Barilla and Lavazza announce the finalists of Food-Tech Award

The finalists of Food-Tech Innovation Award 2022: a strong line-up of MarTech solutions will present to Barilla and Lavazza in Zurich

Opened in partnership with Barilla and Lavazza, the second edition of the Food-Tech Innovation Award attracted high interest among international startups and scaleups

Lugano, October 3, 2022 – Loomish, the Swiss-based investment management firm, announced the finalists of the open innovation initiative, the FoodTech Innovation Award 2022, promoting cutting-edge solutions that can support Barilla and Lavazza in boosting customer engagement and using data in a more effective manner.

All applications were analyzed by a prestigious jury represented by the top management of Barilla and Lavazza, executives from major Swiss and Italian retailers, as well as senior leaders from the Lifestyle Tech Competence Center member companies, including Accenture, Microsoft, and UBS and Venture Capitals, such as Anchor Group, New Epoch Capital, Privilège Ventures SA, and Yesss CAPITAL.

More than 100 applications were submitted and the selection was very tough. Twelve cutting-edge solutions were selected to pitch for the FoodTech Innovation Award 2022 at Microsoft Headquarters in Zurich on October 26, 2022.