EIP Pitching Competition at AgriVenture Finland

Are you part of an EIP-AGRI Operational Group with a solution to the sustainable food chain and looking for meeting experts, companies, and investors with shared interests? Now you have a chance to pitch your solution to the top! Apply to the EIP Pitching Competition by 24 March.

What is the EIP Pitching Competition?

Finnish Rural Network is co-organizing AgriVenture Finland which will bring together international agrifoodtech players in Saarijärvi, Finland on 27-28 May 2025. Finnish Rural Network will host the EIP Pitching Competition at the event.

By applying to the competition, you may be selected among the eight EIP Operational Groups to pitch your solution in 3 minutes on AgriVenture’s main stage. An international jury will select the winner that will be awarded during the event.

At the end of March, a selection committee from Nordic-Baltic national networks will select 8 most promising candidates to pitch their innovations at the main stage of AgriVenture Finland. For the eight candidates we will offer some online support prior to the event:

• An online workshop in April: Value Proposition, crystallising the benefits to the target group
• An online workshop in May: Pitching training

The Program of the EIP Pitching Competition at AgriVenture Finland:

• Keynote on EIP
• Welcome, introduction of the jury
• The 8 candidates pitch their solutions in 3-minute pitches
• The international jury has the possibility to comment and ask questions
• Winner is announced in a separate session

Competition criteria – who can apply?

The competition is open to completed and ongoing EIP projects in the Baltic Sea Region (Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany). The EIP Operational Group has developed a solution (e.g. product, service, business model) that is at least at TRL level 5 (technology readiness level. More information here and here).

Apply by 24 March

EIP Operational Groups can apply to the competition by 24 March by submitting an application here: https://link.webropol.com/s/EIP-pitching-competition

What we will offer to those selected for the competition?

• Two virtual workshops in April and May to get prepared for the pitch
• Visibility in the communication of the Baltic Sea Region networks
• An exhibitor stand at the AgriVenture Finland
• New contacts and networking opportunities – both with the competition candidates and with AgriVenture Finland participants
• If your project has already ended and you are unable to cover travel and accommodation costs, please contact your national network.

More information

AgriVenture Finland: https://www.jamk.fi/en/project/agriventure-finland-2025

EIP Pitching Competition: Network Coordinator Tuija Kallio, tuija.kallio(a)maaseutu.fi, +358 50 594 7993