F&B Innovation Lab Successfully Closes 2021 Cohort, Invites Entrepreneurs To Apply For Upcoming Cycle

The initiative gives talented UAE entrepreneurs with innovative F&B concepts the opportunity to convert their ideas into marketable products by connecting them with the largest F&B manufacturers in the country.

Khalifa Fund and the F&B Manufacturers Business Group (FBMG) have revealed the official outcomes from the year-long F&B Innovation Lab, an initiative that aimed to discover, guide and mentor the UAE’s next innovative F&B products, which were rooted in sustainability, health, and convenience.

Khalifa Fund revealed during a ceremony held in the Department of Economic Development that Al Ain Farms, UAE Macaroni Factories, and Hunter Foods have entered the final stages before commercialising 4 Emirati projects, pitched by UAE entrepreneurs: Bakhita Ziad Raeisi, Bisher Zumot, Meera Al Khayyal, Rowayyah Abdulla Ali Al Hefeiti and Shaima Surour Mubraka Al Zaabi, through the F&B Innovation Lab initiative.

The initiative gave talented UAE entrepreneurs with innovative F&B concepts the opportunity to convert their ideas into marketable products by connecting them with the largest F&B manufacturers in the UAE.

Apply for the 2022 cohort of the F&B Innovation Lab

Do you have an innovative idea to carry the F&B sector through these testing times? The Khalifa Fund is offering you a chance to develop your ideas into the next F&B product that will shape the future of the lucrative F&B industry.

The role of the entrepreneurs

After registering to be an F&B Innovation Lab potential incubate, and if selected, we will support you to develop and test your new F&B product. Those that show potential through the development of a viable product-market fit, will have the option to partner and commercialise your product with one of the participating F&B manufacturers.

How entrepreneurs can benefit from the F&B Innovation Lab

Through participation in the F&B Innovation Lab, successful incubates will gain access to mentoring from highly esteemed and well-established F&B manufacturers in the UAE.

Incubates will also take part in a 5-day innovation BootCamp. Following completion of the bootcamp, selected incubates will go into an incubation programme where they will work closely with manufacturers to further develop and help fully commercialise their products.