Call for Demo company applications - Deadline
is February 18
Tickets to FoodBytes! Brooklyn available
now
Rabobank, the world's premier food & agribusiness bank, has
announced the first five of ten companies to present at FoodBytes!
Brooklyn and they are LoveTheWild, Masienda, Kakaxi, FreshTemp, and
Arable Labs. FoodBytes! Brooklyn is scheduled for Thursday, March
3, 2016 at The Hall at MP in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
As part of their selection, each company will have the
opportunity to present for five minutes to an audience filled with
investors, technologists, media, and others. After the
presentation, each company will then have the opportunity to answer
questions from the audience for another five minutes.
The first five companies presenting at FoodBytes! Brooklyn
are:
- LoveTheWild – pairs sustainable
fish with bold flavors and easy cooking instructions for an
all-in-one solution to cooking great, healthy meals at home.
Increasing seafood consumptions will have a meaningful impact on
population health, and lighten our agricultural footprints on the
earth.
- Masienda –sell Mexican corn to
meet the demands of chefs producing high quality Mexican food in
New York, Los Angeles and beyond. Their core mission is to source,
import and purvey the highest quality products while creating a
fair market that promotes agricultural biodiversity, sustainability
and supports smallholder farmers in Mexico.
- Kakaxi - a 21st century solution
to the growing disconnect between farmers and consumer. The Kakaxi
smart-farm monitoring device and mobile App provides valuable
information to farmers through data collection and satisfies
consumer curiosity through time-lapse video and social news
feed.
- FreshTemp – temperature
management technology with cloud connectivity that provides
complete food safety and operations management for commercial
kitchens - from large-chain, quick service restaurants to
independent dining services to food retailers.
- Arable Labs – Created the
Pulsepod - a complete solution for crop management that provides
scientific quality measurements such as rainfall, crop water
demand, water stress, microclimate, canopy biomass and more.
Jam-packed with sensors that fit into the palm of your hand and
weighs under a pound with integrated mounting so it can be used
anywhere in vegetables, field crops, perennials or pastures.
“We are proud to announce the first five companies that will
come from across the country to present at FoodBytes! Brooklyn.
From seafood to food safety these companies are truly innovating in
their fields and we are excited to hear more when they take the
stage at our event,” said Manuel Gonzalez, Head Western Region,
Rabobank North America Wholesale. “We look forward to announcing
the next group that will round out the top 10 demo companies later
this month – we expect it will be a diverse group that will
showcase future possibilities in food and ag.”
Startups in food, agribusiness and beverages that are interested
in presenting at FoodBytes! Brooklyn are encouraged to review the
event criteria and apply via the FoodBytes! website by Thursday,
February 18 at 5pm PT. The remaining five companies invited to
present at FoodBytes! Brooklyn will be announced after applications
close.
FoodBytes! Brooklyn is the first summit in the series to be held
on the East Coast. SF New Tech, San Francisco's largest and
longest-running tech showcase company, and Food + Tech Connect, the
New-York based site of record and community for the food tech and
innovation sector, are partnering with Rabobank to bring FoodBytes!
to New York.
FoodBytes! Brooklyn is the latest in a series of
transformational conferences designed to foster new ideas in food,
innovation, technology, and bring them together with investors.
Previous FoodBytes! events were held in San Francisco in 2015.
Investors looking to finance the next bright idea in food will
meet new and innovative companies that
are disrupting across the food chain and in food-related software
and applications, distribution, manufacturing, production and more.
Approximately ten entrepreneurs and startup companies will be
chosen to present live demos of their ideas to FoodBytes! Brooklyn
attendees - investors, technologists, media, and will have the
opportunity to network with food and agribusiness executives and
opinion leaders, among many other industry influencers.
FoodBytes! Brooklyn is expected to draw over 350 attendees and
tickets are available to purchase via the FoodBytes! website and
the media partners for the event are Edible Brooklyn &
Gothamist. For coverage of FoodBytes! Brooklyn, follow FoodBytes!
and Rabobank on Twitter @FoodBytes and @RaboWholesale or view
curated content via the hashtag #FoodBytes.
About Rabobank
Rabobank Group is a global financial services leader providing
wholesale and retail banking, leasing, and real estate services in
more than 40 countries worldwide. Founded over a century ago,
Rabobank today is one of the largest banks in the world, with
nearly $1 trillion in assets, and ranks among the 10 safest banks
globally. In the Americas, Rabobank is a premier bank to the food,
agribusiness and beverage industry, providing sector expertise,
strategic counsel and tailored financial solutions to clients
across the entire food value chain. Rabobank. The financial link in
the global food chain.® NAW.Rabobank.com @RaboWholesale.
About SF New Tech
SF New Tech (SFNT) is a world-renowned live platform for
technology startups to showcase their latest innovations in front
of 100s of tech-minded founders, engineers, investors, media, and
more. Since 2006, over 700 companies have leveraged SFNT to launch
and/or demo their new products, services, and features, including
such internet luminaries Evernote, Waze, 23andMe, Flipboard,
Twilio, Splunk and many other pre-fame startups. As a cornerstone
of the San Francisco technology community and as SF's largest,
longest-running, and most-loved technology event, SFNT is
laser-focused on putting innovators and their innovations in the
spotlight in front of their peers -- and beyond. SF New Tech is
been supported by amazing companies including Fathom Law, Akamai,
Microsoft, Twitter, DoubleDutch, Telerik, Macworld, The New York
Times, and many others. For more information, visit
http://www.sfnewtech.com @sfnewtech.
About Food + Tech Connect
Food+Tech Connect is the site of record and world's largest
community for the food tech and innovation sector. Over the past
five years, Food+Tech Connect has worked with game changing
companies like Applegate, Google and Chipotle to build the world’s
largest community of innovators working at the intersection of
food, agriculture, foodservice, technology, design, investment,
media, retail and policy. Food+Tech Connect gives innovators the
tech and business insights, connections and skills they need to
transform the food industry through its website, newsletters,
events, consulting and business courses. Join the community at
foodtechconnect.com and @foodtechconnect.
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