As a knowledgeable waiter, our coaches will help you select the support that best fits your appetite. And throughout the year, you’ll meet with your coach four times. This way we can check up on our service and make sure you leave our program with full satisfaction. 

We have warm relationships with a number of leading investor partners, from seed to growth stages. These investors trust our selection process and acknowledge our valuable support. With our support you have a competitive edge in the capital market. 

Get connected to our global corporate partnership network and push your business forward.

As one of our founding partners, Wageningen University & Research, offers many benefits for startups like yours. Think access to researchers, shared facilities, and ease of collaboration.

Our mentors are smart, experienced people who have been there before. They are keen to pass on their learnings and connect you with key people in your industry.

Share learnings, discuss challenges and spark connections during annual peer-to-peer sessions with like-minded startups from your domain.

Our program partners can help you with some of the common hurdles of building a company. Think of the different areas of business you’ll encounter as you start to grow. Accounting, non-dilutive funding, growth marketing, intellectual property, upscaling and legal. 

With Wageningen University next door, we’re in close proximity of young agrifoodtech talents. Hire the best of the bizz by promoting your job vacancies on StartLife’s Job Portal.

Want to be close to the action in Europe’s agrifood hotspot? We can help with the facilitation of office or meeting spaces here on the Wageningen campus. The services come at a fee.

Courtesy of our Program partner Catalyze, all startups joining the program will receive a free non-dilutive funding scan.

All elements from StartLife à la Carte are also included in StartLife Accelerate. Yet the latter is limited to 8-10 carefully selected participants each round and includes an additional high-quality curriculum with workshops and training on team, product & customer validation and investor-readiness. Plus the possibility to become eligible for loans up to €250.000.

If you’re new to entrepreneurship or want to breathe life into your innovative business idea with loans from €25.000 to €250.000, following StartLife Accelerate with the curriculum is most likely your best pick. StartLife à la Carte is first and foremost designed for more seasoned entrepreneurs who are new to foodtech, agtech or bio agtech and are looking for valuable business connections, professional support and investment opportunities.

Absolutely. We support startups from all over the world. However, only startups that are registered in the Netherlands are eligible for StartLife’s pre-seed loan.