FoodTechHub
- Type
- Incubator / Accelerator
- Location
- Campinas, Brazil
- Industries
- Arable farming, Regenerative farming, High nutrient crop, Consumer health & consumer effects, Food ingredients & products, Finished products, Farm management & precision farming, Food safety & quality, Food waste tech, Personalised nutrition, Shortening supply chain, Farm-to-table, Sustainable packaging & plastic alternatives, Smart labeling & smart packaging, Waste efficiency, Circular economy, Food surplus, Bio-energy & biomaterials, Food marketplace
- Technologies
- Platform technology, Platform & Service technologies
About FoodTechHub
Foodtech Hub Latam is a Latin American food innovation ecosystem that connects companies, startups, universities, research centers, investors, and government actors across the food chain. Its stated purpose is to turn innovation into business by helping members access knowledge, networks, mentorship, and market exposure.
The organization positions itself as a bridge between the field and the table, supporting the sector’s shift toward healthier, more nutritious, more accessible, and more sustainable food systems. It presents itself as a facilitator of open innovation and a platform for collaboration across the agrifoodtech landscape in Latin America and beyond.
Core Values
- Innovation: The hub emphasizes cutting-edge ideas, open innovation, and the practical transformation of innovation into business outcomes.
- Collaboration: It is built around connecting industry, academia, startups, investors, and government to create shared progress across the food ecosystem.
- Sustainability: The organization repeatedly frames its work around more sustainable, inclusive, and efficient food systems, including themes such as food loss, regenerative agriculture, and responsible innovation.
- Knowledge sharing: Through mentoring, research, events, and editorial content, it promotes access to specialized knowledge and market insight as a driver of growth.
- Entrepreneurship: The hub supports entrepreneurs and startups with tools, exposure, and guidance to help them build viable businesses in food and agriculture.
Unique Aspects
- Ecosystem model: Rather than operating as a single-product company, Foodtech Hub Latam functions as a multi-stakeholder innovation ecosystem linking the full food chain from field to table.
- Regional reach: It presents itself as a leading food innovation ecosystem in Latin America, with connections that extend across the region and internationally.
- EIT Food Accelerator Network partnership: The hub states that it is the only partner outside Europe in the EIT Food Accelerator Network, giving it a distinctive role in that program.
- Strategic international collaboration: In 2026 it formalized a collaboration with NIZO Food Research and Food Innovation Park Netherlands to connect Latin American and European food innovation capabilities.
- Broad innovation scope: Its mission covers multiple verticals, including production systems, processes and technologies, smart packaging, food loss and waste, nutrition and wellbeing, regenerative agriculture, and bioinputs.