Startup Investor Programme

The world’s largest food and beverage event, Gulfood, launches Gulfood Startups, marking a transformative chapter in its journey to accelerate innovation and investment across the $9 trillion food economy.  

Gulfood Startups arrives at a time of profound transformation, as the global food system faces mounting pressures - from climate volatility and resource scarcity to shifting consumer behaviour and rapid digital disruption. In response, a new generation of startups is emerging to rebuild the foundations of how food is produced, processed and experienced.

 

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Providing a curated business-to-investor matchmaking programme set within an exclusive zone of the show, built to spark real connections between qualified exhibitors and investors. It’s your fast track to fresh, reliable partnerships that matter.

This is your chance to secure high-value, pre-scheduled meetings that supercharge your show experience and open the door to serious commercial opportunities.

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Designed as a high-impact arena within Gulfood, the exhibition serves as a dynamic marketplace for discovery and investment - connecting founders, investors, corporates and industry partners to unlock scalable innovations and market-ready solutions shaping the future of the global food economy.

Bold startups take the stage to unveil breakthrough solutions and technologies across AI, biotech and food science - innovations poised to transform HORECA operations, food production and global supply systems. Investors, industry leaders and futurists converge to witness the next generation of ideas that will reshape the global food ecosystem and redefine the future of F&B.