The Canadian Food Innovation Network and Creative Destruction Lab – Rockies have announced a new community partnership aimed at helping more Canadian foodtech ventures move from early-stage innovation to commercial success. The collaboration is designed to create a stronger “producer-to-plate” pipeline by combining CFIN’s national food-sector network and industry expertise with CDL-Rockies’ objectives-based mentorship model […]
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Foodtech Next Program Supports Calgary Innovator Knead as Upstart Advances Pilot
The Canadian Food Innovation Network is funding five food-tech startups, the national support network revealed today. CFIN is funding the five startups through its Foodtech Next Program, which the organization describes as a “unique funding opportunity for early-stage Canadian technology firms who seek to be part of, or sell to, the wider food industry.” “By […]
Freshly Funded Alberta Startups Among Those Innovating Foodtech in Canada: Report
The Canadian Food Innovation Network today released its inaugural “Foodtech in Canada Ecosystem Report.” The CFIN posits that the ecosystem report represents the most comprehensive overview of Canada’s foodtech ecosystem to date. The report leverages foodtech data intelligence from Forward Fooding, a global foodtech ecosystem platform, to provide a review of more than 300 Canadian […]
Food-Tech Startup Garners Government Capital to Build AI Robots for Restaurants
The Canadian Food Innovation Network announced today that it is awarding nearly $500,000 across six food-tech projects throughout Canada. “These six projects represent CFIN’s vision for a future where new ideas and technologies create a more efficient, sustainable, and customer-centric food industry,” stated Dana McCauley, chief executive of CFIN. “As we introduce intelligent solutions, autonomous […]