Igeho Rising Star 2025

With the Igeho Rising Star, the industry platform launched an award in 2023 to promote founders and start-ups in the hospitality sector. This competition is now returning for its second edition and offered all start-ups in the food technology sector the opportunity to submit their applications by January 31, 2025.

15 start-ups will be given the chance to present themselves at the Igeho 2025, the largest hospitality platform in Switzerland. The Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley network is participating as a partner in the Igeho Rising Star Award 2025.

The application window has been closed since January 31, 2025.

Participation Requirements for the Igeho Rising Star 2025:

• Start-ups whose founding date is not before January, 1, 2020 or founders who are still in the process of launching their companies
• Registered office of the company: Switzerland or Liechtenstein
• Food technology: food science, food service, consumer tech, delivery or supply chain
• Membership of the Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley is not a required condition for participation

5 Categories for Submitting the Application:

• Food science
• Food service
• Consumer tech
• Delivery
• Supply chain

Evaluation Criteria of the Igeho and SFNV jury:

• Innovation and use of technology
• Sustainability and environmental impact
• Business model and scalability

Members of the jury:

• Pascal Bieri (co-founder of Planted)
• Prof. Dr. Claus-Heinrich Daub (professor of sustainable business management at FHNW)
• Marina Helm Romaneschi (marketing & innovation strategy at Swiss Food Research; project lead, Innovation Booster Future Food Farming)
• Christine Schäfer (senior researcher at the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute)
• Rebecca Clopath (alpine natural chef)
• Christian Gerber (Head of Innovation Management at ZFV)