FoodTech 500 Competition 2026 – YOA

Deadline: November 15, 2026

Applications are open for the FoodTech 500 Competition 2026. Inspired by the Fortune 500, Forward Fooding is proud to current the FoodTech 500, the world’s first definitive listing of the worldwide entrepreneurial expertise on the intersection between meals, know-how and sustainability.

The FoodTech 500 showcases chosen worldwide AgriFoodTech startup and scaleup firms utilizing a novel methodology to rank them based mostly on their enterprise dimension, digital footprint, and sustainability practices.

Benefits

• Industry Prestige: Gain recognition as one of many high gamers within the AgriFoodTech business, because of the world’s first Global FoodTech rating.
• Global Exposure in Forward Fooding’s community: Access an enormous community of business stakeholders (22K+ business contacts), together with C-degree Executives at Fortune 500 F&B firms, worldwide buyers and authorities representatives amongst others.
• Showcasing Awesomeness: Be featured on the official FoodTech 500 web site and the Official White Paper, placing your brilliance on show for the world to see, with over 50K+ downloaded stories on the web site.
• Highly-curated Industry Events: Get the OPPORTUNITY to be a speaker or exhibitor on the worldwide gatherings, conferences, and meetups, the place you’ll get to community with one of the best innovators and business specialists on the market.

Eligibility

• Open to all startups and scaleups from the Food Tech (or ‘AgriFoodTech’) sector – from early stage to extra established companies, working all throughout the meals provide chain. At Forward Fooding they outline Food Tech as ‘the emerging sector exploring how technology can be leveraged to create efficiency and sustainability in designing, producing, choosing, delivering and enjoying food.’ 

Selection Criteria

On high of becoming the above definition, there are three primary baseline standards for submitting an application:

• The firm must be included
• The firm must have an lively web site
• The firm is lower than 15 years outdated

Application

Click right here to apply or nominate an AgriTech company

For extra data, go to FoodTech 500 Competition.