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Food & Hospitality Vertical

The Food & Hospitality Vertical aims to offer specific support to start-ups active in the nutrition and hospitality sectors.

Divided into two distinct programmes, the Vertical Food & Hospitality offers a specific support for digital start-ups, Food & Hospitality by EHL, as well as the FIT Food Tech launched in association with Nestlé, designed to encourage collaboration and investment between food industry companies and start-ups from the local innovation ecosystem.


 

FIT Food Tech

This programme aims to help start-ups with an innovative technological solution who want to collaborate with a leader in their field, Nestlé. Companies active in areas such as food products, personalised food or sustainable packaging are particularly welcome in the FIT Food Tech.


 

For whom?

Start-ups based on technological innovations active in the fields of food and nutrition

 

Which amount?

A loan of CHF 100'000 with the possibility of Nestlé taking an equity stake in the start-up

 

Where must my start-up be based?

In Western Switzerland

 

Food & Hospitality by EHL

This programme is thrilled to support digital talent and start-ups that provide solutions to key challenges for the wider Food & Hospitality industries including the travel and entertainment sectors. The selected companies will be able to join the 20+ start-ups already in the EHL Innovation Village.


 

For whom?

Start-ups based on digital innovations active in the fields of food and hospitality in the broad sense

 

Which amount?

Between CHF 20'000, 50'000 or 200'000 depending on the type of support

 

Where must my start-up be based?

At the EHL Innovation Village