Impact West Bootcamp – Challenge-driven innovation

Today’s food system faces major social and environmental challenges — climate impact, water use, biodiversity loss, soil degradation, food waste and low producer incomes.

At the same time, there are significant business opportunities for food tech companies that dare to address these issues head-on…

Workshop on how to grow your business

Do you want to develop solutions that strengthen your business and tackle real challenges in the food system?

Join a half-day, training to learn about challenge- driven innovation. Västra Götaland is already home to several brave companies that have successfully developed and scaled challenge-driven innovations.

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At the end of the day, you walk away with…

• An overview of key challenges in the food system
• Practical tools and methods to align your innovation efforts to real-world challenges and positive impact.
• Examples from local pioneers who have successfully developed challenge-driven innovations and profitable business models.
• Information about investment opportunities at each development stage

Eligibility & Application

We welcome applications from companies interested in leveraging technology and innovations to address challenges and improve the food industry and which are registered in Västra Götaland.

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About Impact West

This Bootcamp is part of the Impact West project (2025 – 2027) which aims to build impact-focused and growth-focused competencies in FoodTech companies and investors in Västra Götaland – with funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERUF) and Västra Götalandsregionen.