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FoodTech 2024: Innovation Meets Food

16.10.2024, St. Gallen

Startups, innovators, and industry leaders are brought together to explore cutting-edge innovations, taste new food creations, and engage in inspiring discussions about the future of food.

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Past events

Future Pynk x START Global

Hosted by START Global

Together with Future Pynk, an initative from START Munich to support female entrepreneurs, START Global hosted an event in the Square of the University of St. Gallen. The event consisted of an inspiring panel on the topic of how to break into the startup ecosystem and networking.

Forbes x START Global “The Team”

Hosted by START Global

On February 27, START Global and Forbes hosted the third event in their joint event series in the SQUARE at the University of St. Gallen. The topic was “The Team” and our speakers gave interesting insights into what a successful founding team in a startup is about.

Co-Founder Day

Hosted by START Global & Swiss Sequoia Club

The Swiss Sequoia Club, a student initiative bringing aspiring entrepreneurs from the University of St. Gallen and ETH together, and START Global hosted a Co-Founder Day in St. Gallen. The Day consisted of panels, founder stories and networking. ETH and HSG students were attending the event to bridge the gap between tech and business.

Road to START Summit

Hosted by START Maastricht

In the auditorium of the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics, the team from START Maastricht organised the first RtSS of the 23/24 season. Seven startup teams presented themselves in a breathtaking setting, of which the winner this year was from the FinTech sector.

Road to START Summit

Hosted by START Berlin

In Germany’s capital, START Berlin has organised their Road to START Summit on January 26. The evening was filled with entrepreneurship. Carbonsate was able to convince the Jury and won the pitching competition to get the chance to pitch at START Summit in St. Gallen.

Road to START Hack Lima

Hosted by Kickstart

Together with UTEC Ventures, START has organised one of the first Hackathon in our RtSH series. This is a pre-hackathon to win a spot at START Hack and receive travel reimbursement for the trip to St. Gallen. RtSH Lima had 30 attendees, 2 cases, 30 hours hacked and over 160 applications to show for itself.

Road to START Summit Abu Dhabi

Hosted by Violet Ventures

Together with Violet Ventures, START Global has organised the first RtSS in Abu Dhabi, which was also the first intercontinental RtSS. It was an afternoon filled with great pitches, one of them being from our winning team Pupilar. The occasion fostered intercultural exchange and offered a captivating glimpse into an emerging startup ecosystem.

Forbes x START Global “The Money”

Hosted by Forbes & START Global

The second event of Forbes’ and START Global’s event series “The Money” was organised in Zurich, Switzerland. The topic was how to correctly fundraise as a startup.

Road to START Summit

Hosted by START Vaduz

A major highlight in rather small Liechtenstein. In addition to regional culinary delicacies, the presentations were also varied. Many innovative ideas from numerous verticals from young and advanced founders made the decision difficult, but in the end a startup from the health sector prevailed this year

Ideation and Innovation Workshop

Hosted by START Maastricht

Workshop on how to turn your ideas and vision into an actual business. The workshop was held by René Kessen, Business Developer and Health Transition Team Lead at LIOF. LIOF is the regional development agency for Limburg and supports innovative entrepreneurs with advice, network and financing.

START Fellowship Demo Day

Hosted by START Global

As the final highlight of the START Fellowship Accelerator Batch 2023, START Global has organised the Demo Day in Zurich, Switzerland. The great founders from Latin America, having been part of START Fellowship, pitched in front of a large audience of investors, founders and visitors.

Road to START Summit

Hosted by START Lisbon

With 170+ attendees, 15 partners, sponsors and supporters, 8 pitching early-stage start-ups, and a renowned jury of 4 investors, the pitch competition event set the stage for the START Summit 2024.

Mix and Meet

Hosted by START Helsinki

Meet & Mix" is a vibrant networking event organized in collaboration with METES, Urban Tech Helsinki, and Tech Nordic Advocates. With over 110 attendees the event promises a dynamic evening filled with great conversations and the opportunity to foster new connections."Meet & Mix" offers the perfect setting to expand your network, share ideas, and build lasting relationships within the tech and entrepreneurial community.

START Berlin x WHU x Friends

Hosted by START Berlin

Founder journey event with Dr.Sophie Chung from Qunomedical with WHU students at the Merantix AI Campus

Global Entrepreneurship Week

Hosted by START Maastricht

Three day event series in collaborating with the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Maastricht University. The week included workshops on building your business, financing your startup as well as the tax system. On the last day we visited the Brightland campus, an innovation campus where 30,000 entrepreneurs, researchers and students work every day on breakthroughs in the fields of sustainability, health and digitalization.

How to Build the Company behind the Product?

START Berlin x SAP for Startups

At the event, we dove straight into an insightful panel discussion featuring big names like Dr. Sophie Chung of Qunomedical, Adrian Frenzel from Moonfare, RatePay’s CEO Nina Pütz, and Stephan Schulze of Project A Ventures. It was an engaging session for the 80+ attendees, packed with real-world stories and tips from some of the top minds in the industry.

Lisbon Start-up Tour

Hosted by START Lisbon

Our start-up tour connected a selected group of 30+ ambitious students from Lisbon's top-tier universities with the Portuguese start-up & VC environment by visiting leading startups, VCs and accelerators.

Drinks & Demos

Hosted by START Maastricht

Event series in collaboration with the student association MSV Incognito. The events consists of guest speakers and then a networking session with drinks afterwards. During the first event our speakers were Bas Jennissen, founder of Studied and Alexandre Martens, co-founder of ClipStake.

Drinks & Demos 2nd edition

Hosted by START Maastricht

Event series in collaboration with the student association MSV Incognito. During the 2nd edition we had Yama Saraj, entrepreneur in residency at Maastricht University as a guest speaker. Furthermore there as a pitching competition as well as a networking session at the end.

Road to START Summit

Hosted by START Nuremberg

 

Road to START Summit

Hosted by START Lausanne

Road to START Summit

Hosted by START Helsinki

Road to START Summit

Hosted by START Hamburg

Road to START Summit

Hosted by START Barcelona