YFood Link-Up: Investor & Startup

Our famous Link-Up is a day dedicated to building connections to take your business to the next level.

Food Tech startups and scaleups can book-in to meet investors and experts through short 1-2-1 meetings hosted online. So, if you're raising or looking to raise in the near future, or just looking for some expert input when it comes to fundraising or financing alternatives - then this is a day you don't want to miss!

Link-Up Investors

Anterra Capital

Anterra Capital is a specialist venture firm that backs the innovators building the food system of tomorrow.

Anterra invests across the food and agriculture value chain in venture-stage companies (typically Series A and beyond), with a focus on Europe and North America. To date they’ve made investments in biotech centred around crop protection and animal health themes, as well as companies that enable consumers to access positive wellness outcomes. Digital themes include fintech for the food and agriculture value chain, food supply chain efficiency, logistics and pet tech. Anterra are looking to meet anyone that aligns with their investment mandate or companies heading towards aligning in the near future.

Coca Cola Europacific Partners

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is one of the leading consumer goods companies in the world and are Coca Cola's largest bottling partner by revenue, serving 26 countries globally. We are in the privileged position of making, moving and selling some of the world’s most loved brands.

CCEP Ventures is on the lookout for startups and/or partners that can help us in two key areas; Packaging & Sustainability and Enhanced Customer Value. Our sustainability focus is clear: remove, reduce, reuse, recycle. We need to find innovative ways of doing more with less. That includes accelerating innovation to deliver drinks in new ways, like reusable packaging and smart dispensers. And it needs to happen across every part of the packaging journey. From the design of the packaging itself, to the way in which it’s made, used and treated after use. We are removing materials where we can and making sure all the packaging we do use is collected, recycled and reused in a low carbon circular system. We are redesigning and reimagining every aspect of how we deliver drinks, to be as resource-efficient as possible. And ensure nothing is wasted. Less new materials. Less greenhouse gases. And less waste. Our Customer Value search centres around how to help our customers sell more, in a more engaging way, and more efficiently. This can range from technology that allows us to track the journey of a product from source to shelf, to new experiential ways to engage with customers in-store.

Foresight Group

Foresight Group is a listed alternative asset manager. The private equity team manage a combination of retail and institutional funds nearing £1bn in aggregate. The team specialises in UK SME investments of £1m to £5m. The team of nearly 40 investors is one of the most active in the market.

Foresight are looking to meet exciting businesses that are looking to raise capital across, casual dining, FMCG and food production.