Scale-up Accelerator Program Cohort 2016

FoodFutureCo is the first scale-up accelerator in food, agriculture, and social entrepreneurship that empowers small but established companies to reach their next stage of growth

Food Future is a Scale-Up Accelerator and Lab for established yet small organizations (between $2~$10m annual sales in commercial terms) with serious growth potential. We are now seeking the next generation of founders, who are determined to scale up their impactful solutions to promote taste, affordability, accessibility, health, sustainability, and personal and communal responsibility.

8 to 12 companies will be selected to participate in the program and receive in-kind value up to $100k each. Up to 3 companies will receive additional $100k~$200k investment as part of their Series A round of financing.

Food Future and our deep and expanding networks provide growing companies with:
- Financing design and network including alternative financing, long term investment strategy, creative debt financing.
- Thought leadership in marketing and branding.
- Distribution partnerships and alternative distribution channels.
- Production strategy on sourcing, formulation and co-packing.
- Financial exit strategy, acquisitions, roll-up, IPOs.
- Governance structure design, formation of advisory boards, councils, etc.
- Organizational and operating model design, recruit and maintain talent, build systems, processes and tools to scale