Fresh Start invests and supports early stage foodtech startups, offering solutions to the most burning issues the food industry is facing today. Backed by its leading industrial and financial partners (Tnuva, Tempo, OurCrowd and Finistere Ventures) and their global network, the incubator’s team and partners have a proven track record in establishing companies from seed to growth and specialize in academic tech transfer.
Noga Sela Shalev
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Chatzav 30 
052-3124493
https://fresh-start.co.il/
Who We are:
Fresh Start FoodTech Incubator is part of the Israeli Innovation Authority’s incubators’ program, and is a significant part of the evolving foodtech cluster of the Eastern Galilee. During its 8 years of franchise, Fresh Strat is expected to establish dozens of companies, harnessing its uncompromising expertise to support the growth of impactful foodtech companies, based on breakthrough technologies.
Our partners:
The incubator’s partners are 4 key players in the Israeli food industry and the global financial world, including Tnuva, Israel’s leading food company; Tempo, a leading beverage company; OurCrowd, a global funding platform, and Finistere Venture, a global AgriFood VC.
What we offer:
Supported by its partners and their global network (PepsiCo, BrightFood, Heineken and more) Fresh Start offers extensive technological and business support to early-stage startups. The incubator’s team and partners have a proven track record in establishing companies from seed to growth and specialize in academic tech transfer. Its industry-facing approach guarantees optimal fit to the industry’s need, wide access to technology and field experts, as well as to R&D, scale-up and production infrastructure. It additionally offers generous funding, including POC financing, as well as direct access to follow-on investments throughout their full funding cycles. Fresh Start's team and partners also bring specific advantages to the alternative protein space.
Our portfolio:
Fresh Start invests in solutions to the most burning issues the food industry is facing today, from packaging and waste reduction through personalized nutrition to novel ingredients and processes, with clear advantages for alternative protein startups.
Fresh Start’s portfolio:
- Blue Tree – physically selectively reducing sugar from natural beverages
- Pigmentum – Molecular technology for natural compounds hyper expression in plants for a sustainable value chain
- Profuse Technology – Cultured meat enabling technology, through enhanced cell differentiation and muscle fiber fusion
- Sea-2Cell – Cultured fish based on cell genetics for improved differentiation and reduced need of nutrients
- BountiCa – Fermentation based bio preservatives relying on wide range targeted peptides
- Sweet Balance – Multiple applications sweetener and masking agent based on a proprietary Clean Label formulation