Business Factory Food (BFFood), the benchmark accelerator for Galicia’s agri-food sector, continues to place itself at the heart of innovation with the selection of 16 entrepreneurial projects that will be part of its 7th edition. Following Pitch Day, held on September 19 at the FEUGA auditorium, the Evaluation Committee selected the initiatives that will move on to the acceleration and consolidation phases, giving new momentum to ideas set to transform the food industry.
Acceleration: the boost to grow
Ten projects have successfully completed incubation and now advance to the acceleration phase, where they will receive specialized support to validate their business models and scale in the market. Among them are diverse proposals such as an agricultural prediction platform powered by artificial intelligence (Agro4Data), a solution to enhance sea urchin roe through freeze-drying (INNOCOSTA), and a system to recover nutrients from wastewater and transform them into fertilizers (FLOC Ammonia Solutions).
Innovation also reaches the consumer’s table with initiatives such as Rumbo Norte, which combines canning tradition and digital technology through QR codes; TOLA, a natural and sustainable energy drink from Galicia; or Untables Vanetta, reinventing sobrasada and pâté in a 100% plant-based and healthy version.
Other projects, such as Fishnet Expo, aim to improve the sustainability of the fishing sector through an online channel for surplus commercialization, while Optimuu Nutrición applies artificial intelligence to optimize dairy farm feeding. Robotics also plays a role with Troo4Food (Binarial Automatización), a robot adapted to food factory environments, while traditional baking is modernized with Lévedo, developing liquid and dehydrated sourdough from Galician ingredients.
Consolidation: maturity and expansion
Alongside them, six additional projects advance to the consolidation phase, aimed at startups with greater maturity and market traction. Highlights include AInwater, an AI-based software to optimize water treatment plants, and BRAINR, the first cloud-native MES software for the food industry, connecting all production processes in real time.
Sustainability once again takes center stage with Agrikola, replacing chemical fungicides with autonomous robots using UVC technology, and FreeShakes, a range of plant-based fermented beverages with less sugar but high nutritional value. At the same time, Masel is transforming hospitality management through digitalization and traceability, while Mareterra Postres proposes an innovative line of additive- and gluten-free preserved desserts that maintain their quality for up to four years.
An ecosystem that drives innovation
Beyond financing — which includes participative loans and non-repayable grants from the Xunta de Galicia through Igape and XesGalicia — the selected projects will have access to comprehensive support. This includes personalized mentoring from leading corporations, top-level training, coaching, technical services, and resources adapted to the challenges of the agri-food sector. The combination of entrepreneurial talent with industry expertise is what makes BFFood a unique platform. Startups not only find support to grow but also real business opportunities and collaborations with leading companies in the sector.
With this seventh edition, Galicia strengthens its role as a European hub for food innovation. The selected projects address the sector’s major strategic challenges: digitalization, automation, traceability, sustainability, logistics, and the development of new products and processes. BFFood is more than an accelerator: it is a meeting point for entrepreneurs, industry, and institutions working together to drive a more competitive, sustainable, and internationalized food future.
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