Rabobank’s FoodBytes! innovation platform is a powerful engine for ongoing collaboration between food and agriculture companies who want to feed the world more sustainably.

FoodBytes! drives collaboration between startups, large food and ag companies and investors through two complementary programs: FoodBytes! Pitch and FoodBytes! Pilot.

Our approach to industry change: discovering and supporting startup innovation; and helping large food and ag companies embed and drive innovation across their organisations.

Learn about the benefits of the FoodBytes! ecosystem

Startups

  • Ongoing mentorship from industry experts
  • Access to new customers and partners
  • Intros to leading industry C-suite executives
  • Tailored 1:1 investor connections
  • Industry insights / financial advisory from Rabobank network
  • Peer-to-peer camaraderie via alumni network
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Corporates

  • Strategic introductions and collaboration opportunities with startups
  • Participation in scoring and selection of startups
  • Digital and physical programming opportunities, including panel participation, masterclass hosting, and mentorship roles
  • Tailored startup trend reporting
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Investors

  • Access to robust startup origination pipeline
  • Unparalleled due diligence mechanism and trusted deal flow vetting
  • Exclusive 1:1 access to startups
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Pitch

FoodBytes! Pitch is a startup discovery program that helps entrepreneurs scale their impact through mentorship and connections to corporate and investor members – who in turn gain access to a vetted pipeline of startups aligned with their innovation goals.

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Pilot

FoodBytes! Pilot is a corporate innovation program that helps established food and ag companies embed innovation into their organisations through matchmaking with startups for structured pilots and consulting services.

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Great Wrap on a roll with innovative new products

An exciting start-up, supported by Rabobank’s FoodBytes! program, Great Wrap has developed a genuine solution for helping reduce household, and industry, plastic usage.

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SWAN Systems - Sustainable Irrigation

Watch as Rod Campbell presents SWAN Systems at FoodBytes! Pitch 2020.

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ProAgni - Animal Nutrition

Watch as Lachlan Campbell presents ProAgni at FoodBytes! Pitch 2020.

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I Am Grounded

I Am Grounded produces delicious snacks using the coffee fruit that usually goes to waste.

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Carapac

Rabobank FoodBytes! alum Carapac develops a soft plastic alternative using crustacean shell waste.

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