BFFood promotes 20 projects in the Galician food sector over the last year

Since its launch in March 2019, Business Factory Food (BFFood) has promoted a total of 20 innovative projects in the Galician food sector that respond to the challenges facing the industry.

The food sector accelerator of Galicia, promoted by the Xunta de Galicia and coordinated by the Galician Food Cluster (Clusaga), has created 5 startups and has stimulated a direct investment of more than €400,000 in the Galician community.

Furthermore, 29 new jobs have been generated related to digital transformation and industry 4.0 in the food sector, of which 30% have been filled by women.

Of the 20 projects that have participated in BFFood so far, 14 have done so in the acceleration program and 6 in the consolidation program. These accelerator support programs have offered a total of 128 hours of training, 416 hours of coaching and 210 hours of mentoring.

More than 120 applications have been received, both nationally and internationally, for the two editions held to date. Currently, BFFood is searching for new innovative entrepreneurship projects to address the challenges of the sector.

Startups, entities, and companies with an innovative idea impacting the food and beverage sector can submit their applications for the 3rd edition of the acceleration and consolidation program through the website bffood.gal until January 11, 2021, at 2:00 PM.

The accelerator offers selected projects a comprehensive support program to boost their presence in the food sector based on their stage of development, lasting 9 months for the acceleration phase and 12 months for the consolidation phase. Thus, they will have access to training, technical resources and services, financial support from Gain and XesGalicia, coaching, and mentoring with experts from leading companies in the Galician industry.