Name: De Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij
Address: Goirlese Weg 15, Tilburg, Noord Brabant, 5026 PB, NL
Telephone: +31 88 831 11 20
Price range: $

Food Innovators Wanted! Join the Business Innovation Program Food

The world of tomorrow needs food innovators today. If your concept or business is guaranteed to make the food chain more sustainable, smarter, more efficient, or healthier and you are looking to access the market using an earnings model, then sign up for the introductory workshop to the Business Innnovation Program Food (BIPF). This is a low-threshold introduction to the entire program and all questions are welcome, allowing you to make sure the program is a good fit.

The BIPF supports startups and existing SMEs that aim to make a significant contribution to the food transition through their concepts. Over ten modules, you will receive the answers to the major questions that will ultimately become your foundations for a healthy business case. More than 50 companies have already successfully completed the program. Participants come from all fields, such as agricultural and horticultural companies, the food-processing industry, data and high-tech companies, logistics and other providers, and many others.

What do you get out of the program?

Using a step-by-step method, we will train you how to tackle your vision, the customer, product, earnings model, team, and partnerships at the right time and using the right approach.
Weekly plenary sessions to cover the theoretical framework, online one week and in a central location in the Netherlands every other week, during which trainers, coaches and other participants give you feedback.
Practical assignments to prepare for and conclude every session.
Valuable one-on-one guidance from a business development specialist in your local regional development agency (RDA).
And finally, a 100-day plan so that you can continue to work on concrete objectives after the program's conclusion.

The program gave me serious leads and clients, and I was able to decide with confidence on the direction in which I wanted to grow.

Jacqueline van Eerd - Sustainable mushroom farm Oesterzwam

The program puts you in an innovation-rich environment, and aside from being able to examine your own business critically, you also learn a great deal from others.

Rachel Hanssen- Data science specialist - COMPUTD

Thanks to the program, the critical perspective, and a strong focus on validating all decisions, I now have a clear direction in which to take my business.

Ben Pieterse - founder and owner - vertical farming startup Glowfarms

What's in it for you?

A significantly better chance of your concept becoming a sustainable earnings model.
A focus on the priorities that require attention, time, and money in the startup phase.
A thorough knowledge and understanding of who and where your buyers are and which earnings model to use, clear communication in terms of your concept or business, insight into the best partners, and a concrete step-by-step plan for the next growth phase.
A beneficial and educational cross-pollination with other participating companies that are also in the agrifood industry.
A valuable contribution to a more sustainable and healthy economy.