30/07/2026
🚀 Have an agrifood idea you’re ready to turn into a venture?
Applications are now open for EIT Food Challenge Lab: Ground2Scale+.
Are you building an agrifood startup, developing an innovative solution or looking to commercialise your research?
EIT Food Challenge Lab: Ground2Scale+ is an EIT Food-labelled entrepreneurship programme delivered under the EIT Food Challenge Labs framework, designed to help early-stage agrifood innovators validate their ideas, strengthen their ventures and prepare for investment and growth.
Your journey will include:
🌱 A one-day in-person Challenge Lab
🎓 Expert-led venture-development masterclasses
🤝 A minimum of eight dedicated mentoring hours
📈 Business-model and go-to-market development
🎤 A final Demo Day and awards ceremony
🏆 A €2,000 cash prize pool for the two winning teams, plus further venture-development support for the first-place team
🎓 An official EIT Food-labelled certificate upon successful completion
📍 Nicosia, Cyprus
📅 Programme period: 12 September–early November 2026
⏳ Applications close: Wednesday, 26 August 2026 at 23:59
*Participation is free of charge.
🔗 Learn more and apply: agrifood.socialtechlab.org/g2s
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EIT Food Challenge Lab: Ground2Scale+ is supported by EIT Food and implemented by SocialTech Lab in its role as the EIT Food Country Representative in Cyprus.