Invite-Only · Worldwide

Investment Climate
Events

Invite-only dinners and gatherings for food & agtech founders — hosted alongside major industry events around the world. Honest conversation, real connections, and support from the people building alongside you.

IC Dinner at Gulf Food, Dubai
10+
Dinners Hosted
6
Countries
150+
Founders Attended
FTW around the world

Wherever founders gather, we're there

Investment Climate Dinners run alongside the industry's biggest events, across three continents — one table, founders & operators only, honest conversation. Here's where we've gathered.

12cities
3continents
100sfounders & operators
World map with pins on every FTW Investment Climate Dinner city: San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Chicago, Barcelona, The Hague, Amsterdam, Lausanne, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore and Seoul.
Founders and operators around the table at the FTW Investment Climate Dinner in San Francisco
San FranciscoUSA · Future Food-Tech
Founders and operators at the FTW Investment Climate Dinner alongside Future Food-Tech in Oakland
OaklandUSA · Future Food-Tech
Founders and operators at the FTW Investment Climate Dinner alongside SynBioBeta in San Jose
San JoseUSA · SynBioBeta
Founders and operators at the FTW Investment Climate Dinner alongside IFT FIRST in Chicago
ChicagoUSA · IFT FIRST
Founders and operators at the FTW Investment Climate Dinner alongside Vitafoods in Barcelona
BarcelonaSpain · Vitafoods
Founders and operators at the FTW Investment Climate Dinner alongside Bio Base Europe in The Hague
The HagueNetherlands · Bio Base Europe
Founders and operators at the FTW Investment Climate Dinner alongside Future Food-Tech in Amsterdam
AmsterdamNetherlands · Future Food-Tech Alt. Proteins
Founders in conversation under the trees at the FTW Investment Climate Dinner in Lausanne
LausanneSwitzerland · Hack Summit
A full table of founders and operators at the FTW Investment Climate Dinner in Dubai
DubaiUAE · Gulfood
Founders and operators at the FTW Investment Climate Dinner in Mumbai
MumbaiIndia
Founders sharing a meal at the FTW Investment Climate Dinner in Singapore
SingaporeSingapore · Asia FoodTech Summit
Founders and operators at the FTW Investment Climate Dinner in Seoul
SeoulSouth Korea · K-Food Tech

Upcoming events

Upcoming Investment Climate Dinners

Intimate, invite-only dinners for food & agtech founders — hosted alongside major industry events. Founders & operators only; no investors. Register right here — no account needed.

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What to expect

Honest conversation over a shared meal

Investment Climate Dinners are intimate, invite-only gatherings for 8–20 founders building in food, agriculture, and climate tech. Chatham House rules. No pitches. Real talk.

1

Introductions

Each attendee shares who they are, what they're building, and where they are in their journey. No slides, no decks — just honest context that makes the rest of the evening more useful.

2

Challenges Round

Participants surface their real obstacles — fundraising, commercial, technical, team. The table decides which challenges to dig into. Problems raised here often get solved before dessert.

3

Breakout Discussions

Dedicated time to address the raised challenges in smaller conversations, exchange contacts, and build the relationships that tend to matter most six months later.


Bring FTW to your city

Want to host?

Become the person who convenes FoodTech where you are. You bring the room and your local community — we bring the playbook, the network, and the logistics (payments included).


Ready to join an event?

All upcoming events are listed in the FTW Hub. They're invite-only and space is limited — request a spot and we'll be in touch.

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