We organised the Grand Pitch Day, 2026, and it left us excited, exhausted and accomplished.
19 scaleups selected from 58 applications across Europe. 30 investment funds representing a combined total of €3.2Bn of deployable Agro-Food-Water capital across Europe. And a total of 80 companies.
That combination is hard to achieve for a first event at such scale. Agro-Food-Water sits at an intersection of deep tech and FnB. So founders end up pitching to a lot of generalist funds that have no thesis for them. The Pitch day aimed to remove this friction on both sides.
Thank you to the funds who showed up and engaged: Astanor, Convent, Stellar Impact, KBC Focus Fund, Icos Capital, Grey Silo Ventures, Lever VC, BeAngels, SHIFT Invest, DFF Ventures, Sofinnova Partners, Anterra Capital, Telos Impact, ECBF VC, The Yield Lab, PureTerra Ventures, Newtree Impact, Clay Capital, FoodFunder, BCG X and all the other funds that joined.
Thank you to our partners : Agri Investment Fund, Arvesta, Boerenbond, Cera Coop and KBC Bank & Verzekering. They are the reason we can run something like this without asking a founder for equity to get in the door.
And to the 19 teams who pitched, you did the heavy lifting!
What's next.
This event was a proof of concept. We are now running the sourcing year round.
If you're a European agri-food-water company doing €200k–€4m in revenue and raising within the next 12 months, we would love to hear from you. Comment or slide into our dms.
And if you're a fund with an agri-food-water thesis, we would love to collaborate. Hit us up!
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10 September 2026 à 13h29
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