Virtual Tour Matchmaking Event with GlobalSF
Future of Food
Innovation and Opportunities in the San Francisco Bay Area
Northern California as a Food and Agtech Center
As the global food system transforms, the San Francisco Bay Area leads as an innovation hub for top agrifoodtech and biotech companies, investors, universities, chefs, and farmers to shape the future of food.
Investment in food and agriculture has accelerated globally in past 12 months. In the first half of this year, total agtech investment reached $2.2 billion and food tech investments reached $4.8 billion, while the plant-based meat market alone is projected to reach $8.3 billion by 2025 (a 93% growth from this year). As our global food system evolves for a post-Covid 19 world, opportunities will continue to emerge.
The thriving Bay Area tech ecosystem includes leading food, agriculture, and biotech innovation platforms such as MISTA, SVG|THRIVE, Berkeley SkyDeck, QB3, IndieBio, and more. These thought leaders, incubators, accelerators, and investors connect the companies and entrepreneurs solving the biggest challenges facing our food system with opportunities to scale in the US and globally.
GlobalSF hosts leaders from the San Francisco Bay Area with the global community to share know-how, insights, and technologies shaping the future food industry, building pipelines to the global food-tech ecosystem, and shaping our future.
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The webinar recording is now available in three languages!
The above version is the original English version.
GlobalSF is one of the selected partners of SelectUSA to offer global businesses information and resources to invest in food, agriculture, and technology in northern California.
Meet with the GlobalSF team to identify opportunities available in the Bay Area and California.
GlobalSF can share resources and connections to partners in the public and private sector to accelerate your success.
For government organizations, academic institutions, and corporations who make strategic investments to accelerate their startups towards growth and new opportunities, check out the Global Innovation Program under the partnership between GlobalSF and Berkeley SkyDeck.
The Keynote Speaker
The Panelists
Sara Ahmed Holman
George Panagiotakopoulos
Director, Global Innovation & Partnerships, Berkeley SkyDeck
Program
Opening Remarks
Darlene Chiu Bryant, Executive Director, GlobalSF
Bill Burwell, Acting Executive Director and Deputy Executive Director, SelectUSA
Kaina Pereira, Senior Advisor, Business Development and International Trade. Governor’s Office of Business State of California
Mark Chandler, Director of International Trade & Commerce, San Francisco Office of Economic Workforce Development
Panel Discussion: Foodtech innovation and Opportunities in Northern California
Keynote Speaker - John Selep, President, AgStart and Managing Partner, AgTech Innovation Partners
Moderator - Laura Jenkins, Director of Partnerships, GlobalSF
Sara Ahmed Holman, VP Growth & Partnership, Innovation Endeavors
George Panagiotakopoulos, Director, Global Innovation & Partnerships, Berkeley SkyDeck
Q&A
GET IN TOUCH WITH US
SelectUSA is a summit held by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration to promote foreign direct investment to the United States, the only such U.S. effort at the federal level. Select USA works with the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service and entities across government to facilitate job-creating business investment into the United States and raise awareness of the critical role that economic development plays in the U.S. economy. Since its inception, SelectUSA has facilitated more than $78 billion in investment, creating and/or retaining over 95,000 U.S. jobs. In fiscal year 2019 alone, SelectUSA facilitated more than $18.5 billion in investment.
GlobalSF is a nonprofit 501c3, and public private partnership with the City and County of San Francisco as well as the State of California focused on global economic development. GlobalSF attracts investment, convenes global stakeholders in the public and private sectors, creates jobs, helps businesses flourish, and builds sustainable economic growth in the Bay Area.
GlobalSF has held multiple food innovation tours to Singapore, Hong Kong, and San Francisco, providing prime opportunities for SF-based entrepreneurs to meet directly with food innovators globally. Another Food Innovation Tour to Hawaii and Japan is coming up in October 2021.
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Sponsorship Opportunities
For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Laura Jenkins, Director of Partnerships at ljenkins@globalsf.biz
Images from Select USA 2019
