Showcase your innovation!
Your start-up company now has the unique opportunity to present your outstanding and innovative business model, product or service to more than 300 participants at the Brennpunkt Nahrung specialist conference. True innovations from the agricultural foodstuffs industry form the core of the Start-up Innovation Corner.
The Brennpunkt Nahrung specialist conference forms a platform for high-level groups of experts. Decision-makers along the entire value creation chain in the Swiss agricultural and food industries come together to share their knowledge and experience at Brennpunkt Nahrung.
Brennpunkt Nahrung participants:
- Business (69%)
- Authorities/Associations (23%)
- Sciences (5%)
- Education (3%)
Benefits (free of charge)
✔️ You will receive your own free stand in the exhibition area on November 3, 2026, in Lucerne.
✔️ You have access to a high-quality network within the agricultural and food industry.
✔️ At Brennpunkt Nahrung, you will have the opportunity to test hypotheses at an early stage, receive valuable feedback on market validation and initiate projects.
✔️ Benefit from a raised profile due to communication in the programme, newsletter communication and on the Brennpunkt Nahrung website.
✔️ Help shape the conference and hold a two-minute start-up pitch in English or German in front of the entire plenum.
Requirements
✔️ Your company should be related to the Agro-Food value chain
✔️ Your company must have been founded between 2021 and 2026
✔️ Full-day participation in the conference and presence at the booth on November 3, 2026
✔️ Deliver an informative and interesting two-minute start-up pitch on the conference stage in German or English
✔️ Never participated in the Start-up Innovation Corner at the Brennpunkt Nahrung conference before
Interested?
Companies are asked to present their innovative business model on a maximum of one A4 page, including:
- Date of establishment and information about the amount of capital invested
- What is the problem you tackle?
- What is your solution to the problem?
- Why is your solution better than status quo?
The Start-up Innovation Corner is supported by scienceindustries, Swiss Food Research, Bayer and Syngenta and enables start-up companies to present at Brennpunkt Nahrung free of charge.
Close of registration
The application must be received by Friday, April 17 2026, at the latest. Please send your application to info@brennpunkt-nahrung.ch.
Applications received after this date will not be processed.
Partners
The partners of the Start-up Innovation Corner enable companies to take part in Brennpunkt Nahrung free of charge. The Start-up Innovation Corner is supported by:
Voice Barometer from previous participants
«Appearing at the Start-up Innovation Corner of the Brennpunkt Nahrung trade conference was a unique opportunity for a young start-up like ours to engage with decision-makers. We were able to talk to sustainability managers from the retail and restaurant industries and also had the opportunity to briefly present our solution to food waste on the main stag.»
Matthieu Ochsner
Co-Founder GoNiña
«As a small producer of regional, vegan milk substitutes, it was very interesting for us. The 1:1 feedback from the discussions with participants at the Brennpunkt Nahrung conference was particularly valuable. It showed us where we stand and where there is still room for improvement. Participating in the Start Up Innovation Corner also helped us to establish contacts and raise awareness of Vegional.»
Johannes Eberle
Founder Vegional
Contact
Do you have any questions?
Do not hesitate to contact us. We are happy to help you personally.
Barbara Kretz
Congress management