"future of food": How do we want to eat tomorrow?

What, how and where will we eat tomorrow? How can food be secured in the face of climate change and how can resilient supply chains be created? The topic of the "future of food" crowdfunding is therefore very broad. Ideas can come not only from the fields of nutrition and agriculture, but also from biochemistry, biotechnology or agricultural technology, economics or sociology. For example, teams can apply new agricultural production methods, revolutionize food packaging or create the beverage of the future. Hessen Ideen Crowdfunding supports such start-up ideas from Hessian universities in the implementation of a crowdfunding campaign, which can be a good option if you want to produce an initial series of products, for example.

Hessen Ideen accompanies the development of the campaigns on Startnext, the largest crowdfunding platform in Germany, and presents the ideas on the Hessen Ideen website and in the social media channels. The special thing about this is that there is additional support through co-funding: for every euro raised from the crowd, teams receive an additional euro from Hessen Ideen. This means that up to 5,000 euros in co-funding can be distributed per project. Applications for the "future of food" have been open since the beginning of September and will run until November 18. The preparation phase will start in December 2024 and the financing phase with co-funding will start on February 24, 2025 (end: March 24, 2025).

At least one team member must be studying or have completed a degree (max. five years after graduation) or belong to another Hessian university. The idea must either be in the pre-foundation phase or must have been founded no more than one year ago.

Conditions of participation:https://hessen-ideen.de/fileadmin/hessen-ideen.de/images/Crowdfunding/Food_CF_Teilnahmebedingungen_2024_09_03.pdf

Background:
Hessen Ideen is an initiative of the state of Hesse, Hessian universities and Hessian companies that discovers entrepreneurial ideas at universities and promotes them with the Hessen Ideen Stipendium, Hessen Ideen Wettbewerb and Hessen Ideen Crowdfunding modules. UNIKAT Crowdfunding is the first crowdfunding website in Germany initiated by a university and was launched by UniKasselTransfer at the University of Kassel in cooperation with the Chair of Business Informatics at the University of Kassel and the Kassel Region Economic Development Agency.

Contact:

Annika Strauß
Project Leader Hessen Ideen
UniKasselTransfer
Tel.: 0561 804 3174
strauss[at]uni-kassel[dot]de

Hannes Holtermann
UNIKAT Crowdfunding
UniKasselTransfer
Tel.: 0561 804 1984
holtermann[at]uni-kassel[dot]de