AGRYTECH ACCELERATOR /
Berytech is sourcing the next agri-food innovators to help them grow their idea into a successful business with global impact. If you’re innovating in agriculture or food, join the fourth batch of the Agrytech Program and get up to $100k in funding and support to scale your business to success within 1 year.
Applications for Batch IV are now open. Apply before January 1, 2021.
The Agrytech Accelerator is a yearly 3-phase program through which Berytech supports startups with innovations across the agri-food sector, offering them the resources, knowledge, and funding to scale their ideas and grow into an international business with global impact.
Up to $37K cash injection in
accelerated startups
Access to an electronics & hardware Fabrication Lab with technical support
Bootcamps, training sessions and master classes developing entrepreneurial competencies
Promotion and visibility in local & international markets
Linkages to Agri-Food community & pool of dedicated experts
Intensive mentoring trajectories with follow-on immersion in Europe
“Agriculture is a national matter, and Lebanon can play a role in the food security of the region, given the microclimates it has, as well as its human capital and entrepreneurship mindset.”
Maroun N. Chammas – Berytech Chairman & CEO
Berytech sources startups and SMEs at an idea or early stage with a creative solution to a challenge in food and agriculture or with a working solution that can be adapted to the agri-food industry.
Accepted solutions are technology-based (hardware, software, or a combination of both) or an innovative food and beverage product, and which fall under one of these five tracks.
Berytech has partnered with stakeholders in the Lebanese agri-food sector to discuss the challenges they are facing that require innovative solutions. These challenges are proposed to the participants of the Agrytech Hackathon and those applying to the Accelerator, who can choose a challenge to work on.
We encourage you to go through them and apply your critical and innovative thinking to creating solutions, no matter what your background is.
Farming Challenges in land use and planning, water pollution, import substitution and post-harvest conditioning.
Food Industry Challenges in packaging, business sustainability, customer behavior, marketing, logistics and cold chain management.
Rangelands and Forestry Challenges in forest pest prevention and irrigation of forest lands that require innovative solutions using science and technology.
Fishing and Aquaculture Challenge where fishermen have an immediate challenge to locate new and safe fishing locations that fit their available safety equipment.
Management Support Challenges in extensions, voucher schemes, cooperation and coordination, online learning for technical schools, lab testing and result release are facing the agri-food sector in Lebanon and the region.
Berytech developed the Agrytech accelerator as a yearly program from which startups exit with a validated, investment-ready business.
January – March
Grant total $2,000
Capacity building for up to 24 startups to validate and ensure that their solutions solve a wicked problem, are scalable and that the startup teams can take their challenge. The validation phase ends with an expert jury selecting the top 12 teams to go into the Acceleration Phase for four months.
April – July
Grant total $15,000
Support for up to 12 startups to build the minimum viable product – MVP, and test it with early adopters, capacity building to establish the business from a financial, marketing, management and operational levels and business pitching. The acceleration phase ends with an expert jury selecting the top 8 companies to go into the Incubation Phase for 5 months.
August – December
Matching Grant Total up to $20,000
Support for up to 8 startups in scaling, including hands-on fundraising support in negotiation, legal, terms sheets, and market access.
Fill in this form to start your application and submit it before January 1, 2021. If you have any questions before applying, please contact us at agrytech@berytech.org
If you have any questions about Berytech’s Agrytech Program, please email us on agrytech@berytech.org, and we will get back to you.
