• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Skip to navigation
Close Ad

The Spoon

Daily news and analysis about the food tech revolution

  • Home
  • Podcasts
  • Events
  • Newsletter
  • Connect
    • Custom Events
    • Slack
    • RSS
    • Send us a Tip
  • Advertise
  • Consulting
  • About
The Spoon
  • Home
  • Podcasts
  • Newsletter
  • Events
  • Advertise
  • About

Are You a Food Tech Startup or Creating the Next Innovative Food Brand? Apply for Our Startup Showcases at SKS 2019

by Michael Wolf
June 26, 2019September 9, 2019Filed under:
  • Smart Kitchen Summit
  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)
  • Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)

When we first started the Smart Kitchen Summit in 2015, we knew we wanted to create a forum for food tech startups to connect with big companies, venture capitalists and deal makers. After all, I’d watched the smart home and digital entertainment spaces emerge from nascent industries to large thriving marketplaces over the previous decade and knew the magic that could happen when you bring companies big and small together.

So that’s what we did. Not only did we fill our speaker rosters with leaders from the most interesting startups and big companies doing interesting work on the bleeding edge of the future of food and cooking, but we also created a startup showcase to give these startups an opportunity pitch their ideas and get feedback.

Little did we know at the time the Startup Showcase would become a platform. From the start, we’ve helped propel companies to build their brand, find partners and get market traction.

Don’t take my word for it. Here’s Peter Favrholdt, CEO of connected cooktop startup Ztove:

“Bringing home the SKS trophy also had a significance,” he said. “Ztove won a couple of grants in Denmark, and in 2017 we were enrolled in the Odense Robotics Startup Hub – an accelerator program for early startups in the field of robotics. In 2018 we got a small investment allowing us to increase the pace and building the company bringing the Ztove products to market.”

Andrew Deitz, the CEO of SKS 2017 Startup Showcase winner Verdical, had this to say: “Winning the Startup Showcase put Verdical on the food tech map. From the SKS’s visibility we secured a technology partnership that has made our product better. “

And then there’s former rocket scientist turned foodtech entrepreneur Bill Birgen, the CEO of Soggy Food Sucks. I asked him if winning the SKS startup showcase last year had made a difference and he told me this:

“The recognition that came from winning the SKS Startup Showcase galvanized industry interest from marque brands in Soggy Food Sucks and continues to propel the company forward with momentum.”

For 2019, we’re looking to do it again, only this time we’re doubling the opportunities.

First, we’re bringing back the SKS Food Tech Startup Showcase for its fifth year. The SKS Startup Showcase will bring together startups at different stages of growth who are actively showing how they are innovating the world of food tech. One of the prizes for the Startup Showcase will be an annual membership with our partner WeWork Food Labs.

Next, we’re debuting our new  Future Food Startup Competition that will allow startups with a vision to disrupt the traditional way of thinking about food to show the world what they’re up to. The winner of the Future Food competition will get an all-expense-paid trip to Parma to spend a week with Barilla’s Innovation Lab.

We’re really excited to bring these innovators to Seattle to help propel them to the next level, so if you have the next disruptive food tech startup or the next big idea for the future of food, apply today!


Related

Tyson Bets On Home Food Delivery & Smart Kitchen With Investment In Tovala

Today Tyson Foods announced they have invested an undisclosed amount in Tovala, maker of smart steam ovens that pair with ready-to-cook home delivered meals. The investment comes on the heels of a $9.2 million series A announced in December. As part of the deal, Tyson will add an observer to Tovala's…

Calling All Startups: Apply To Pitch & Demo At 2017 Smart Kitchen Summit

One of the best parts of attending the Smart Kitchen Summit is getting a front row seat to brand new technology and innovative products that are coming down the pipeline. The event's startup showcase is now in its third year and invites all startups in the food tech and smart…

IKEA Gets In The Startup Game With Bootcamp Accelerator

In the last several years, we've seen major home, tech and food brands reach out to the startup community in the form of VC funds and accelerators to try and harness the massive innovation taking place in their markets. From General Mills, Kellogg and Google, companies are looking at hot…

Get the Spoon in your inbox

Just enter your email and we’ll take care of the rest:

Find us on some of these other platforms:

  • Apple Podcasts
  • Spotify

Post navigation

Previous Post With Reported Tesco Partnership, is Trigo Vision Pulling Ahead of the Cashierless Checkout Pack?
Next Post What to Expect at Today’s Oversight Hearing for Third-Party Food Delivery in NYC

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Get The Spoon in Your Inbox

The Spoon Podcast Network!

Feed your mind! Subscribe to one of our podcasts!

Impulse Announces Its Battery-Integrated Cooktop Becomes First Certified to Applicable UL Safety Standards
Tasting Cultivated Seafood in London’s East-end
After Leaving Starbucks, Mesh Gelman Swore Off The Coffee Biz. Now He Wants To Reinvent Cold Brew Coffee
Brian Canlis on Leaving an Iconic Restaurant Behind to Start Over in Nashville With Will Guidara
Food Waste Gadgets Can’t Get VC Love, But Kickstarter Backers Are All In

Footer

  • About
  • Sponsor the Spoon
  • The Spoon Events
  • Spoon Plus

© 2016–2025 The Spoon. All rights reserved.

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.