2025 THRIVE Global Impact Challenge
Introduction
With 2030 recognized as a pivotal milestone for achieving meaningful climate impact, THRIVE continues its 10-year vision—initiated in 2020—to ignite innovation that fosters enduring and positive change within the agrifood sector.The Global Impact Initiative, launched by THRIVE in 2020, unites startups, scale-ups,corporations, producers, investors, and other key stakeholders to catalyze innovation and deliver tangible outcomes in critical domains.
Who can apply?
We’re on a global mission to uncover the most innovative startups with groundbreaking solutions across six key themes:
- Regenerative Agriculture
- Artificial Intelligence & Automation
- Animal Health & Nutrition
- Clean Energy & Climate Tech
- Water & Waste Management
- Post-Harvest & Foodtech
Awards or Benefits
Startups will compete for the THRIVE Global Impact Challenge Award and up to $1M USD in investment from SVG Ventures.
Global Impact Challenge finalists will take center stage at the THRIVE Global Impact Summit, held in Silicon Valley on October 29th and 30th where they will have the opportunity to pitch their groundbreaking solutions to a global audience of investors and industry leaders including key summit sponsors such as ICL, BASF, Driscoll’s, Kubota, Corteva, Krone, Kagome, NEC-X, FCC, UFA and Alberta Innovates.