By combining the energy of the French Tech with France’s agricultural and culinary excellence, we want to encourage the development of more start-ups in these fields and position France as one of the leaders in the Third Agricultural Revolution. The French Agritech, which brings together different pioneers in the agricultural and food sectors, is an increasingly important ecosystem within the French Tech, and includes members of the French Tech Next40/120 (Ynsect, Innovafeed, Agriconomie).

The French Tech – AGRI20 program has been created to support the most promising start-ups in the sector and promote the development of technology champions. In this way, it complements the France 2030 investment plan, which provides a €2.3 billion package to the entire innovation ecosystem, and in particular to emerging players,

Applications are now open, with the selection process focused on start-ups proposing disruptive innovations in services or products that stand out for their very high level of differentiation from existing solutions, as well as the company’s ability to deploy them on a large scale. These innovations must specifically address the issues identified in the France 2030 program: sustainable and healthy food; sustainable agricultural systems and equipment for the ecological transition; farms of the future; life science entrepreneurs; timber for construction; and the bioeconomy for non-food uses of agriculture.

All business models – digital, industrial and life sciences – will be considered to ensure every type of Agritech start-up is included.