

TFF Summit & Academy
TFF Summit
“SXSW meets WEF”—where partnerships come to life and bold solutions take off
The TFF Summit is our flagship global event that features unconventional and impactful programmatic elements to explore food and agri-tech trends and frontiers. Popping up at a different location every year, the TFF Summit unites a diverse, interdisciplinary community of entrepreneurs, investors, corporates, policymakers and creatives.

TFF Academy
The TFF Academy connects the top startups selected in the TFF Challenge with diverse mentors and experts from our vast industry, business, and innovation network. Through hands-on sessions, they consult and advise the teams on their entrepreneurial journey. Besides that, the TFF Academy involves peer-to-peer sessions and focused acceleration units.
Instead of reinventing the wheel, we try to connect dots across the world.
Meet some of our mentors…
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Meredith Mendola
Founding Member of the Corporate Innovation Team at KWS Group -
Ayna Arora
Global Manager for ZXlerator Accelerator at ZX Ventures -
Albert Kure
Co-founder of FrontierSS & 2018 TFF Challenge Winner -
Maria Thaís Affonso
Senior Advisor Strategy, Intelligence and Sustainability -
Gabriel Wilmoth
Senior Consultant in Agriculture -
Payam Pourtaheri
AgroSpheres -
Laura Lee
Senior Manager of Digital Innovation for KWS -
Carlos Castellanos
COO of Cultivando Futuro -
Dr. Apeh Omede
CEO and co-founder at Greenrise Innovation Hub Nigeria Limited -
Bret Waters
Standford Lecturer & Founder of 4thly -
Joaquín Tintoré King
Strategy and Business Development Manager at Blendhub -
Nuno Leitão
Senior Biological Scientist at Synthace Limited -
Eamonn McGuinty
Research Consultant Agri-Food Analytics Lab -
Fernando Grasso Trigo
M&A and Corporate Strategist for KWS -
Caio Bacci
Project Manager for Digital Innovation Accelerator at KWS -
Dustin Betz
Content Editor at the Founder Institute -
Bandhana Katoch
Director of Agriculture at Larta Institute -
Leo Melchers
Independent Consultant in Agriculture and Biotechnology -
Michael Kock
Vice President, Innovation Catalyst at Inari -
Utsav Soni
ASIA | India -
Edward Perello
Associate Director for Agriculture at Deep Science Ventures -
Matt Foley
Program Director at Invest Nebraska & Lead of the Combine AgriFood Incubator