ve been able to…
Connect with corporate partners, investors, and other founders in this ecosystem to share ideas and collaborate.”
1871’s C1 Supply Chain Innovation Lab participant gives program review.
“It’s been an awesome experience, we’ve been able to…
1871’s C1 Supply Chain Innovation Lab participant gives program review.
FoodTech Innovation Lab 2024
Key details
4 months | Immersive | Hybrid
Runs: 8.12.24 - 11.08.24
What's included for participants
•Unique benefits per business stages
• Inclusion on 1871 press release
• Immersive programming by experts
• Community of peers
• Growth stage gets 3 months of 1871 membership after program + during
• Featured at Foodtech Innovation Summit
•Unique benefits per business stages
• Inclusion on 1871 press release
• Immersive programming by experts
• Community of peers
• Featured at 2024 FoodTech Innovation Summit
Who's in the Lab>>
Growth-stage startups
Late-stage Lab partners
Corporate Lab partners
Growth stage startups
Late stage lab partners
Corporate lab partners
Built with industry experts
Entrepreneur-In-Residence
Founder & Managing Partner @ Barrel Ventures
Nate has partnered with some of the brightest entrepreneurs building companies in this world, investing in companies such as Olipop, Jumbotail, Grabango, Helaina, Great Wrap & others. He founded L3 Hospitality Group and Wise Apple.
Barrel Ventures is an early stage fund investing in the future of food from pre-farm to post-fork and everything in-between.
Tech for Good Innovation Summit
Climate Tech, Food Tech, Health Tech
Lab timeline
Programming
Week 1
8.12.24 - 8.16.24 [Virtual]
Week 2
9.09.24 - 9.13.24 [In-person]
Week 3
10.07.24 - 10.11.24 [Virtual]
Week 4
11.04.24 - 11.08.24 [In-person]
Capstone event w/ public showcase
11.07.24
Lab partners
Ecosystem partners
Supported by
General partners
Late stage lab partners
Late stage lab partners
Join the Lab!
Choose your business segment.