SUPPORTING PROMISING STARTUPS GROW
Beyachad - The Stella and Yoel Carasso Family Foundation
SUPPORTING PROMISING STARTUPS GROW
Beyachad - The Stella and Yoel Carasso Family Foundation
Together, let’s create a sustainable future for all.
Submit your entry now and be a catalyst for change!
Baseline Criteria for Competition Entry:
- A company registered in Israel
- A startup in the Agro-Food Tech fields
- In the pre-seed or seed funding stage
- After initial maturation proof of concept
- Up to $1 Million raised
- Applied research and technology based solution
- Founded after 2019
Promise / Vision:
- Competitive advantage, innovation, and technology
- Market and the business potential
- Diversity in the company’s management/staff – gender, religion, nationality
- Food security environment
An initiative that will enhance national food security and strengthen the country’s resilience - Special entrepreneurship / breakthrough
- Best match to formal project criteria
- Overall impression of the project
- A panel of judges with professional experience and demonstrated vision in the field (see list below)
- A food technology studies graduate committee
- Food Sec&Tech Summit participants
- Exposure at the Global Food Security Summit – Food Sec&Tech
- Cash prize of $20,000
- 10 hours of applied research accompanied by the staff of the National Food Institute
- Mentoring program and support by Dana Global Venture Builder and investment (*)
- An opportunity to present the idea to investors/ VCs
Apply by June 12, 2023, by submitting the following:
- The completed attached application form
- A short video presentation
June 13-14, 2023: Preliminary judging round
June 15, 2023: Notice to five finalists
June 16, 2023: Announcement of five finalists
June 27, 2023: Display at the Food Sec&Tech exhibition
June 28, 2023 (Summit): Finalists’ presentations to the summit participants and judging committees
June 29, 2023: Announcement of the Food Sec&Tech Promising Startup Competition winner and award ceremony
- Fill out the application form and attach the additional information
- Prepare a 3-minute video describing the project and its impact potential
- Send to the judging committee by email: info@isdefexpo.com
- The competition will be accompanied by a PR campaign which will emphasize the activity of the Food Institute as the national comprehensive body of Foodtech and Agrotech and the leading institute in the field of strengthening the nutritional security and nutritional independence of the State of Israel.
- Instructions for preparing the display at the exhibition will be sent to the 5 finalists.
- Instructions for presentations to the judging committees will be published separately.
- Six months of professional support from the Dana team.
- Professional mentoring services in all fields from the best mentors.
- A customized “personal” program for each startup.
- Support for the management team with an emphasis on female empowerment and working in diverse teams.
- Introducing the startup at Dana’s beta site in Abu Dhabi.
- Pilots project with business partners in Abu Dhabi and Morocco.
- Accreditation and validation by universities: the opportunity to pursue academic studies/research collaborations with renowned academic institutions.
- Strategic connections with investors in the MENA markets.
- Participation in the COP28 events that will be held this year in the Emirates.
The Luzzatto Group will award a prize to the finalists in the competition – each company will receive a prize of 2 hours of consultation on intellectual property strategy with a senior patent attorney.
The meaning of the award is that the teams will receive two hours to consult with a senior partner on how to protect the innovation they have developed and they will leave the meeting with the next steps we recommend they take in the world of intellectual property.
Prize Reward by Atar Raz-Oren, CEO
Beyachad – The Stella and Yoel Carasso Family Foundation
17:30 – 28 June 2023
At the Innovation Arena
- Atar Razy Oren, CEO of Beyachad – The Stella and Yoel Carasso Family Foundation
- Dr. Tammy Meiron, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at the Fresh Start Foodtech incubator
- Shirley Shahar, Co-Founder & Chief Operations Officer – DANA | Hub71 | ADGM
- Dr. Ofir Benjamin, Senior lecturer and researcher – Food Science Department Tel Hai College and
CTO – Israel National Food Institute - Prof. Eyal Shimoni -Tech & Food-Tech expert
- Guy Tobi, CEO and Owner – PROSOLV Technologies, CEO – Israel National Food Institute
- Dr. Amal Shibli, Director of Business Excellence, Merck Company
- Mira Hershkovitz, Director of Entrepreneurship and Development, Tel-Hai College,
Competition Management & Coordination
Atar Razy Oren
CEO of Beyachad – The Stella and Yoel Carasso Family Foundation
Dr. Tammy Meiron
Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at the Fresh Start Foodtech incubator
Shirley Shahar
Co-Founder & Chief Operations Officer – DANA | Hub71 | ADGM
Dr. Ofir Benjamin
Senior lecturer and researcher – Food Science Department Tel Hai College and CTO – Israel National Food Institute
Prof. Eyal Shimoni
Tech & Food-Tech expert
Guy Tovy
CEO and Owner – PROSOLV Technologies, CEO – Israel National Food Institute
Dr. Amal Shibli
Director of Business Excellence, Merck Company
Mira Hershkovitz
Director of Entrepreneurship and Development, Tel-Hai College, Competition Management & Coordination
Ori Ben-Herzel
VP of Value Creation at MIGAL
