AG 4 Future
Food Accelerator

For a Sustainable AG-Food Revolution
from Seed to Plate

Our Focus on Sustainability

Sella Group and dpixel support the growth of startups operating in the agriculture field and bringing disruptive innovations to the market through innovative technologies, in order to reduce costs, manage complexity and increase capabilities, designing the entire food chain of the future: sustainable, accessible, efficient, climate-proof and adaptable to change.

Why AG 4 Future Food Accelerator

From hoeing to crop rotation, from refrigeration to hydroponics, from pasteurization to artificial meat, from freeze-dried foods to insect-based flour, innovation flourishes when applied to the AG sector.
All the more so today, with a globalized market that must respond to a demand for quality for 8 billion people.

A quality that must be guaranteed starting from the seed and up to the user’s plate, through solutions applied not only to the field but also to distribution, to the fresh chain, to packaging, to martech. The future of food must take into account all these areas of application.

AG 4 FUTURE FOOD answers this question through the selection of the best startups and international entrepreneurial projects, through partnerships with the best companies in the sector, through investments and through the most qualifying mentorship path on a global scale.

Our People’s View on AG

Martina Pace

Partner, COO
PeakBridge

“When we were approached to join the Agrifood 4 Future Food programme, we were immediately drawn in! We feel that Gruppo Sella’s vision to support AgriFood is aligned with our vision in support of the sector as a critical contributor for impact in the sustainability space. Although our food system contributes to climate change, the reverse also holds true. Due to increasing temperatures, rising sea levels, novel pest species, and shock weather events, climate change is influencing how we grow crops, creating a vicious cycle. PeakBridge’s view is that there is a need for disruption, which will come from innovation in terms of enabling technologies such as Alternative Agriculture, Alternative Proteins, Waste Circularity, Novel Ingredients. The ever-growing funding directed towards FoodTech in the last years has been key in establishing the sector. Further FoodTech venture capital investment is needed to ensure the sector continues to grow and scale to be able to reach the audacious climate goals”

Gianpiero Menza

Senior Manager – PartnersHips & Innovative Finance, Alliance/CGIAR

“Agri-tech holds enormous expectations for finding effective solutions for agriculture and climate change, and there is an increasing interest from governments and investors. If properly scaled, many promising innovations could have a tremendous impact.
CGIAR Accelerate for Impact Platform scouts and supports talented teams and their science-driven ventures that hold the potential to radically transform agriculture for healthier, equitable, and sustainable food systems while contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals.”

Marco Carminati

Head of Sustainability
Sella Group
“Sella Group’s daily and structured commitment to contributing to a more sustainable world is strengthened today with an initiative in a key sector for society and the planet, agriculture, and it does so by involving key players in renewal: startups, companies that can accelerate positive change with concrete results through sustainable innovation, in line with Sella’s ESG initiatives and objectives.”

Martina Pace

Partner, COO, PeakBridge

“When we were approached to join the Agrifood 4 Future Food programme, we were immediately drawn in! We feel that Gruppo Sella’s vision to support AgriFood is aligned with our vision in support of the sector as a critical contributor for impact in the sustainability space. Although our food system contributes to climate change, the reverse also holds true. Due to increasing temperatures, rising sea levels, novel pest species, and shock weather events, climate change is influencing how we grow crops, creating a vicious cycle. PeakBridge’s view is that there is a need for disruption, which will come from innovation in terms of enabling technologies such as Alternative Agriculture, Alternative Proteins, Waste Circularity, Novel Ingredients. The ever-growing funding directed towards FoodTech in the last years has been key in establishing the sector. Further FoodTech venture capital investment is needed to ensure the sector continues to grow and scale to be able to reach the audacious climate goals”

Gianpiero Menza

Senior Manager – Partnerhsips & Innovative Finance, Alliance/CGIAR

“Agri-tech holds enormous expectations for finding effective solutions for agriculture and climate change, and there is an increasing interest from governments and investors. If properly scaled, many promising innovations could have a tremendous impact.
CGIAR Accelerate for Impact Platform scouts and supports talented teams and their science-driven ventures that hold the potential to radically transform agriculture for healthier, equitable, and sustainable food systems while contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals.”

Our People’s View on AG

Marco Carminati

Head of Sustainability, Sella Group

“Sella Group’s daily and structured commitment to contributing to a more sustainable world is strengthened today with an initiative in a key sector for society and the planet, agriculture, and it does so by involving key players in renewal: startups, companies that can accelerate positive change with concrete results through sustainable innovation, in line with Sella’s ESG initiatives and objectives.”

Our Focus on Sustainability

The Accelerator

Dpixel and Sella Group aim to enable the agricultural domain, engaging with high potential startups able to design new AG & future food solutions that increasingly respond to the needs of society

promoted by

Founded in 1886, Banca Sella is the commercial bank of the Sella Group, excellence in the Italian financial world for its ability to innovate

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Venture Incubator with over 10 years of experience in innovation processes supporting the best global startups

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ecosystem partner

Innovation platform aimed at startups and companies to support growth, open innovation processes and digital transformation

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Global Ecosystem Partner

Global research partnership for a food-secure future dedicated to transforming food, land, and water systems in a climate crisis. Accelerate for Impact Platform (A4IP) is the venture space that harnesses scientific creativity, technological ingenuity, and entrepreneurship for transformative solutions for sustainable agriculture and climate action

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partners

European leader in innovative and sustainable production and marketing of nuts, dried fruit, seeds, chocolate, and snacks

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Founded in 1968, specialized in the production and distribution of preserved food worldwide, with high quality standards and careful selection of raw materials

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Major supplier to large supermarket chains both in Italy and abroad, specialised in the “private label” sector – the supermarket’s brands

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Proud pasta makers of over 120 shapes of PGI Gragnano Pasta, made only with 100% Italian durum wheat , bronze die and slowly dried at low temperature

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Technical Partners

Incubator, accelerator and open innovation hub that is part of the Harmonic Innovation Ecosystem. Its mission is to promote programs with positive impact by selecting and supporting startups and technology solutions that can address humanity’s major challenges
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The Bruno Kessler Foundation (FBK) is a research institution based in Trentino, which aims at scientific and technological excellence with particular attention to interdisciplinary approaches and the applicative dimension.
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Orrick is a tech-focused, full-service law firm guiding the success of early ventures. We provide advice on tactical approaches to companies and investors, from incubation to strategic exit and future growth opportunities
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Improving human experiences and shaping business transformations to create lasting and sustainable value, the advanced strategic design studio enables forward-thinking companies to explore and embrace the future
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TOP-IX is a non-profit consortium, founded in 2002, to manage an Internet Exchange for North West Italy. In addition, through its Development Program, it promotes innovation projects leveraging network and computing infrastructure.
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funds

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100K€

Our Offer

500K€ funds, 100K€ pre-seed ticket for each startup

Hey Startup,
We’re Looking for You!

We invest and support highly motivated teams and international startups in the pre-seed phase operating on cutting-edge technologies

How It Works

The program is spread over a total duration of 16 weeks (in addition to the scouting phase) and is divided into 4 phases with intermediate selections, to identify only the best startups.
Throughout the program, corporate partners are involved to get to know, according to their interest and availability, the participating startups

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1° step – 18 Weeks

Scouting
& selection

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2° step – 8 Weeks

Business Acceleration

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3° step – 4 Weeks

Technical
Validation

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4° step – 4 Weeks

Match
making

Innovative Food

New flavours

Cultured meat

4.0 food & beverage

Bug-based powder

High-performance food

Ag Biotechnology

Seeds

Bioenergy

Genetics

Chemicals

biopharmaceuticals

Automation & Robotics

Integrated sensors

Precision equipment

Connected agriculture

AI supply handling

Autonomous machinery

Data devices

Geoengineering

Agri market places

Farm optimization

Big data analytics

Decision support software

Logistics

Smart warehousing

Traceability

4.0 food packaging

Shelf life enhancement

Logistics optimization

Applications
are closed!

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