Got an original idea?
Why not apply?!
Who is the
competition for?
If you’re an entrepreneur with an innovative idea for an agri-food business or an agri-food start-up (under three years old)…then this competition is just for YOU!
How do i take part?
It’s all very easy: you just send us your application before the deadline for submissions.
That’s really all there is to it!
NB: businesses entering the competition are under no obligation to relocate to the Agropole.
If you make the shortlist of six, you’ll present your own project in person to the members of the jury.
That’s really all there is to it!
NB: businesses entering the competition are under no obligation to relocate to the Agropole.
If you make the shortlist of six, you’ll present your own project in person to the members of the jury.
And what about the jury?
We’d like to introduce the all-star jury for this year’s competition.
Alain Rousset,
President of the jury, and President of the Conseil régional de Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
President of the jury, and President of the Conseil régional de Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Put your hands together for the jury:
Pascal Peltier
Raphael Haumont
Philippe Leduff
Frédéric Oriol
Sophie Bourriot
Francis Lemor
Nicolas Marotte
Ariane Voyatzakis
Gilles Gommendy
Raphaël Kunde
Grégoire Gonnord
Sophie Borderie
Céline Barral
Arthur Fitamant
Pierre Mignon
And for our partners :
Nadia Sekher
Audrey Ashworth
Sylvain Zaffaroni
Before 23 May
Deadline for submissions.
Late May to early June
Longlisting by Agropole’s jury of experts.
8 and 9 July
Semi-final of the top submissions in front of the longlisting jury in Agen.
How does it all work?
22 September 2025
Shortlist of 6 is drawn up. Those chosen will pitch their project to the all-star jury in the Sénat (the French upper house of parliament) in Paris.
Former winners
They came, they applied, they conquered.
Here are some of the gems uncovered by the competition.
Here are some of the gems uncovered by the competition.
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What can you win?
It’s a good question, isn’t it?!
Let’s sum up.
- A sum of €10,000 including tax;
- An editorial offered by RIA magazine;
- A corner at a world-renowned or European food trade show;
- A service to be chosen from the catalogue of services offered by the AGROTEC sensory analysis laboratory;
- The free provision of a food processing unit for a short period of time at the Agropole incubators;
- Promotion on Agropole’s social networks (Linkedin, Instagram and Facebook).
70K€
endowment
